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’

A National Guard armored vehicle drives toward anti-government protesters during clashes in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

Don’t blame John Bolton for Venezuela

Roger F. Noriega September 11, 2019 3:00 pm

Task Force Southwest Marines walk during an Afghanistan's army training session in Shorab military camp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017.

We won the winnable war in Afghanistan. It’s time to come home

Washington Examiner September 11, 2019 2:54 pm

United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power speaks during her final press conference, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters.

‘I hated my voting instructions’: Samantha Power defied Obama to block Russia from UN body

Joel Gehrke September 11, 2019 1:47 pm

Resolute Support (RS) forces remove a destroyed vehicle after a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019.

In canceling on the Taliban, Trump dodged a bullet aimed at his legacy

Kevin Carroll September 11, 2019 4:00 am

arrives at the 2019 Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Beverly Hills on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.

The real story behind Netflix’s The Spy

Sean Durns September 11, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump prepares to speak to the media as arrives at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as the returns from Virgina.

Trump team says Iran maximum pressure policy won’t change, but some hawks worry

Joel Gehrke September 10, 2019 11:27 pm

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen.

The simplest way for Boris Johnson to salvage Brexit

Tim Worstall September 10, 2019 9:06 pm

‘A staff person’: Pompeo and Mnuchin bury John Bolton in White House briefing

Joel Gehrke September 10, 2019 7:41 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks.

Mnuchin dismisses question by CNN’s Jim Acosta as ‘ridiculous’

Mike Brest September 10, 2019 6:28 pm

Donald Trump and John Bolton.

Bolton ouster stuns Congress

Susan Ferrechio September 10, 2019 6:15 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen.

Pompeo strongly hints at Trump meeting with Iran’s Rouhani soon

Tom Rogan September 10, 2019 5:58 pm

John Bolton, national security adviser, speaks on a mobile device outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.

Good riddance, John Bolton

Daniel DePetris September 10, 2019 5:54 pm