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’

Trump could slap tariffs on Hong Kong to hit China

Joel Gehrke May 26, 2020 4:00 am

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested on charges of spying in Moscow at the end of 2018.

Russia asks for 18-year sentence for ex-Marine in spying trial

Caitlin Yilek May 25, 2020 8:56 pm

Obama team was ‘afraid’ Flynn would find improper access to NSA data, Joe diGenova says

Daniel Chaitin May 25, 2020 5:47 pm

Swedish coronavirus death toll surpasses 4,000

Madison Dibble May 25, 2020 3:56 pm

Richard Grenell confirms he will step down as ambassador to Germany

Madison Dibble May 25, 2020 1:56 pm

Honor our fallen by understanding their missions

Tommy Meyerson May 25, 2020 4:00 am

This Dec. 11, 2017 file photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watching troops march at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria.

Time to pressure Assad and Putin in Syria

Tom Rogan May 24, 2020 6:56 pm

This April 26, 2017, photo shows the Google mobile phone icon in Philadelphia.

Reminder: Google can’t be trusted on China

Tom Rogan May 24, 2020 5:51 pm

In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Hit the Taliban as soon as Eid cease-fire ends

Tom Rogan May 24, 2020 4:51 pm

Trey Gowdy: FBI told Congress they didn’t capture every Flynn-Kislyak call

Daniel Chaitin May 23, 2020 8:12 pm

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell, center, at the presidential palace in Berlin Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

‘Those are coming’: Grenell promises to declassify Flynn-Kislyak calls in possession of top spy agency

Jerry Dunleavy May 22, 2020 9:39 pm

Using the Taliban to fight the Islamic State is Khalilzad’s worst idea yet

Michael Rubin May 22, 2020 8:56 pm