Realism” in foreign policy is based upon the interests of those who actually make policy decisions, as opposed to discussing abstract ideals of a ...

American foreign policy has derived much of its power and sense of direction from liberal ideals. Over the 250 years of its independence, America’s place in the world has changed dramatically. Having ...

What happens abroad affects people at home, and what happens at home affects the world. That’s why foreign policy—national policies advancing interests outside a country’s borders—and domestic ...

US President Donald Trump started his week by burning two American allies over his war of choice in Iran. He ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea as the war in ...

With the world’s most powerful military and largest economy, the United States has unique influence on global affairs. That outsized influence makes its foreign policy particularly important.

Factional struggles around the US president have left Europe at the mercy of competing foreign policy agendas. But European disunity only undermines European in ...

Amid ongoing foreign policy crises around the globe and as the Trump administration struggles to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, the State Department last week finalized the firings of nearly ...

'Even if the US comes back, it will not return to the position it once held,' while China could play a bigger role, analyst Wu Xinbo says President Donald Trump's foreign policy direction could have ...

As Donald Trump’s critics see it, he’s striking out badly on foreign policy. But the president is still taking mighty swings. His long-broken memorandum of understanding with Iran reached its 60-day ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views of the current world order and what role the United States and other nations play in it. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research ...

The United States’ diplomatic corps is experiencing an identity crisis. The Trump administration is hollowing out the longstanding cadre of apolitical professionals and prioritizing allegiance to the ...

On its 250th birthday, the United States should commit itself again to responsible global leadership, adjusted for a more multipolar world. Birthdays typically relive the past. They are milestones in ...