Foreign Policy

A view shows damaged buildings following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon as Paradise Lost

Jeffrey Feltman

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens while Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of State following the 30th AUSMIN in Washington, D.C. July 28, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS

In annual meeting, a new direction for US-Australia alliance

Lindsey Ford and Ashley Townshend

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

A police officer walks amid ammunition near the scene of a shooting in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Mexico’s criminal brazenness matters

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 3, 2020

The State Department Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

To strengthen global leadership, America must foster and retain diversity in its diplomatic ranks

Annika Betancourt

Friday, July 31, 2020

A flyover from Luke Air Force Base during the funeral service for Peoria police Officer Jason Judd at Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria on July 14, 2020. Judd died July 1 in a motorcycle crash.Funeral Service For Peoria Police Officer Jason Judd

Three urgent questions for the Air Force’s new chief of staff

Mara Karlin and Jim Mitre

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

PA via ReutersUnited States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo leaves the In And Out Club in London where he met backbench MPs ahead of meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday July 21, 2020. During the visit Mr Pompeo is expected to discuss global priorities, including the Covid-19 economic recovery plans, issues related to China and Hong Kong, and the US-UK free trade agreement negotiations. He will leave the UK on July 22 to travel to Denmark. See PA story POLITICS China. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Pompeo’s surreal speech on China

Monday, July 27, 2020

President George H.W. Bush is surrounded by a sea of U.S. military personnel as he greets troops following an arrival ceremony in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dhahran November 22, 1990. Bush celebrates Thanksgiving Day with U.S. troops from all branches of the military deployed here after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Reuters/Terry Bochatey ( SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

30 years after our ‘endless wars’ in the Middle East began, still no end in sight

Monday, July 27, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab leave Downing Street in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool

What a shift in the UK’s foreign policy means for the US

Thursday, July 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits a settlement affected by heavy rainfall and flooding in Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine June 25, 2020. Picture taken June 25, 2020. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ran on a reform platform — Is he delivering?

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

A still image showing the Kuroshio Current around the coast of south east Asia, Japan and China taken from Perpetual Ocean, a visualization of some of the world's surface ocean currents from June 2005 through December 2007, supplied in this handout photo by NASA March 27, 2012. The visualization was produced using NASA/JPL's computational model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECC02, a high resolution model of the global ocean and sea-ice. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - GM1E83S0SNG01

What did the US accomplish with its South China Sea legal statement?

Robert D. Williams

Wednesday, July 22, 2020