United States Archive

To understand Trump is to recognize that he wants to bring a 19th-century U.S. foreign policy into the 21st century.

Trump is right that Europeans should step up when it comes to the continent’s defense. But his plan to make them do so is misguided.

Biden’s move just before he leaves office highlights his extremely cautious—and, in effect, hardline—approach to U.S.-Cuba policy.

Biden often failed to uphold the rules-based order he vowed to protect. But that order doesn’t operate merely at the whim of the great powers.

Trump’s expansionist rhetoric may simply be about his curious preoccupations. There are still important reasons to take these threats seriously.

Victory in the U.S.-China trade war will go to the side that is best at persuading other countries that its version of globalization is the most attractive.

Biden blocked Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover of U.S. Steel, underscoring the contradictions between his foreign policy and economic policies.

Jimmy Carter’s presidency epitomized a values-based foreign policy for the United States—for better and for worse.

Mexican authorities are stopping, delaying and detaining record numbers of migrants en route to the U.S. border.