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‘Not in the National Interest’: U.S. Withdraws from UNESCO

U.S. Withdraws from UN Agency: The State Department announced on July 22 that the United States was withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

The dagger in the Ayatollah’s cloak

President Trump decided to take it away from him

‘All Options are on the Table’: U.S. Reaffirms Call for Iran’s Complete Nuclear Disarmament

Top Trump Official Adamant on Iranian Nuclear Weapons: U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on March 16, “all options are on the table to ensure” that Iran does not...

‘Anti-Israel Circus’: Jerusalem Slams New UN Report Accusing Israel of Genocidal Acts and Sexual Violence

Israel Slams UN Report: Israel rejected a March 13 United Nations report accusing the IDF of the “systematic use of sexual” violence during its campaign against Hamas following...

Marco Rubio must convince Europe that ‘America First 2.0’ has replaced Biden-era US decline

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has a historic opportunity at this week’s Munich Security Conference to define what an “America First” foreign policy means for Europe in President Trump’s second...

UN ‘Not Living up to Potential’: Trump Signs Executive Order Withdrawing From UN Human Rights Council and Defunding UNRWA

Latest Developments Trump Removes United States From Anti-Israel UN Agencies: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 4 that withdraws the United States from the UN Human Rights...

Turkey’s Overreach in Syria: Erdogan Is ‘Playing with Fire’

In a recent Foreign Policy article, Steven Cook and I highlighted how Turkey may be overplaying its hand in Syria. With events evolving rapidly, it seems that Turkish President Recep...

Outbound Biden Administration Backs Israel in U.S. Senate and UN Security Council

Senate Defeats Sanders as Arms Embargo Vote Fails: The U.S. Senate voted on November 20 to reject legislation proposed by Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and several other progressive senators...

Viktor Orbán vs. America First

Trump may like the Hungarian leader’s praise, but he’s working to undermine the U.S. on the world stage.

The problem with Republican isolationism

Abandoning Ukraine is no way to make America great again

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

Crypto-Fascists

Cryptocurrency Usage by Domestic Extremists

Cryptocurrency Is a Cash Cow for Far-Right Extremists

As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists.

President Biden, don’t help our adversaries break NATO

Declaring “America is back,” President Biden has pledged to restore alliance ties badly battered by his predecessor. Nevertheless, his botched withdrawal from Afghanistan caused dismay in NATO capitals,...

The news from UNGA

Everything you didn’t want to know

What is America’s role in the world?

Excerpt OBITUARY: The U.S.-Led World Order died in Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, three days shy of its 76th birthday. Cause of death was internal bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The Order was born...

Look Who’s Embracing ‘America First’ Now

Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration’s foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump‘s much-maligned “America First” approach...

Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?

The shock of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Congress and the stain on the image of American democracy will not wear off anytime soon. This moment has amplified the impulse to reject the vestiges of Trump...

Why “Anything But Trump” Should Not Be Biden’s Foreign Policy Mantra

Trump made many errors, but there are some policies that are worth building upon.