U.S. Foreign Policy

Pakistani military personnel stand beside short-range Surface to Surface Missile NASR during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

The agonizing problem of Pakistan’s nukes

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

US President Joe Biden (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meet virtually with their counterparts in the Quad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan, from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington DC, USA, 12 March 2021. No Use Germany.

ASEAN and the Quad: Strategic impasse or avenue for cooperation?

Jonathan Stromseth

Thursday, September 23, 2021

This composite infrared imagery from NOAA weather satellites taken November 9, 2011 shows the storm moving over the Bering Strait region, bringing heavy winds and flooding to western Alaska. The storm, moving inland from the Aleutian Islands, was expected to bring hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour, heavy snowfall, widespread coastal flooding and severe erosion to most of Alaska's west coast, the National Weather Service said. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)

Is China worried about an Arctic choke point?

Jeremy Greenwood

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush answers questions from the press aboutIraq with Vice President Richard Cheney (L) looking on, during ameeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, September 18,2002. The president said Saddam Hussein "won't fool anybody" with hispromise to admit weapons inspectors into his country. REUTERS/LarryDowningLSD/HB

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

Friday, September 17, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) stands with Mexican President VicenteFox as they address the media in the Rose Garden at the White House,October 4, 2001. Fox came to the White House to show support for theUnited States response to the attacks in New York and Washington.REUTERS/Gary HershornGMH/ME

9/11 transformed US-Mexico relations

Arturo Sarukhan

Friday, September 17, 2021

A worker walks past the National Museum in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen May 26, 2021. Picture taken May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Biden’s broken promise on Yemen

Annelle R. Sheline and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Nelson Mandela, Shibley Telhami, and Jehan Sadat at the Sadat Lecture at the University of Maryland at College Park, November 14, 2001.

September 11 and America’s response through the eyes of Nelson Mandela

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, September 9, 2021

U.S. President George W. Bush rides with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the front of his pickup truck as he welcomes Putin to his ranch in Crawford, Texas November 14, 2001. [Bush plans to treat Putin to Western-style entertainment and tour of his beloved ranch, as well as follow up on their talks in Washington on Tuesday on a new strategic relationship. ] Win McNamee / Reuters.

The impact of September 11 on US-Russian relations

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

People with face masks walk past US-Taiwan which are hung outside a restaurant , amid US’s ever-changing partnership with Taiwan and the escalating tensions between Taipei and China, in Taipei, Taiwan, 10 August 2021. The US-Taiwan tie is switching to a rapport through military, political, economy, and medical commitments and collaborations including arms sale and trade deals whilst the intensifying threats of China unifying Taiwan have brought uncertainty to the stability of regional security for south east Asia, according to some critics. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

America’s intensifying focus on Asia opens opportunities for strengthening US-Taiwan relations

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

File photo dated March 25, 2003 of United States President George W. Bush (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) during a visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Alex Wong/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, September 7, 2021