Foreign Policy

Initial Supreme Court Arguments on Tariffs Case Offer Some Hints

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in what is at once a wildly abstruse case, as most cases that reach ...
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In Hurricane Melissa’s Wake, Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Face Critical Moment

Hurricane Melissa was a Category 5 storm—and one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—when it ...
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With Military Buildup Against Venezuela, the U.S. Eyes Cuba as Well

William M. LeoGrande is a professor of government at American University and nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. He ...
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Ukraine’s New U.S. Ambassador Previews Her Pragmatic Approach to Washington

Olha Stefanishyna, a 40-year-old from Odesa, Ukraine, is kept awake at night by the distant rumble of passenger planes flying ...
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Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms Race

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent social media post—in which he said he had “instructed the Department of War to start ...
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U.S. Government Shutdown Sorely Tests National Security State

Nearly one month into the U.S. federal government shutdown, foreign-policy and national security needs are being increasingly ...
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The U.S. Is Withdrawing Some Troops From Eastern Europe

The United States announced Wednesday that it will withdraw several thousand troops from Europe, a move that has sparked ...
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For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset

And yet, despite the seeming inability of our international systems to solve existential problems, the public still believes ...
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For Syrian Refugees, U.S. Aid Cuts Have Been Devastating

This is one of the reasons that I was so gutted on a recent trip to Lebanon and Syria, where—at the invitation High ...
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Why China Is Winning the Trade War

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Xi Takes the Spotlight at APEC Summit in Trump’s Absence

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at China ’s trade goals at this year’s APEC summit, potential U.S. military strikes on Venezuela, and allegations of Russia using a banned cruise ...
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America Is Too Scared of the Multipolar World

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