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.

377 posts

• Day 1870: "Why are we doing this?" Mar 4, 2026
• Day 1857: "Bad things will happen." Feb 19, 2026
• Day 1815: "The only thing that can stop me." Jan 8, 2026
• Day 1814: "Propaganda machine." Jan 7, 2026
• 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 1791: "A mind crippling disease." Dec 15, 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 1750: "A living hell." Nov 4, 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 1673: "I think the president was serious." Aug 19, 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 1604: "Do not give in to him." Jun 11, 2025
• Day 1597: "A very bad situation." Jun 4, 2025
• Day 1577: "We call this corruption." May 15, 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 1476: "Worth the price." Feb 3, 2025
• Day 1469: "A common thing to do." Jan 27, 2025
• Day 1449: "All hell will break out." Jan 7, 2025
• Day 1402: "A wonderful future." Nov 21, 2024
• Day 1393: "Unprecedented circumstances." Nov 12, 2024
• Day 1381: "Like it or not." Oct 31, 2024
• Day 1351: "A significant escalation." Oct 1, 2024
• Day 1344: "Inflection point." Sep 24, 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 1234: "We don’t seem to be listening." Jun 6, 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 1204: "Blacked out." May 7, 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 1127: "Wishful and irresponsible." Feb 20, 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 1105: "Something Donald Trump hates." Jan 29, 2024
• Day 1057: "Practically impossible." Dec 12, 2023
• Day 1056: "On the verge of complete failure." Dec 11, 2023
• Day 1049: "One impossible choice after another." Dec 4, 2023
• Day 1045: "Lead the way." Nov 30, 2023
• Day 1042: "Looking at alternatives." Nov 27, 2023
• Day 1035: "Not enough action." Nov 20, 2023
• Day 1021: "An unfolding catastrophe." Nov 6, 2023
• Day 1014: "Civil order." Oct 30, 2023
• Day 1009: "What comes next." Oct 25, 2023
• Day 1003: "Be ready." Oct 19, 2023
• Day 1001: "Whatever it takes." Oct 17, 2023
• Day 996: "Even when it's difficult." Oct 12, 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 819: "Extremely unusual." Apr 18, 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 763: "Plot twist." Feb 21, 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 657: "Chronicle of chaos." Nov 7, 2022
• Day 645: "More bad news for the planet." Oct 26, 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 450: "Strange." Apr 14, 2022
• Day 441: "The height of hypocrisy." Apr 5, 2022
• Day 429: "What will stop him." Mar 24, 2022
• Day 428: "Saber rattling." Mar 23, 2022
• Day 427: "Sickening and egregious." Mar 22, 2022
• Day 421: "Do more." Mar 16, 2022
• Day 405: "Not satisfactory." Feb 28, 2022
• Day 399: "Share the pain." Feb 22, 2022
• Day 394: "Hysteria." Feb 17, 2022
• Day 392: "Clear and present risk." Feb 15, 2022
• Day 391: "On the edge of a precipice." Feb 14, 2022
• Day 384: "Legitimate political discourse." Feb 7, 2022
• Day 373: "Little optimism." Jan 27, 2022
• Day 372: "The ball is in their court." Jan 26, 2022
• Day 371: "Profound concern." Jan 25, 2022
• Day 370: "Massive consequences." Jan 24, 2022
• Day 364: "We're going to vote." Jan 18, 2022
• Day 321: "Crimes against humanity." Dec 6, 2021
• Day 281: "Just can't do it." Oct 27, 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 197: "Unwelcome and nonconsensual touching." Aug 4, 2021
• Day 188: Mandate. Jul 26, 2021
• Day 183: "Extremely enthusiastic." Jul 21, 2021
• Day 178: "I've got it covered." Jul 16, 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 141: "Frustrated." Jun 9, 2021
• Day 127: "Closer to a definitive conclusion." May 26, 2021
• Day 100: "Crisis into opportunity." Apr 29, 2021
• Day 86: "Disinformation and interference." Apr 15, 2021
• Day 84: "Abundance of caution." Apr 13, 2021
• Day 80: "Out of whack." Apr 9, 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 16: "America is back." Feb 4, 2021
• Day 1404: "A monster." Nov 23, 2020
• Day 1398: "Move on." Nov 17, 2020
• Day 1280: "Surge." Jul 22, 2020
• Day 1260: "We are not flattening the curve right now." Jul 2, 2020
• Day 1240: "There's no strategy." Jun 12, 2020
• Day 1237: "We're still at the beginning." Jun 9, 2020
• Day 1229: Bunker boy. Jun 1, 2020
• Day 1182: "As dangerous as it sounds." Apr 15, 2020
• Day 1175: "It's time to intensify." Apr 8, 2020
• Day 1156: "The only thing we weren't prepared for." Mar 20, 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 1105: Public interest. Jan 29, 2020
• Day 1103: A colorful distraction. Jan 27, 2020
• Day 1100: "What our framers feared most." Jan 24, 2020
• Day 1099: "No president has abused his power in this way." Jan 23, 2020
• Day 1098: "Protect our democracy." Jan 22, 2020
• Day 1089: Interpretations. Jan 13, 2020
• Day 1086: Destabilizing activities. Jan 10, 2020
• Day 1085: Reckless. Jan 9, 2020
• Day 1084: Standing down. Jan 8, 2020
• Day 1083: "Historic nightmare." Jan 7, 2020
• Day 1082: Get this done. Jan 6, 2020
• Day 1081: "Reign of terror." Jan 5, 2020
• Day 1075: Admired. Dec 30, 2019
• Day 1064: Counterpunch. Dec 19, 2019
• Day 1054: Justified. Dec 9, 2019
• Day 1051: That's what impeachment is for. Dec 6, 2019
• Day 1049: "Are you ready?" Dec 4, 2019
• Day 1048: Clear and present danger. Dec 3, 2019
• Day 1047: Entirely prudent. Dec 2, 2019
• Day 1037: "Never took place." Nov 22, 2019
• Day 1034: Duty. Nov 19, 2019
• Day 1033: "Unusual and inappropriate." Nov 18, 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 1005: "We prefer peace to war." Oct 21, 2019
• Day 1002: White House confessional. Oct 18, 2019
• Day 1001: "Get over it." Oct 17, 2019
• Day 1000: Meltdown. Oct 16, 2019
• Day 991: "Devastating for the good guys." Oct 7, 2019
• Day 984: Fractures. Sep 30, 2019
• Day 981: Profound. Sep 27, 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 963: "NOTHING TO DO WITH ME" Sep 9, 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 923: Animosity. Jul 31, 2019
• Day 922: An emblem of hate. Jul 30, 2019
• Day 909: "Not unhappy." Jul 17, 2019
• Day 893: Unforeseen. Jul 1, 2019
• Day 890: Reluctantly. Jun 28, 2019
• Day 889: Contrived. Jun 27, 2019
• Day 888: Terminated. Jun 26, 2019
• Day 887: Overwhelming force. Jun 25, 2019
• Day 881: Misplaced certainty. Jun 19, 2019
• Day 880: Let's see. Jun 18, 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 854: Intentional. May 23, 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 831: Meritless. Apr 30, 2019
• Day 818: Weakened authority. Apr 17, 2019
• Day 805: Alarming and significant. Apr 4, 2019
• Day 791: Alternative means. Mar 21, 2019
• Day 785: Dangerous and reckless. Mar 15, 2019
• Day 782: Deteriorating situation. Mar 12, 2019
• Day 771: Alarming. Mar 1, 2019
• Day 770: Options. Feb 28, 2019
• Day 762: Retribution. Feb 20, 2019
• Day 761: Grenades. Feb 19, 2019
• Day 748: Doesn't work that way. Feb 6, 2019
• Day 742: Waste of time. Jan 31, 2019
• Day 741: Back to school. Jan 30, 2019
• Day 740: Regime survival. Jan 29, 2019
• Day 733: Hypothetical. Jan 22, 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 666: Decorum. Nov 16, 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 616: "I am terrified." Sep 27, 2018
• Day 614: But that's okay. Sep 25, 2018
• Day 606: Full steam ahead. Sep 17, 2018
• Day 599: Quite enthusiastic. Sep 10, 2018
• Day 575: A very good person. Aug 17, 2018
• Day 568: Be happy, be cool. Aug 10, 2018
• Day 544: Strange and uncertain times. Jul 17, 2018
• Day 539: Go it alone. Jul 12, 2018
• Day 538: Tremendous relationships. Jul 11, 2018
• Day 536: Piece of trash. Jul 9, 2018
• Day 532: "My staff told me not to say this." Jul 5, 2018
• Day 530: Shredded. Jul 3, 2018
• Day 515: Not on my watch. Jun 18, 2018
• Day 509: A very special bond. Jun 12, 2018
• Day 508: Sobering and a bit depressing. Jun 11, 2018
• Day 491: A colossal waste. May 25, 2018
• Day 481: Hindsight. May 15, 2018
• Day 470: Oh my goodness. May 4, 2018
• Day 463: Very sick or very dumb. Apr 27, 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 435: Climate of change. Mar 30, 2018
• Day 414: But his emails. Mar 9, 2018
• Day 413: Very unhappy. Mar 8, 2018
• Day 379: Disgrace. Feb 2, 2018
• Day 363: Gag order. Jan 17, 2018
• Day 358: Racist. Jan 12, 2018
• Day 355: Sunk. Jan 9, 2018
• Day 341: Pile of garbage. Dec 26, 2017
• Day 336: A formula for success. Dec 21, 2017
• Day 335: Taking names. Dec 20, 2017
• Day 326: Heard. Dec 11, 2017
• Day 319: Tatters. Dec 4, 2017
• Day 316: Full cooperation. Dec 1, 2017
• Day 299: Do not recall. Nov 14, 2017
• Day 298: Step aside. Nov 13, 2017
• Day 259: Suicide squad. Oct 5, 2017
• Day 249: But her emails. Sep 25, 2017
• Day 245: Innocuous. Sep 21, 2017
• Day 242: Rocket man. Sep 18, 2017
• Day 235: Too bombastic. Sep 11, 2017
• Day 229: Rescinded. Sep 5, 2017
• Day 224: Tag teamed. Aug 31, 2017
• Day 223: Talking is not the answer. Aug 30, 2017
• Day 222: Concealed. Aug 29, 2017
• Day 216: Looking for a way out. Aug 23, 2017
• Day 215: Principled realism. Aug 22, 2017
• Day 214: A path forward. Aug 21, 2017
• Day 208: Retweet rampage. Aug 15, 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 184: Complete power. Jul 22, 2017
• Day 181: Secret dinner. Jul 19, 2017
• Day 175: Health care redux. Jul 13, 2017
• Day 172: Damaging information. Jul 10, 2017
• Day 169: An honor to be with you. Jul 7, 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 141: Complete vindication. Jun 9, 2017
• Day 138: Show them a body. Jun 6, 2017
• Day 137: Blindsided. Jun 5, 2017
• Day 134: Showdown supreme. Jun 2, 2017
• Day 133: It's heating up. Jun 1, 2017
• Day 132: Au revoir. May 31, 2017
• Day 130: Backchannel. May 29, 2017
• Day 126: Street fighters. May 25, 2017
• Day 125: A madman with nukes. May 24, 2017
• Day 124: Cuts for the poor. May 23, 2017
• Day 120: Kept in the dark. Person of interest. May 19, 2017
• Day 119: Undisclosed. May 18, 2017
• Day 118: Hot mess. May 17, 2017
• Day 117: Undercut. Wow. May 16, 2017
• Day 110: Finger pointing. Fired. May 9, 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 96: Confident. Apr 25, 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 73: Incited violence. Apr 2, 2017
• Day 58: Imminent. Mar 18, 2017
• Day 57: Tapped out. Mar 17, 2017
• Day 35: Frayed. Rejected. Feb 23, 2017
• Day 31: Last night in Sweden. Feb 19, 2017
• Day 26: Clusterfuck. Feb 14, 2017
• Day 24: Shots fired. Feb 12, 2017
• Day 18: Stumbles Uninvited. Feb 6, 2017
• Day 14: Braggadocious. Feb 2, 2017
• Day 11: Dissent. Jan 30, 2017
• Day 10: Embarrassment. Jan 29, 2017
• Day 8: Banned. Jan 27, 2017
• Day 7: Shut it. Jan 26, 2017