U.S. Foreign Policy

A Syrian army military tank is seen in the town of Morek, Hama district, Syria August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC15491ED960

On Syria, Washington cannot simply throw up its hands

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Climate protest near the White House in Washington, DC, September 13, 2019

Around the halls: Brookings experts on what to watch for at the UN Climate Action Summit

David G. Victor, Todd Stern, Sahil Ali, Jeffrey Ball, Rick Duke, Samantha Gross, Christina Kwauk, Nathan Hultman, Jenny Schuetz, and Rahul Tongia

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Smoke is seen following a fire at Aramco facility in the eastern city of Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC18BDE58360

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the attack on Saudi oil facilities

Samantha Gross, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, and Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

An anti-government protester throws back a tear gas canister at the police during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, China, September 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva - RC14CEE90590

The story of Hong Kong is a Shakespearean tragedy

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, September 16, 2019

People walk in front of national flags which are set up for the upcoming 2nd World Internet Conference in Jiaxing

The fight to contain climate change – Implementing Paris, mobilizing action

September 16, 2019

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives to welcome Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1F0A5D6A90

The place of military history in today’s defense planning

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, September 13, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (L) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren during the first night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF7V04ERJQ

The problem at the core of progressive foreign policy

September 11, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for Baltimore, Maryland from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington U.S., September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC19CC8CBAF0

Bolton’s departure signals Trump’s foreign-policy pivot

September 11, 2019

Supporters of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shout anti-American slogans, after the news of his death, during a rally in Quetta May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, officials said, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in the million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 60 km (35 miles) north of Islamabad. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E75300AX01

Al-Qaida today, 18 years after 9/11

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

Wednesday, September 4, 2019