Foreign Policy

NATO leaders pose for a family photo during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS

The future of NATO in an order transformed

Monday, June 14, 2021

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Debbie Hill/Pool

America must rethink its unique and contradictory advocacy of Israel’s Jewishness

Shibley Telhami

Friday, June 11, 2021

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at a meeting of finance ministers from across the G7 nations ahead of the G7 leaders' summit, at Lancaster House in London, Britain June 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

Around the halls: What to watch in Biden’s week of summits in Europe

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Samantha Gross, Syaru Shirley Lin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Patrick W. Quirk, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Thomas Wright

Monday, June 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines fire during a Taliban ambush as they carry out an operation to clear an area in Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/File Photo

What the Biden administration’s narrative on Afghanistan gets wrong

Monday, June 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Deterrence, US grand strategy, and the wisdom of Bob Gates

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, June 7, 2021

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, during a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

After Bibi

Friday, June 4, 2021

General views of the video conference inter-institutional actors with the participation of Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council, Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, Pachal DONOHOE, President of the Eurogroup and Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank. Brussels the 11/03/2021.Vues generales de la vidéoconference interinstitutionnelle des acteurs avec la participation de Charles MICHEL, president du Conseil europeen, Ursula von der LEYEN, presidente de la Commission europeenne, Pachal DONOHOE, president de l'Eurogroupe et Christine LAGARDE, présidente de la Banque centrale europeenne. Bruxelles le 11/03/2021.

As the EU debates rules for its economy, a more ambitious political vision is inevitable

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Components of SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system are on display during a news briefing, organized by Russian defence and foreign ministries, at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Germany’s role in US-Russian nuclear arms control

Thursday, June 3, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021. Majdi Mohammed/Pool via REUTERS

For Washington and the Palestinians, old policy is no substitute for sound policy

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Reiner Haseloff (CDU, l), Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, stands next to Armin Laschet (CDU), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia and candidate for the chancellorship of the CDU/CSU, in front of a model of a forest elephant that lived 200,000 years ago at the Pfännerhall exhibition centre. A new state parliament will be elected in Saxony-Anhalt on 06.06.2021.

East German political winds ruffle feathers in Berlin

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, June 1, 2021