Foreign Policy

U.S. foreign policy and international relations coverage including diplomacy, treaties, alliances, and military operations abroad. Stories address relationships with allies and adversaries, international agreements, State Department developments, and America's role in global affairs.

236 posts

• Day 1812: "We’re going to have to do something." Jan 5, 2026
• Day 1806: "The guy is just incompetent." Dec 30, 2025
• Day 1805: "Hell to pay." Dec 29, 2025
• Day 1785: "A colossal economic and national security failure." Dec 9, 2025
• Day 1784: "Massive, uncontrolled, unchecked power." Dec 8, 2025
• Day 1771: "Standard negotiation." Nov 25, 2025
• Day 1770: "Defective." Nov 24, 2025
• Day 1764: "Things happen." Nov 18, 2025
• Day 1745: "We’re not going to make everyone drop dead." Oct 30, 2025
• Day 1735: "Built different." Oct 20, 2025
• Day 1715: "A war from within." Sep 30, 2025
• Day 1714: "There’ll be others." Sep 29, 2025
• Day 1709: "That is un-American." Sep 24, 2025
• Day 1708: "Stupid people." Sep 23, 2025
• Day 1672: "Done waiting." Aug 18, 2025
• Day 1660: "They don’t care." Aug 6, 2025
• Day 1651: "You can't fake that." Jul 28, 2025
• Day 1638: "Make them feel the pain." Jul 15, 2025
• Day 1632: "Treating democracy like a suggestion." Jul 9, 2025
• Day 1631: "Hubristic and senseless." Jul 8, 2025
• Day 1626: "One big, ugly bill." Jul 3, 2025
• Day 1618: "Daddy." Jun 25, 2025
• Day 1617: "Low-level loser." Jun 24, 2025
• Day 1616: "This is not Constitutional." Jun 23, 2025
• Day 1610: "Whacked out." Jun 17, 2025
• Day 1597: "A very bad situation." Jun 4, 2025
• Day 1575: "A chance at greatness." May 13, 2025
• Day 1567: "The best, safest and most cost-effective way." May 5, 2025
• Day 1555: "Too erratic." Apr 23, 2025
• Day 1546: "Charade of due process." Apr 14, 2025
• Day 1532: "We’re going to boom." Mar 31, 2025
• Day 1500: "Flawed democracy." Feb 27, 2025
• Day 1497: "Moment of truth." Feb 24, 2025
• Day 1485: "What democracy is all about." Feb 12, 2025
• Day 1479: "Sheer chaos." Feb 6, 2025
• Day 1469: "A common thing to do." Jan 27, 2025
• Day 1449: "All hell will break out." Jan 7, 2025
• Day 1381: "Like it or not." Oct 31, 2024
• Day 1351: "A significant escalation." Oct 1, 2024
• Day 1290: "The American people deserve better." Aug 1, 2024
• Day 1269: "This is going to get worse." Jul 11, 2024
• Day 1268: "Pivotal moment." Jul 10, 2024
• Day 1248: "Blatantly unconstitutional." Jun 20, 2024
• Day 1227: "The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5." May 30, 2024
• Day 1212: "Ready to rumble." May 15, 2024
• Day 1206: "Regrettable." May 9, 2024
• Day 1191: "Everyone knows it." Apr 24, 2024
• Day 1189: "It’s called democracy." Apr 22, 2024
• Day 1184: "Make our own decisions." Apr 17, 2024
• Day 1183: "A clusterfuck." Apr 16, 2024
• Day 1178: "No guarantee." Apr 11, 2024
• Day 1148: "Requisite intent." Mar 12, 2024
• Day 1143: "We're not waiting." Mar 7, 2024
• Day 1122: "Unprecedented stress." Feb 15, 2024
• Day 1120: "It will be devastating." Feb 13, 2024
• Day 1119: "Appalling and unhinged." Feb 12, 2024
• Day 1057: "Practically impossible." Dec 12, 2023
• Day 1049: "One impossible choice after another." Dec 4, 2023
• Day 1035: "Not enough action." Nov 20, 2023
• Day 1001: "Whatever it takes." Oct 17, 2023
• Day 995: "Less likely than ever." Oct 11, 2023
• Day 973: "Lots of luck." Sep 19, 2023
• Day 911: "Significant negative effect." Jul 19, 2023
• Day 902: "Bomblets." Jul 10, 2023
• Day 799: "Mess things up." Mar 29, 2023
• Day 791: "A necessary step." Mar 21, 2023
• Day 785: "Severe penalties." Mar 15, 2023
• Day 778: "No blank checks." Mar 8, 2023
• Day 751: "Brazen." Feb 9, 2023
• Day 716: "The Republicans haven't been serious about this." Jan 5, 2023
• Day 701: "Asleep at the wheel." Dec 21, 2022
• Day 665: "Managing risk." Nov 15, 2022
• Day 644: "Serious mistake." Oct 25, 2022
• Day 638: "A conspiracy to defraud the United States." Oct 19, 2022
• Day 637: "Where's the beef?" Oct 18, 2022
• Day 630: "The worst is yet to come." Oct 11, 2022
• Day 617: "Obscene." Sep 28, 2022
• Day 615: "We've made that very clear." Sep 26, 2022
• Day 610: "Numerous acts of fraud." Sep 21, 2022
• Day 405: "Not satisfactory." Feb 28, 2022
• Day 392: "Clear and present risk." Feb 15, 2022
• Day 391: "On the edge of a precipice." Feb 14, 2022
• Day 372: "The ball is in their court." Jan 26, 2022
• Day 321: "Crimes against humanity." Dec 6, 2021
• Day 241: "A catastrophic pathway." Sep 17, 2021
• Day 239: "Democracy can be sloppy." Sep 15, 2021
• Day 223: "The forever war." Aug 30, 2021
• Day 220: "The mission will go on." Aug 27, 2021
• Day 213: "Strategic ambiguity." Aug 20, 2021
• Day 209: "Crisis of confidence." Aug 16, 2021
• Day 188: Mandate. Jul 26, 2021
• Day 174: "Speculation and conjecture." Jul 12, 2021
• Day 164: "An affront to our shared humanity." Jul 2, 2021
• Day 160: "Not my intent." Jun 28, 2021
• Day 155: "Pursuit of truth." Jun 23, 2021
• Day 146: "Accountability." Jun 14, 2021
• Day 127: "Closer to a definitive conclusion." May 26, 2021
• Day 84: "Abundance of caution." Apr 13, 2021
• Day 78: "Good faith negotiations." Apr 7, 2021
• Day 73: "Low risk." Apr 2, 2021
• Day 38: "Too complicated." Feb 26, 2021
• Day 35: "Intelligence failures." Feb 23, 2021
• Day 31: "We have a lot to do." Feb 19, 2021
• Day 1260: "We are not flattening the curve right now." Jul 2, 2020
• Day 1237: "We're still at the beginning." Jun 9, 2020
• Day 1182: "As dangerous as it sounds." Apr 15, 2020
• Day 1175: "It's time to intensify." Apr 8, 2020
• Day 1140: "A perfect storm." Mar 4, 2020
• Day 1138: "No reason to panic." Mar 2, 2020
• Day 1117: Parasite. Feb 10, 2020
• Day 1103: A colorful distraction. Jan 27, 2020
• Day 1099: "No president has abused his power in this way." Jan 23, 2020
• Day 1089: Interpretations. Jan 13, 2020
• Day 1086: Destabilizing activities. Jan 10, 2020
• Day 1084: Standing down. Jan 8, 2020
• Day 1081: "Reign of terror." Jan 5, 2020
• Day 1075: Admired. Dec 30, 2019
• Day 1051: That's what impeachment is for. Dec 6, 2019
• Day 1034: Duty. Nov 19, 2019
• Day 1028: "The investigations." Nov 13, 2019
• Day 1021: A clear understanding. Nov 6, 2019
• Day 1014: Out of step. Oct 30, 2019
• Day 1007: "This whole thing is about corruption." Oct 23, 2019
• Day 1006: Direct line. Oct 22, 2019
• Day 1002: White House confessional. Oct 18, 2019
• Day 1001: "Get over it." Oct 17, 2019
• Day 991: "Devastating for the good guys." Oct 7, 2019
• Day 984: Fractures. Sep 30, 2019
• Day 974: "Totally appropriate." Sep 20, 2019
• Day 971: Abuse of power. Sep 17, 2019
• Day 967: Moral compass. Sep 13, 2019
• Day 964: Extremely complete. Sep 10, 2019
• Day 959: The ultimate deal. Sep 5, 2019
• Day 949: Magnificent. Aug 26, 2019
• Day 944: Absurd. Aug 21, 2019
• Day 939: Hate and war. Aug 16, 2019
• Day 922: An emblem of hate. Jul 30, 2019
• Day 893: Unforeseen. Jul 1, 2019
• Day 888: Terminated. Jun 26, 2019
• Day 879: True cowards. Jun 17, 2019
• Day 872: Possibly catastrophic. Jun 10, 2019
• Day 859: "False narrative." May 28, 2019
• Day 855: Full and complete authority. May 24, 2019
• Day 848: Willingness to cooperate. May 17, 2019
• Day 847: On fire. May 16, 2019
• Day 846: Escalating tensions. May 15, 2019
• Day 845: Echoes. May 14, 2019
• Day 818: Weakened authority. Apr 17, 2019
• Day 805: Alarming and significant. Apr 4, 2019
• Day 791: Alternative means. Mar 21, 2019
• Day 771: Alarming. Mar 1, 2019
• Day 770: Options. Feb 28, 2019
• Day 740: Regime survival. Jan 29, 2019
• Day 727: Damage. Jan 16, 2019
• Day 726: Everyone's favorite. Jan 15, 2019
• Day 693: The Diplomacy Project. Dec 13, 2018
• Day 687: Undisciplined. Dec 7, 2018
• Day 684: Loose ends. Dec 4, 2018
• Day 670: Steadfast. Nov 20, 2018
• Day 669: A failure to abide. Nov 19, 2018
• Day 665: The envy of the world. Nov 15, 2018
• Day 651: Doing a service. Nov 1, 2018
• Day 643: Despicable acts. Oct 24, 2018
• Day 642: Cover-up. Oct 23, 2018
• Day 641: A great mind. Oct 22, 2018
• Day 637: Personal commitments. Oct 18, 2018
• Day 635: Totally denied. Oct 16, 2018
• Day 634: Who cares. Oct 15, 2018
• Day 630: Highly unusual. Oct 11, 2018
• Day 622: Appalling. Oct 3, 2018
• Day 606: Full steam ahead. Sep 17, 2018
• Day 599: Quite enthusiastic. Sep 10, 2018
• Day 539: Go it alone. Jul 12, 2018
• Day 538: Tremendous relationships. Jul 11, 2018
• Day 532: "My staff told me not to say this." Jul 5, 2018
• Day 508: Sobering and a bit depressing. Jun 11, 2018
• Day 481: Hindsight. May 15, 2018
• Day 460: Do not worry. Apr 24, 2018
• Day 454: This Russia thing. Apr 18, 2018
• Day 450: Mission accomplished. Apr 14, 2018
• Day 358: Racist. Jan 12, 2018
• Day 341: Pile of garbage. Dec 26, 2017
• Day 335: Taking names. Dec 20, 2017
• Day 299: Do not recall. Nov 14, 2017
• Day 259: Suicide squad. Oct 5, 2017
• Day 245: Innocuous. Sep 21, 2017
• Day 242: Rocket man. Sep 18, 2017
• Day 224: Tag teamed. Aug 31, 2017
• Day 215: Principled realism. Aug 22, 2017
• Day 214: A path forward. Aug 21, 2017
• Day 204: Locked and loaded, or whatever. Aug 11, 2017
• Day 202: An absurd red line. Aug 9, 2017
• Day 201: Extreme weather. Aug 8, 2017
• Day 195: Seriously flawed. Aug 2, 2017
• Day 168: Will to survive. Jul 6, 2017
• Day 161: Low IQ. Jun 29, 2017
• Day 159: Delayed. Jun 27, 2017
• Day 158: Reinstated. Jun 26, 2017
• Day 151: Collective self-defense. Jun 19, 2017
• Day 148: Ruh roh. Jun 16, 2017
• Day 138: Show them a body. Jun 6, 2017
• Day 137: Blindsided. Jun 5, 2017
• Day 133: It's heating up. Jun 1, 2017
• Day 132: Au revoir. May 31, 2017
• Day 126: Street fighters. May 25, 2017
• Day 124: Cuts for the poor. May 23, 2017
• Day 120: Kept in the dark. Person of interest. May 19, 2017
• Day 117: Undercut. Wow. May 16, 2017
• Day 105: Health care? May 4, 2017
• Day 104: Nauseous. May 3, 2017
• Day 102: Bizarre. May 1, 2017
• Day 100: Perspective. Apr 29, 2017
• Day 99: Weak. Apr 28, 2017
• Day 95: "Good press." Apr 24, 2017
• Day 91: "Super-mighty preemptive strike." Apr 20, 2017
• Day 90: The sword stands ready. Apr 19, 2017
• Day 88: Strategic patience. Apr 17, 2017
• Day 87: Provocation. Apr 16, 2017
• Day 86: Frankenmissile. Apr 15, 2017
• Day 85: Preemptive. Apr 14, 2017
• Day 83: Trading barbs. Apr 12, 2017
• Day 82: Sean Spicer. Apr 11, 2017
• Day 81: Partially responsible. Apr 10, 2017
• Day 80: Complicit. Apr 9, 2017
• Day 79: Knife fights. Apr 8, 2017
• Day 78: Tomahawked. Apr 7, 2017
• Day 76: Demoted. Apr 5, 2017
• Day 75: Undermine. Apr 4, 2017
• Day 74: Nuclear option. Apr 3, 2017
• Day 58: Imminent. Mar 18, 2017
• Day 57: Tapped out. Mar 17, 2017
• Day 35: Frayed. Rejected. Feb 23, 2017
• Day 14: Braggadocious. Feb 2, 2017
• Day 11: Dissent. Jan 30, 2017
• Day 10: Embarrassment. Jan 29, 2017
• Day 7: Shut it. Jan 26, 2017