U.S. Foreign Policy

Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks at Brookings.

Highlights: Sen. Van Hollen discusses US defense and foreign policy at Brookings

Adam Twardowski

Friday, November 15, 2019

Allseas' deep sea pipe laying ship Solitaire lays pipes for Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea September 13, 2019. Picture taken September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stine Jacobsen - RC19E7D92D80

Congress, Nord Stream II, and Ukraine

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani before their meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - S1AEUNZGGLAB

The Yes-Men have taken over the Trump administration

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

A U.S. Air Force F15-E fighter jet takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - GF10000262248

It’s time to get US nukes out of Turkey

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Police stand guard at a demonstration during the Iran hostage crisis, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 9, 1979. Library of Congress/Marion S. Trikosko/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1573866350

The Iranian hostage crisis and its effect on American politics

Monday, November 4, 2019

Demonstrators wave Lebanese flags as the pass by Lebanese soldiers during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC116FDD2CA0

With Lebanon making fragile progress, now is the wrong time to pull US assistance

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, November 1, 2019

Commuters stand still at a crowded railway station to pay homage during a two-minute long remembrance for bomb blast victims in Mumbai July 18, 2006. Millions of people in Mumbai stopped all conversation, traffic came to a halt and cinemas interrupted films on Tuesday as the Indian city observed a short silence in memory of 182 people killed in last week's bombings. - PBEAHUNKPEU

Brookings colleagues past and present remember Stephen P. Cohen

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Dinshaw Mistry, and Dhruva Jaishankar

Friday, November 1, 2019

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives to testify as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC1D765CC9B0

How much have Trump’s dealings with Ukraine deviated from the presidential norm?

James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders

Friday, November 1, 2019

People burn flares during a rally against the approval of the so-called Steinmeier Formula, in Kiev, Ukraine October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC138F6A3450

Fighting corruption in Ukraine: USAID’s strategy

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi - RC14E36E7400

A European security force in Syria is a courageous idea

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, October 30, 2019