List of United States articles
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in the Riyadh on Oct. 23. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images) Reckless in Riyadh
Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy stories of 2018 on U.S.-Saudi relations and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signs a document reinstating sanctions against Iran after announcing the American withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at the White House on May 8, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The Day After the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy stories of 2018 on Iran.
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Iraqi boys walk past a shop in a local market in the northern city of Mosul on Nov. 21. ( Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Sanctions on Iran Will Harm Iraq
Baghdad is heavily dependent on trade with Tehran. Without an exemption from Washington, Iraqis—and the stability of the country—will suffer.
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Iranian members of parliament display their disagreement over a bill, one of four put forward by the government to meet demands set by the international Financial Action Task Force, in Tehran on Oct. 7. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) Sanctions Are Just the Beginning for Iran
The economic blow to Tehran will be compounded if it fails to comply with global financial transparency rules.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis attend the annual Army-Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) Mattis Had a Mixed Record
An honorable public servant leaves behind a messy legacy.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrives for a closed intelligence briefing at the U.S. Capitol on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Mattis’s Resignation Isn’t a Crisis Yet—But It Probably Will Be
The U.S. secretary of defense was right to resign in protest, but Trump can’t handle the consequences.
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President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of Defence James Mattis, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser John Bolton at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on July 11. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images) Good Riddance to America’s Syria Policy
As usual, Donald Trump has done the right thing in the wrong way.
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Voters elected a record number of women to the U.S. Congress in November, including, from left, Kim Schrier, D-Wash., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, Sharice Davids, D-Kan., and Haley Stevens, D-Mich., seen during an incoming freshman class photo in Washington on Nov. 14. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) 2018 Was a Long Women’s March Through Congress
It was a year of quiet, but major, progress for women’s issues in the U.S. government—and 2019 promises even more.
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Angirekula Sreekanth poses for a photograph with a copy of his U.S. visa and those of his relatives at the Chilkur Balaji Temple in Rangareddy district, near Hyderabad, on April 29, 2017. A New U.S. Immigration Law Would Hurt Iranians the Most
H.R. 392 will help skilled immigrants from India jump the green-card queue—at the expense of everyone else.
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A woman wears an air-filtration mask while crossing a street in San Francisco, California, October 13, 2017. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) How to Make Climate Change Doubters Pay a Political Price
Leaders who refuse to acknowledge the public health consequences of air pollution, disease outbreaks, and drought will soon feel the wrath of voters at the polls.
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Hillary Clinton arrives to attend the wedding of Mukesh Ambani's daughter Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal at their residence in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 12. (Prodip Guha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) The 1 Percent Keep Their Friends Close
When politicians dance at billionaires' weddings, they're sending all the wrong messages.
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Instagram star user Jiffpom appears during the F8 Facebook Developers conference in San Jose, California, on May 1. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) How Russia Hacked U.S. Politics With Instagram Marketing
The Internet Research Agency took to the photo-sharing network to boost Trump and depress voter turnout.
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Americans watch President George W. Bush address the nation on March 19, 2003 in Marlton, New Jersey. (Don Murray/Getty Images) 6 Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Next War
Only Americans can stop their country from participating in strategically misguided, irresponsible, and immoral adventures.
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CIA Director Gina Haspel arrives to brief legislators on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Capitol Hill on Dec. 12. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Neither U.S. Senators nor Trump’s Team Is Lying About Khashoggi’s Killing
But the White House’s spin tactics are not doing it any favors.
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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 13. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Neither Side Gets the Khashoggi Debate Right
The tribalism infecting U.S. domestic politics has unfortunately crept deep into the foreign-policy discourse.
