Donald Trump proclaimed “America First” on his way to his head-spinning victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, and the success of that message will rock...
President Obama should focus on three foreign policy challenges, postelection, to finish fights that began on his watch. These include setting rules for cyber...
Whoever wins Tuesday’s presidential election will face an assertive, aggrieved Russia whose risk-taking behavior under President Vladimir Putin is...
Making predictions three weeks before the U.S. election is risky, but the likeliest bet right now is that the center will hold in American politics and...
When South Korean officials talk about the growing nuclear challenge from the North, they use red-alert phrases like “existential threat,” “imminent danger”...
Watching Donald Trump skulking behind Hillary Clinton on the debate stage Sunday night, muttering about locking her up if he wins, was a reminder that we are...
The “art of the deal,” in Donald Trump’s version, has a hard edge. It involves public bluster, threats of litigation, and confrontational negotiations. It’s...
“Catastrophic” is the word several U.S. officials use privately to discuss the latest developments in Syria, in which a savage Russian bombing campaign has...
The pathway to compromise is never easy to find, at home or abroad, but it was visible in Colombia this week in the peace agreement that ended a 52-year...
Consider two quotations, the first engraved in modern history and the other less than a week old, and ask yourself what they have in common:“This morning I...
Daesh (ISIS) hasn’t had much success yet in recruiting militants among the vast Muslim populations in Southeast Asia. But what happens when the caliphate’s...
The fight against Daesh (ISIS) may get the headlines. But it’s the military threats from Russia and China that most worry top Pentagon officials – and are...
Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job...
For 32 years, a group of Republican and Democratic foreign-policy experts has in gathered in Aspen, Colorado each summer to debate strategic issues facing the...
How did Donald Trump win the Republican nomination despite clear evidence that he had misrepresented or falsified key issues throughout the campaign? Social...
As Russian intelligence agencies escalate their use of the U.S.-created internet as a tool of political sabotage, it’s haunting to recall the famous communist...
China suffered a significant setback this month in its bid for dominance in the South China Sea, and its leaders are following a familiar script after such...
After a week of relentless Republican attacks on trade deals and globalization, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is heading to a meeting in China that he hopes...
In the uproar following the attempted military coup in Turkey, relations between Washington and Ankara, already badly strained, appear to be headed for new...
The week of July 4 is a good moment to salute an unlikely champion of saving energy and switching to alternative fuels – the U.S. Navy. Once a supreme...
In the global revulsion at the past week’s terror attacks in four Muslim countries, the United States and its allies have a new opportunity to build a unified...
Imagine a young Margaret Thatcher, a politician who deeply mistrusts the political establishment and identifies on a gut level with the frustrations of the...
A year ago this month, President Barack Obama was delivering a eulogy in Charleston, South Carolina, after the mass shooting in a church there. As he neared...
With Venezuela spinning into chaos and collapse, the Obama administration has pondered how to nudge the imploding nation toward political change – without...
Even by Donald Trump’s standards, his comments about the Orlando shooting have been reckless and self-serving. They are also dangerous for the country.Trump’s...