U.S. Foreign Policy

Storm clouds loom over an American flag in Convent, Louisiana, U.S., June 11, 2018. Picture taken June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman - RC17A0081E00

Watch: Robert Kagan discusses America and our imperiled world

Friday, September 14, 2018

Strobe Talbott and Madeleine Albright at a Brookings event on September 7 2018.

Madeleine Albright on fascism, democracy, and diplomacy

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

People stand beside a truck loaded with sacks of flour received from The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC117DD2EDF0

Tensions with Turkey escalate in wake of US sanctions

Thursday, August 2, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the official reception on the opening day to the opening day of the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ian Langsdon/Pool - RC170DD3EB70

Trump and the crumbling of the US-led world order

Robert Kagan, Will Moreland, Thomas Wright, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

U.S. servicemen rest after an opening ceremony of the NATO-led military exercises "Noble Partner 2018" at Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili - RC1425E4A550

Unpacked: What Trump gets right and wrong about defense burden sharing

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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“To destroy the liberal world order”: Trump, Putin, and the imperiled trans-Atlantic alliance

Friday, July 20, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC19BE6D3090

Did the Trump-Putin summit resolve any arms control issues?

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un prepare to shake hands at the Capella Hotel in Singapore.

What happened at the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore?

Ryan Hass, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan D. Pollack, Thomas Wright, and Fred Dews

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron gather for a family photo with the other leaders of the G-7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE681G6T1K

Tariff tensions left unresolved after G-7 summit

Joshua P. Meltzer

Monday, June 11, 2018