USA | Foreign Policy
- The Trump-Harris worldview divide: Fly solo, or with allies?
U.S. foreign policy isn’t a top priority for American voters this year, but it matters a lot around the world. How will the next president treat allies?
- Hamas leader’s death revives hopes for a Gaza peace plan. Is that enough?
After a year of war in Gaza and the Middle East, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar rekindled hopes for a grand U.S.-led peace plan. But many obstacles, Israeli and Palestinian, remain.
- Biden mobilizes, again, to calm Mideast even as he wrangles with Netanyahu
President Biden is trying yet again to keep the Middle East from a war that seemed imminent, if widely unwanted, even as his relationship with Israel’s leader appears to have deteriorated.
- Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans – and raises hopes for future diplomacy
The United States and its allies negotiated the freedom of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and others – and showed that diplomacy with the Kremlin can work.
- Why the NATO summit left Ukraine both grateful and disappointed
The NATO summit’s communiqué said Ukraine was on an “irreversible” path to membership. It was a dramatic step that managed to annoy Russia even as it disappointed France and fell short of everything Volodymyr Zelenskyy had hoped for.
- NATO summit faces unexpected challenges. Doubts about Biden top the list.
Joe Biden’s leadership of NATO in addressing the challenges posed by Russia and its war in Ukraine has reassured U.S. allies and been a centerpiece of his presidency. His debate performance is causing discomfort.
- Hosting Kenyan leader, Biden seeks to restore Africans’ trust in US
The U.S. has faced setbacks to its standing and influence in Africa, losing out to China and Russia. A perennial concern on the continent has been, will the U.S. deliver on what it promised? Hosting Kenya’s leader offers a path forward.
- In words and deeds, US seeks Israeli restraint after Iran’s attack
With a muscular and collaborative defensive effort to help deflect Iran’s missile barrage, the Biden administration is hoping its message of “ironclad support” for Israel can prevent the escalation of the Gaza war into a regional conflict.
- Free trade or flooding the market? US warns China against surplus exports.
China and the U.S. share a desire to stabilize relations, but a recent trip by the U.S. treasury secretary highlights trade challenges.
- Cover StoryNATO has united the West for 75 years. Here’s why it still matters.
Born out of the ashes of World War II, NATO and its values have framed Western diplomacy for decades. Is the alliance still relevant?
- First LookLongtime Israel ally Senator Schumer says Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, said “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah,” and that the country needs another opportunity to make its voice heard on the war.
- Biden’s food drops in Gaza underscore difficulties with Israel
Sometimes a nation’s desire to show compassion may not be enough. In the face of pressing need, a superpower’s gesture can be construed as token or, worse, a sign of impotence.
- Trump, Russia, NATO: How GOP moved on from Reagan’s confident view
In pulling the plug on Ukraine aid, Republicans underscore a shift from Ronald Reagan’s “shining city upon a hill” America to Donald Trump’s vision of a besieged, lights-out America.
- In Ukraine and Europe, a concern: Has Putin outlasted the US?
America’s support for Ukraine has resonated around the world. Yet as Congress holds up new aid, and Ukraine’s supplies dwindle, comes a question: Has U.S. support shifted from “as long as it takes” to “as long as we could”?
- Ukraine’s Pokrovsk was about to fall to Russia 2 months ago. It’s hanging on.
- Howard University hoped to make history. Now it’s ready for a different role.
- Cover StoryWomen in construction find solidarity as ‘sisters in the brotherhood’
- What Trump’s historic victory says about America
- Worries rise over a Trump ‘warrior board’ to remove officers ‘unfit for leadership’