This year’s record declines could be attributed in part to perceptions of the country’s — and Trump’s — handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump is doing whatever he can to make it impossible for his successor to resolve some of the world’s most intractable problems.

The two leaders have formed a unique partnership mired in corruption and fraught with international isolation.

Surprise, regime change in Venezuela via crippling sanctions and saber rattling didn’t work after all.

A staffer at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is trolling critics on Twitter using tactics that could put his targets in real danger.

The only thing Trump did by bragging to Bob Woodward about what he thought was some new secret weapon is put the US on a course of a dangerous nuclear arms race.

It’s only mid-afternoon and Army Lieutenant General Victor Constant has already had a bad day. Soon after he arrived at the office at 0700, the Chief had called. “Come see me. We need to talk.”

The Trump administration has been vague about its objections to the court, beyond claiming that it incorporates a bias against the United States and Israel.

We shouldn’t be surprised to see federal troops using violence to crack down on protests in American streets — the US has been helping foreign governments do it for decades

As the Arctic Sea has steadily melted, the US has gradually militarized its regional policy, but there are mechanisms already in place to foster great-power cooperation.

The Trump administration is denying the American public knowledge of the full extent of Russian interference in the 2020 election, to the detriment of American democracy.

Iran had previously blocked IAEA requests to investigate undeclared nuclear sites, but the new agreement provides space for a potential Biden administration to rejoin the JCPOA.

Trump bowed to the NRA and withdrew the US from the Arms Trade Treaty, thereby ceding the moral high ground to China and missing an opportunity to rein in Iran

Impunity for abusive state violence and failure to provide security are more common around the world than respect for the rule of law. The United States is no exception.

Just because terrorists may continue to fight, doesn’t mean the US has to take the bait.

For realists and restrainers, November 8, 2016 was the high point. Since then, Trump’s foreign policy has been mostly conventional Republican, with an extra dollop of incompetence and chaos.

US foreign policy has descended into partisan jockeying, making it much more attractive for foreign countries to intervene in American elections.

The center of gravity in the Democratic party has shifted considerably to the left on foreign policy and national security in a short span of time.

With Trump’s recurring calls to end our endless wars, Congress has missed big opportunities to provide coherent and strategic guidance to compel him to follow through.

The Biden campaign’s recent criticism of a progressive Palestinian-American activist doesn’t inspire confidence that he and his team know what it takes to confront a mounting global crisis of anti-Muslim hatred.