Foreign Policy in Focus

Can Moscow and Washington find common cause against the global scourges of nuclear weapons, climate change, and pandemic?

Asia has done a much better job of containing the pandemic. Do values have anything to do with it?

Because of the events of the last weeks, months and years, should “democracy promotion” be permanently removed from the U.S. foreign policy lexicon?

It’s urgent not to return to the previous status quo. It’s time for creative thinking and bold action.

Donald Trump has always been about me, me, me. Now he has no one left to blame.

The ForeverTrumpers are challenging the Constitution. They should be penalized for their efforts.

How about turning North Korea’s nuclear weapons into solar panels?

The refusal of tens of millions of Americans to recognize the election results is part of a much larger denialism — of COVID-19, of climate change, and U.S. decline.

Biden’s foreign policy team matters less than the world they inherit, policies they pursue, and the pressure they get from progressives.

How else would you describe Americans who deny a pandemic that’s killed 250,000 people and the election that repudiated Trump?

There’s no returning to normal after Donald Trump.

It simply doesn’t make a lot of sense to entrust leadership to a country with a severe personality disorder.

American democracy is in rough shape. It’s going to take more than this election to set it right.

It’s going to take more than a change of personnel in Washington to address our decaying climate, public health, and democracy. But it’s not too late.

Authoritarianism has been on the march for years, but people powered revolutions are pushing regimes toward democracy on nearly every continent.

COVID-19 is an early alert for more serious global crises. So far, the international community has failed — but it’s not too late.

Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of COVID-19.

Trump has put a stop to democracy promotion. Will democracy put a stop to Trump?

North Korea’s nuclear program is a regional issue. It requires a regional response.

Donald Trump brought a whole new world of corruption to Washington.