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Michael HirshWashington Post |
U.S. President Joe Biden delivered one of the most political—and politically significant—State of the Union addresses in memory on Thursday night,...
Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on why Arab states won’t accept Palestinians fleeing war.
America might be overextended in the region, and Iran might not be able to control its proxies. That’s a recipe for a wider conflict.
Geoffrey Cowan led a reform effort that did away with ‘smoke-filled rooms.’ But he worries that he opened the door to extremists like Trump.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East this week mainly as a firefighter rather than a peacemaker. For the most part,...
For two years, Biden and Zelenskyy have been focused on driving Russia from Ukraine. Now Washington is discussing a move to a more defensive posture.
Henry Alfred Kissinger, one of the most influential statesmen in American history, died on Nov. 29 at age 100 after a long and tumultuous career in...
Despite peace talks with Beijing, there is little hope of de-escalating nuclear tensions in Asia, experts say.
Here we go again. The Republican Party, which has been a font of isolationist sentiment for more than a century, is once again splintering over U.S....
In what was billed as a historic speech from the Oval Office on Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden declared the world to be at an “inflection point...
Americans now face the risk of getting lured into wars on three continents. Will that change the calculus for Biden, Trump and 2024?
News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic The best-laid plans of prime ministers and presidents often go awry. But...
Former U.S. peace negotiator Dennis Ross weighs in on Hamas’ attack on Israel and the “missed opportunities” that led to the war.
Other presidents have tried to scale back the federal bureaucracy with little to show for it.
In case you hadn’t noticed, the world economy’s gone rather topsy-turvy. In case you hadn’t noticed, the world economy’s gone rather...