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’

Thirty-foot makeshift ladder appears on Trump border wall in California

Anna Giaritelli June 4, 2020 3:17 pm

As China takes over Hong Kong, don’t forget to protect Taiwan

Kelly Sloan June 4, 2020 4:00 am

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

Hong Kong officials point to US unrest to justify oppressing pro-democracy protesters

Joel Gehrke June 3, 2020 10:33 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping agreed to deepen cooperation in a range of areas after a summit meeting this week.

China and Russia use George Floyd unrest to make case against democracy

Joel Gehrke June 3, 2020 10:55 am

President Trump stands outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, from left, Attorney General William Barr, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pentagon official says top military brass didn’t know they were walking into Trump’s church photo-op

Caitlin Yilek June 2, 2020 6:26 pm

"The strike was part of ongoing efforts to deny Taliban freedom-of-movement in the area," U.S. Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement. (AP Photo, File)

Taliban torches Trump’s tough Afghanistan talk

Tom Rogan June 2, 2020 6:09 pm

Top EU official ‘appalled’ by George Floyd death and calls incident ‘abuse of power’

Mica Soellner June 2, 2020 4:03 pm

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin laughs as he and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, unseen, meet with their supporters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)

Trump aids Putin on rejoining G-7 and gets a Russian insult in return

Tom Rogan June 2, 2020 3:56 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on Kurdistan to turn over control of all its airports to the government in Baghdad by Friday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

In Iraq, shift away from Baghdad and toward Kurdistan

Diliman Abdulkader June 2, 2020 1:41 pm

In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 file photo, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova gestures as she attends Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's annual roundup news conference summing up his ministry's work in 2019, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

‘Fuel on the fire:’ Russia denies exploiting protests, mocks ‘American exceptionalism in practice’

Joel Gehrke June 1, 2020 11:35 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, listens to China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi's speech during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

Pompeo defends graduate student crackdown as China cries ‘Cold War’

Joel Gehrke June 1, 2020 8:02 pm

Egypt could face blowback from Somalia weapons deal

Michael Rubin June 1, 2020 6:22 pm