Foreign Policy

IDF Military Drone Unit seen training with drones near Kibbutz Merom Golan, on the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights, Israel on June 26, 2025.

US and Israel negotiating $3 billion aid payments through 2033, despite Trump saying aid will end this year

Brady Knox · November 13, 2026 1:16 pm

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

Witkoff and Kushner spearhead Russia and Iran negotiations. Has Rubio been sidelined?

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a meeting with President Donald Trump of the multinational political and security coalition "Shield of the Americas" on the sidelines the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters.

‘Unprecedented’ for Treasury secretary to leave home over Iranian threat: Joe Concha

The embassy of the Russian Federation, located in the Northwest Washington neighborhood of Glover Park.

Russian ambassador to US ‘suddenly’ dead at 66

Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an AFP interview after meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, on June 14, 2024. All three medical professional recently returned to the US after volunteering in Gaza.

Adam Hamawy refuses to call Iran an adversary: ‘We’ve killed a lot of them’

John Sullivan speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Russian drunk driver crashes into US ambassador’s residence gate

Joel Gehrke September 18, 2020 7:25 pm

AOC says ‘we can likely push’ Biden to the left on immigration and foreign policy

Carly Ortiz-Lytle September 18, 2020 6:33 pm

A lame-duck Pompeo could jump-start America’s strategic revival and his 2024 prospects

Michael Rubin September 18, 2020 4:19 pm

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Guard's all-volunteer Basij force in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019.

Trump eyes order sanctioning arms trade with Iran ahead of embargo expiration: Report

Zach Halaschak September 18, 2020 2:39 pm

In this March 23, 2016, file photo, an aerial view is seen from a military plane carrying international journalists of the Taiwan-controlled Taiping island, also known as Itu Aba, in the Spratly archipelago, roughly 1,000 miles in the South China Sea of southern Taiwan. Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral reefs and lagoons, rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves.

It’s geography, stupid: Proof of China’s imperialism

Tom Rogan September 18, 2020 1:38 pm

China appeals to Russia and other regional allies to counter US influence

Joel Gehrke September 17, 2020 8:20 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran. A senior Iranian official said Monday, March 17, 2014, that an alleged attempt to sabotage one of Tehran's nuclear facilities, the nuclear reactor at Arak in the center of the country, involved foreign intelligence agencies who tampered with imported pumps. Tehran has accused the Israel, the U.S. and their allies of undermining Iran's nuclear program through covert operations. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

No, Trump didn’t start a war with Iran

Tom Rogan September 17, 2020 7:15 pm

This handout photo published by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his Instagram account, shows himself, center, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany.

How Navalny hotel evidence adds to case against Kremlin

Tom Rogan September 17, 2020 6:14 pm

President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel at CIA Headquarters, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va.

Federal investigators: Iranian hackers target satellite technology companies

Joel Gehrke September 17, 2020 5:52 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with former NBA player Dennis Rodman, as they watch an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang.

Trump: Dennis Rodman is better at negotiating with Kim Jong Un than ‘stiffs’ from Harvard

Spencer Neale September 17, 2020 3:07 pm

China bristles as Japan appoints Taiwanese ally as new defense chief

Joel Gehrke September 16, 2020 9:54 pm

Democrats refuse to admit Trump’s Middle East negotiation is an historic achievement

Kaylee McGhee White September 16, 2020 8:44 pm