Tag: Foreign Policy

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez holds a copy of the Reform of the Organic Law on Hydrocarbons outside the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on January 29, 2026. Venezuela adopted a reform opening its nationalized oil sector to private investment on January 29 as it moves to appease the United States following the toppling of leader Nicolas Maduro.

We need to talk about Venezuela

Dan Hannan · January 30, 2026 8:24 am

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers remarks during the UK-China Business Forum at the Bank of China in Beijing on January 30, 2026. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to China is the first by a British premier since 2018 and follows a slew of Western leaders seeking a rapprochement with Beijing recently, pivoting from an increasingly unpredictable United States. (Photo by Kin Cheung / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump should stop Britain’s ‘stupidity’

Hugo Gurdon · January 30, 2026 6:10 am

President Donald Trump looks across as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum holds up the team name of Mexico during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump administration military strikes against drug cartels in Mexico would carry risks

John Scott Lewinski · January 30, 2026 5:30 am

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

RIP the ‘rules-based international order’

Jamie McIntyre · January 30, 2026 5:25 am

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands.

Trump voters don’t want to appease China: The White House should listen

Michael Lucchese · January 30, 2026 5:05 am

A protest against President Donald Trump’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18, 2026. (Krisztian Bocsi/Blooomberg/Getty)

Continental drift: America, Europe, and the new power politics

Dominic Green · January 30, 2026 4:44 am

As a UAE based airline, Etihad is despised by ISIS. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Is the UAE really a superb ally?

Tom Rogan · January 29, 2026 8:00 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Rubio outlines strategy for restarting diplomatic relations with Venezuela

Mike Brest · January 28, 2026 12:01 pm

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Beltway Confidential

Imminent Iran idiocy

Tom Rogan · January 27, 2026 4:26 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One.

Beltway Confidential

China is toasting Trump’s repellent Afghanistan rhetoric

Tom Rogan · January 23, 2026 3:50 pm

President Donald Trump walks on the stage during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Trump’s Greenland quest ends with a whimper, not a bang

Jamie McIntyre · January 23, 2026 4:54 am

Vice President JD Vance, third from the left, tours the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025. (JIM WATSON / aFP / Getty Images)

War for the top of the world: Allies panic as Trump eyes Greenland

Dominic Green · January 23, 2026 4:45 am