This is the danger of overpersonalizing foreign policy. While diplomacy has always contained a human element — and yes, some degree of flattery — when the chemistry between leaders becomes a ...

The debate over President Lee’s END Initiative highlights a persistent divide between two strategic visions for South Korea.

MICHELLE GAVIN is the Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She was Senior Africa Director at the National Security Council from 2009 to 2011 and U.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. John Sawers’ wide-ranging diplomatic career took him to postings in Africa, the Middle East, and even New York. Yet his most high-profile ...

Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani discusses the evolving dynamics of US-Pakistan-India relations, Pakistan’s military influence on foreign policy, regional terrorism ...

When President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites in June, U.S. diplomats were reportedly left without warning, briefings, or talking points. As anxious Middle Eastern allies ...

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Harris sided with the president on the decision to pull troops from Afghanistan READ MORE: Kamala Harris moved to probe 'gender-bias' language Vice President Kamala Harris insisted on being the ‘last ...

Leaders from the EU, Japan, Italy, France, Canada, the United States, UK, and Germany pose for a family photo during the G7 Summit, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, on June 16. Suzanne ...

Big tariffs, big risks, big impacts: When populism and commercial agriculture collide. President Donald Trump signed three executive orders for tariffs Saturday, the first time a president has used ...

Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put "America First," overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures.

The U.S. has carried out scores of covert and overt regime-change operations since the last century. Scholarly consensus is ...