European leaders must revive it before disaster strikes.

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Washington needs to compete forcefully in its backyard without relying on force alone.

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The world is a more dangerous place as New START expires and China’s nuclear arsenal grows.

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A contested idea has seen many alleged deaths.

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The Republican foreign-policy establishment is developing a robust middle way between primacy and restraint.

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Trump’s director of national intelligence is making worse the problems with the ill-conceived role.

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Venezuela offers a potential diplomatic model for Washington and Tehran.

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Mohammed Ibrahim is one of hundreds of Palestinian children who report physical abuse in Israeli detention.

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Latin American conservatives love to lavish praise upon the U.S. president. But doing so could undermine the region’s long-term interests.

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Donald Trump has restored his country’s traditionally tense relationship with its northern neighbor.

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Trump announced the deal in a social media post on Monday.

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U.S. allies are uniquely vulnerable to coercion by the United States.

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Current trendlines point to more U.S. military engagement in the region, not less.

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Senators attacked the Trump administration’s justification for Maduro’s capture.

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The competition between Abrahamic and Islamic coalitions is reshaping the region.

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America’s allies may comply for now. But the damage to trust will have consequences.

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U.S. aggression is nothing new for the region.

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Extending the nuclear treaty is not about trust—it’s about pragmatism.

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The U.S. president followed up a concerning speech with a confusing announcement.

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The commentariat persists in misrepresenting the U.S. president and his actions.

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The U.S. president said he and the NATO secretary-general “formed the framework of a future deal” but provided few details.

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An infrastructure project between Afghanistan, Iran, and India gets caught in Trump’s crosshairs—again.

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The continent is finally showing some strategic resolve. Will it last?

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Lawmakers opted against using the power of the purse to forbid forcible annexation of Greenland.

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In his speech in Davos, Trump asked for the territory and said only the United States could defend it.

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Washington can intervene militarily, but any regime change strategy needs to start in Iran itself.

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From tariffs to text threats, U.S. President Donald Trump is not backing down.

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For all its risks, Beijing has become a more predictable partner than the United States under Trump.

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The ambiguous meaning of Israel’s new yellow line.

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Then as now, big stick diplomacy will lead to costly cycles of intervention and retrenchment.

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Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.

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Geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer on Trump’s foreign-policy ideology—and how the world is adapting to it.

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A long history shows what not to do when trying to encourage political change in a foreign land.

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From Russia-Ukraine to the U.S. midterms, Trump faces a bumpier year at home and abroad.

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The U.S. president has his sights on the island. But it’s a very different case from Venezuela.

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Years of accumulated trust are being spent for short-term leverage.

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Senate Republicans successfully used a controversial procedural tactic to strip a war powers resolution of its privileged status.

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The Christmas attack did not target the Islamic State, observers say.

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As the United States pursues gunboat diplomacy, Europe and South America are choosing cooperation instead.

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Ignore the critics. The logic of consolidation that defines the new National Security Strategy is eminently sensible.

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The revolution in U.S. foreign policy will lead to a much less stable world.

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The White House’s aggressive posture is already pushing other countries to seek strength in numbers.

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Trump’s absurd justification for potential U.S. action is blatantly false.

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The spending bill is a mix of rebuttal and acceptance of Trump’s efforts to overhaul the foreign affairs bureaucracy.

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Washington's new tool of statecraft is a $200 billion checkbook.

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Goodwill built over decades is now being squandered.

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Even a generous reading results in a heap of contradictions.

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No one in the region is saying “TACO” now.

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The early procedural success indicates that lawmakers may have reached their limits on Trump’s expansive interpretation of Article 2 powers.

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Could the president really be so reckless that he would risk undoing America’s strongest alliance?

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With U.S. extended deterrence under strain, managing Seoul’s nuclear hedging may be safer than trying to stop it.

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The polarized response to the Venezuela military operation shows how deeply divided Congress is on Trump’s foreign policies.

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The Mexican-American War offers sobering reminders of the current U.S. intervention in Venezuela.

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Any attempt by the United States to claim the island would quickly spiral out of control.

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The president keeps threading the needle between the extremely hawkish and dovish factions of his base.

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The world-minus-one moment.

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Managing the global order with an antagonistic Washington.

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U.S. allies and partners are taking steps toward a post-American nuclear order.

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Allies fear that Washington is retreating from leadership at the worst possible time.

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A flimsy peace would legitimize conquest. A durable one could still salvage deterrence.

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The top stories we’re watching this year.

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Readers kept track of Trump’s whirlwind foreign policy and upheaval in the global order.

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Nearly one year into Trump’s second term, our authors assess the damage he has caused to the global order.

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In 2025, the region went up against tariffs, deportations, and a major U.S. military buildup.

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The figures who shaped the way we thought about the world this year.

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Trump wielded U.S. economic and military might in the region to win concessions.

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Potemkin peace can be a threat all its own.

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A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.

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The Trump administration’s U.N. resolution reimagines international responses to humanitarian crises.

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Enforcing a 21st-century Monroe Doctrine means recalibrating U.S. defense posture.

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Amid the U.S. naval blockade announcement off the coast of Venezuela, Beijing has released its new strategy for the region.

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The West’s new movement to revive liberalism still lacks an international agenda.

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The president’s pay-to-play mentality is undermining U.S. foreign policy.

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Trump’s latest proposal would cede the United States’ AI advantage.

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Trump has kept Canada and Mexico guessing about whether he will renew the trade agreement.

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Trump’s overtures to Beijing deal a blow to U.S. hard-liners.

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The MAGA revolution in U.S. foreign policy brings good news and bad.

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His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.

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Michael McFaul wants more democracy promotion. Is now the time?

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Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.

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The country is the latest target of Trump’s partisan interventions.

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What the postponement of the Summit of the Americas reveals about regional relations.

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In diplomacy, the U.S. president always seems to follow his own transactional view of human affairs.

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As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.

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Shifts in U.S. policy and public support have Israelis searching for answers.

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The U.S. president was right to resist regime change before, and he should do so again now.

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The leaders talked trade, Taiwan, and—likely—Japan.

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The U.S. should avoid a narrow Christian focus.

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At home and abroad, his autocratic approach is starting to run aground.

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If the U.S.-Russia draft for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.

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If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.

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The Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the rule of law is the end of an era.

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For Europe, continued war is perhaps not entirely unwelcome.

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Why Washington’s foreign-policy community needs to take its conversation to a new platform.

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At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.

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If Trump truly wants to be a peacemaker, he should banish the UAE from the negotiating table.

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You can’t bomb your way out of an illicit market.

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Why the much-cited 1989 comparison is flawed.

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From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.

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The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.

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