Foreign Policy

Can the U.S.-Japan alliance survive Donald Trump?

May 11, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

Concerned. Anxious. Confused. Perplexed. These are the most common adjectives I heard in Tokyo from Japanese officials and experts who are trying to understand the Trump administration's approach to foreign...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and the anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists

May 11, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

Things are getting down and dirty now. And millions of lives are at stake. I cannot possibly state strongly enough how dangerous it is that President-elect Donald Trump has embraced...

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton speaks during the Freedom Summit the Freedom Summit in Greenville, S.C., on May 9, 2015.

Who will get the nod to become Trump’s secretary of state?

May 11, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

Who will be America's next secretary of state? Several names keep popping up on the list to become the top U.S. diplomat in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory....

Ambrozine Bastine McLennon, of Jamaica, says the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in Miami.

Make no mistake: America is greater than ever

May 11, 2019 at 8:41 a.m.

I have traveled to more than 70 countries. In 2016 alone, I have been on six continents. I have never been to a place that was not endowed with people,...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, speaks during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 20, 2016.

Duterte’s flip-flop into bed with China is a disaster for the United States

June 9, 2018 at 2:11 p.m.

International relations theorists of a "realist" persuasion like to claim that states are rational actors pursuing their strategic interests in an anarchic world where power alone matters. Ideology and domestic...

This file photo taken on June 19, 2016, shows the building housing the Ecuadorian embassy in central London where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hold up for four years.

Ecuador’s sly strategy behind its treatment of Julian Assange

May 11, 2019 at 8:40 a.m.

Julian Assange might be forgiven for feeling paranoid. Shortly after WikiLeaks posted a transcript of a speech delivered by Hillary Clinton to Goldman Sachs, his internet access at Ecuador's embassy...

Elderly Chinese singles are flocking to Ikea, much to the chain's frustration.

Ikea to elderly Chinese singles: Get a room

March 30, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

Ah yes, Ikea: the Swedish furniture giant known for its warehouses full of inexpensive furniture, Swedish meatballs, and ... serial-dating Chinese seniors? In recent years, Ikea cafeterias in China have...

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Sept. 20, 2016, in New York City.

Five world leaders Gary Johnson should get to know

May 11, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

It's not easy to run for president. Kind of like actually being president: People are always asking tough questions about cities you've never heard of and problems you don't know...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a campaign rally at the Germain Arena on Sept. 19, 2016, in Estero, Fla.

Donald Trump is Islamic State’s dream candidate

May 11, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

Every time there is a terrorist attack attributed to Muslim extremists anywhere in the world, Donald Trump will rush forward to claim, as he did after an Easter bombing in...

Is the Bayer-Monsanto Merger too big to succeed?

August 19, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

It took $66 billion — the largest all-cash transaction in history — for German biotech giant Bayer to win control over Monsanto, the global seed market leader. The takeover creates...

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