Geneva Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations Scuttled by the United States
In Geneva earlier this month, the world tried for a sixth time to negotiate a plastics treaty, and…
Trump’s Chaotic State Department Cuts Endanger U.S. National Security
Last month, the U.S. State Department carried out its largest single-day layoffs ever—more than 1,300 employees gone overnight…
Trump Wants to Acquire New Territory. History Tells Us It’s a Bad Idea.
In December 1899, John Barrett, a former minister to Siam (today Thailand) who had spent months accompanying the…
How the Agency Fueled the Polish Underground
One August day in 1951, a giant fleet of balloons sailed into Czechoslovakia. It must have been a…
On Defending Human Rights, America Returns to First Principles – Foreign Policy
Although U.S. President Donald Trump has said little or nothing in public about defending human rights and freedoms…
Oil Sanctions Are the Wrong Tool When Dealing With Iran, Russia, China
In June, as the bombs were falling on Tehran, a curious thing happened: Iran’s crude oil exports briefly…
The U.S. Can No Longer Stave Off Competition From China
Over the past two decades, a distinctive kind of color-coded map has become a staple of economic journalism.…
Trump’s Middle East Lessons for Ending the Russia-Ukraine War
Commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s successful brokering of a cease-fire between Israel and Iran on June 24,…
Iran-Backed Terrorism in the United States and How to Combat It
The recent conflict between Iran and Israel, which included numerous powerful airstrikes by the United States against Tehran’s…
The United States Needs a Nuclear Operation Warp Speed – Foreign Policy
A new Pew Research Center poll finds partisan polarization among Americans at its highest level in decades. As…