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’

‘Implanting a microchip’: Russia will spin conspiracies to undermine US coronavirus vaccine

Joel Gehrke May 15, 2020 11:00 am

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.

Ignore any new China ADIZ in the South China Sea

Tom Rogan May 15, 2020 9:56 am

Department of Injustice

Clark Neily May 15, 2020 3:01 am

US credibility in Afghanistan in danger

Michael Rubin May 14, 2020 8:00 pm

Bashing China is good politics, but at what cost?

Daniel DePetris May 14, 2020 7:48 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Second wave of coronavirus: What if Sweden got it right?

Tom Rogan May 14, 2020 6:35 pm

James Clapper says he ‘did not’ see evidence of Trump-Russia collusion after testimony transcript release

Anthony Leonardi May 14, 2020 1:39 pm

Chinese military action plausible as its leaders feel backed into a corner

Joel Gehrke May 14, 2020 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks during a joint news conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, following their meeting in Athens, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pompeo is in Greece on the last leg of a four-nation European tour that has been overshadowed by the impeachment inquiry in Washington.

Visiting Israel, Mike Pompeo delivers a needed message on China

Tom Rogan May 13, 2020 9:48 pm

Islamic State flag

Why ISIS attacked an Afghan maternity hospital

Tom Rogan May 13, 2020 8:31 pm

Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus.

Does China’s cover-up have any limits?

Tom Rogan May 13, 2020 6:21 pm

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

GOP senators ask Grenell and Barr to release information on ‘unmasking’ requests by Obama officials

Jerry Dunleavy May 13, 2020 5:40 pm