Citing an escalating dispute over islands in the East China Sea, The Economist warned last week that “China and Japan are sliding toward…
It is hard to remember, on President Obama’s second inauguration, that less than a decade ago he was a relatively unknown Senate candidate…
When Senator John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state later this month, he will encounter a number of complex tests as America’s top…
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It's Washington at its worst — Republicans continue to question this week about what UN Ambassador Susan Rice knew and when she knew it on…
Twenty years ago, Edward Djerejian, a former U.S. diplomat, famously worried that Islamists would exploit democratic elections to come to…
With his dramatic victory in Tuesday’s election, President Obama must now pivot quickly to address three urgent foreign policy issues that…
The Obama administration entered office with a theory of foreign policy that has failed the test of practice.
Candidate Obama promised a…
President Obama's remarks Monday on Hurricane Sandy were in some ways the most significant of his presidency. They were, at their core,…
Hurricane Katrina pitted a Republican White House against a Louisiana Governor and New Orleans mayor of a different party. The tensions…