American foreign policy

Both Tehran and Washington have powerful incentives to resolve the conflict through negotiations, but actors on all sides have reasons to derail these efforts

The nuclear deal signed by Iran and world powers on 14 July 2015 did not end decades of hostility between Tehran and Washington. It offered a diplomatic pause in a deeper struggle over influence,…

Here's what Congress can actually do in the next two years

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

The sense that the US may be less committed to its allies' security is prompting a rethink of long-held assumptions, much to the delight of China and Russia

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

The American CIA director's visit looks to be a desperate attempt by the Trump administration to avert a doomsday scenario in which NATO is pulled into a larger war with Russia

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel