Trudy Rubin

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the G-20 Summit on June 29, 2019, in Osaka, Japan. American intelligence agencies concluded the crown prince approved the plan for operatives to assassinate the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to a previously classified report released by the Biden administration.

Op-ed: Full justice for the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi may never be achieved

March 3, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

I wanted the White House to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I was delighted when the Biden administration released...

An Afghan security official looks at damage caused by a car bomb explosion a day earlier, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 29, 2019. The U.S. and the Taliban have agreed to a significant reduction in violence for seven days, the first step in a plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan and possibly end the long war there.

Commentary: In Afghanistan, a perilous peace plan: Taliban ‘poised to take it all.’

February 24, 2020 at 10:10 p.m.

In 1999, I traveled to Afghanistan when the Taliban controlled the country. Swathed in shawls, exiting my taxi only when sneaking into buildings, I visited secret girls' schools in private...

In this Aug. 14, 2017, photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledges a welcome from the military officers during his visit to Korean People's Army's Strategic Forces in North Korea.

Trump-Kim summit: What to watch for when they meet in Singapore

May 31, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

The Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will be the most riveting reality show of the Trump presidency. It's not just the optics of two leaders,...

From left, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior White House advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Israel's President Reuven Rivlin and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin attend the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018.

The U.S. Embassy moved to Jerusalem, Gaza exploded. Who has a Plan B?

May 31, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

“Jerusalem celebrates and Gaza bleeds — a surreal 24 hours,” read the headline in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Indeed, there was something surreal about scenes of the celebration of the...

In this May 9, 2018, photo provided by the North Korean government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event.

Hold the Trump Nobel! Korea talks will be a long haul

May 31, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

In 1986, I crossed into North Korea for a couple of bizarre hours. That visit came to mind when President Donald Trump announced that he will meet North Korean leader...

Afghan National Army (ANA) Soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

It’s Trump’s war now

May 11, 2019 at 9:14 a.m.

In his Monday speech on Afghanistan, President Donald Trump admitted something he's rarely faced up to: Decisions are "much different" when you are president than in the heat of a...

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson leaves his Islington home on July 1, 2016, in London. Johnson backed out of the Conservative Leadership contest after his ally and supporter Justice Secretary Michael Gove announced he too would run. Home Secretary Theresa May is now leading the race to head the Conservative Party that could lead to becoming Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson’s rise and fall a cautionary tale for U.S.

May 11, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

Should anyone require further proof that the promises of populists are worthless, he or she need only watch the latest psychodrama in London. Boris Johnson, the ex-London mayor and mop-haired...

ADVICE TO GEORGE W.

August 10, 2021 at 10:07 p.m.

All right, I admit it. The fact that I knew all the answers to the foreign policy pop quiz that Texas Gov. George W. Bush flunked last week doesn't mean...

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