Tag: U.S. Foreign Policy

On Aug. 14, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz called on the Trump administration to recognize Somaliland as an independent state. Cruz’s appeal was pitched as a way to reward democracy and ...

The first week of March featured a moment of dark political comedy worthy of Veep creator Armando Iannucci. In a scene that felt scripted for satire, the United States became ...

At a cabinet meeting last week, U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated a key milestone: The United States, according to him, was no longer funding Ukraine in its defense against Russia. ...

Drug trafficking is terrorism, according to a new Trump administration finding, and designated cartels now face the prospect of military response. The first test of the new policy has just ...

On Sept. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy had sunk a small boat in international waters and claimed that the 11 passengers on board were gang members ...

Although there are striking similarities between the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent and the Korean Peninsula, the international relations community rarely pays attention to their parallel trajectories. Recent events provide ...

Scholars, pundits, and politicians make bad predictions all the time, and some of the mistakes are real doozies. For what it’s worth, my nominee for the worst geopolitical forecast of ...

For almost four decades, Jamaica has ranked among the countries with the highest homicide rates in the world. But since 2022, thanks to concerted government efforts, its murder rate has ...

According to Emma Ashford, the answer is yes—even if we can’t be sure what comes next. In her new book, First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World, ...

Ten years from now, the United States should have no significant troop presence in Europe. Realists are in broad agreement that the United States is overcommitted there. Indeed, the fact ...