If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
Excuses for why the US can’t lift Trump restrictions on the cash Americans send their families there are outdated and inaccurate.
Two administrations could have done something when it counted. But now ‘doing something’ is no longer welcome in Port-au-Prince.
The U.S. must find ways of advocating for basic democratic principles without using them as a cudgel to bash Beijing.
Leaving is the right thing to do, but failing to put effort into regional diplomacy now would be a real stain on his legacy.
Biden should know that Democratic values can’t be advanced by turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the persecution of peaceful activists.
What he gets from Biden will depend on whether his requests are compatible with the realities of the U.S. military withdrawal.
U.S. officials think Kabul could fall to the Taliban within six months, a sad indictment of our multibillion effort to build security there.
The pressure on Biden is increasing as the Taliban take more territory by the day, and the Pentagon continues to send mixed signals.
Ebrihim Raisi came out swinging at his first press conference, indicating new challenges ahead for Washington-Tehran diplomacy.
On a host of issues, especially Ukraine, Biden kicked the can down the road. Let’s hope it’s not a grenade that’ll explode in our faces.
In his new book, the long time US foreign policy critic says some radical approaches are in order, ‘After the Apocalypse.’
Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president’s “core pillars” of US foreign policy.
The summit with Russian President Putin elicited some modest progress, but on the big security questions, a missed opportunity.
As their summit approaches, some serious thoughts on how Biden and Putin can pursue a negotiated peace in a fractured land.
The president is bringing good — and bad — ideas for drawing partners into his East Asia policy in his suitcase. Will the right ones prevail?
And it’s a head-scratcher, since his campaign once called Trump’s withdrawal of the Cold War agreement ‘short-sighted.’
The president is going full speed ahead on beefing up the triad and expensive modernization — despite cries from his own party.
Selling war and death should be no joy for any country, so halting it is a goal well worth fighting for.
Respect for life, dignity, and liberty should undergird foreign policy. But that doesn’t justify reckless, harmful intervention.
In fact, GOP presidents were much tougher on Tel Aviv in the wake of its aggression against neighbors, settlements, and civilian attacks.