U.S. Foreign Policy

A man holds a picture of late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, as people celebrate in the street after Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

American self-criticism borders on narcissism

Friday, January 10, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1455EA2DC0

Highlights: Navigating US-Russia relations in 2020 and beyond

Jesse I. Kornbluth

Thursday, January 9, 2020

U.S. Military Joint Chief of Staff Mark Miley looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during a surprise visit at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

A recent poll shows how Americans think about the war in Afghanistan

Shibley Telhami and Connor Kopchick

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attend a meeting in Damascus, Syria January 7, 2020. Picture taken January 7, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The only winner of the US-Iran showdown is Russia

Strobe Talbott and Maggie Tennis

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Supporters of the 'BDS' movement protest outside the venue where the 2019 Eurovision song contest final is about to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

What do Americans think of the BDS movement, aimed at Israel?

Shibley Telhami

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks following the U.S. Military airstrike against Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

How Donald Trump thinks about Iran

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC17FEADDE40

Was it risky for the US to take public responsibility for killing Soleimani?

Caitlin Talmadge

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

An Iranian guard holds a Hezbollah flag during a funeral procession and burial for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, at his hometown in Kerman, Iran January 7, 2020. Mehdi Bolourian/Fars News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

What the killing of Qassem Soleimani could mean

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Protesters and militia fighters run away from tear gas thrown by U.S. Embassy security men, during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

How terrorism helps — and hurts — Iran

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 6, 2020

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Trump’s reckless Middle East policy has brought the US to the brink of war

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, January 6, 2020