United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May

The Ruthless Realpolitik of the United Arab Emirates

Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has cozied up to Bashar al-Assad, and relations with the U.S. are at an all-time low.

Erdogan’s Balancing Act Between Russia and Ukraine

Turkey’s strongman leader has expressed support for the besieged country. He has also joined Putin’s assault on the Western media.

Erdogan Moves to Censor Western Media But not Russian Propaganda

Turkey’s media regulator, RTUK, posted three official notifications on February 21 threatening to block Western broadcasters Deutsche Welle (DW), Euronews, and Voice of America (VOA), unless they obtain...

Hold Beijing Accountable for Aiding Kim Jong Un’s Crimes

China plays a crucial role in sustaining North Korea’s horrific human rights record.

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.

Bipartisan Support Builds for Re-Designation of Iranian-Backed Houthis as a Terrorist Organization

Seventeen members of Congress from both sides of the aisle sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden requesting that he re-designate Yemen’s Iranian-supported Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah,...

Biden Must Learn From the JCPOA’s Mistakes

The parties to the Vienna talks on Iran’s nuclear program have returned to their capitals and are expected to reconvene soon for a final round. There are signs that the next round could see an announced...

All the president’s enemies

Mitch McConnell is no Vladimir Putin

If the U.S. Rolls Back Iran Sanctions, Business Beware

As indirect talks between the United States and Iran continue in Vienna, business leaders around the world are watching to see if President Joe Biden will lift U.S. sanctions on the world’s leading...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

U.S. Must ‘Ally-shore’ to Reassure Partners, Reassert Power of Democracies

When we first introduced “ally-shoring” in Newsweek (seizing on then-USAID deputy administrator Bonnie Glick’s phraseology) as the most powerful path to rewire COVID-disrupted supply...

Biden Paints Himself Into a Corner on the Iran Nuclear Deal

The White House should use more sticks and fewer carrots to force Tehran to work out a new agreement.

Senate Republicans Offer Biden a Deal on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Key Senate Republicans offered the Biden administration a deal last week: If President Biden sanctions Nord Stream 2 AG (NS2 AG), the Russian-owned company responsible for the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline,...

UN Peacekeeping in Cyprus: So Much for Deterrence

In Hans Christian Anderson’s children’s classic The Emperor’s New Clothes, the unfortunate emperor parades around the streets in his birthday suit, confident that his fine garments are seen by everyone...

ICAO’s Authoritarian Test

When Belarus’ authoritarian strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, personally dispatched a fully armed MiG-29 fighter jet to intercept Ryanair Flight FR4978 in order to arrest a journalist and regime critic,...

‘China’s military budget much bigger than what it reveals’

‘China already has its 3,000 km range DF-17 maneuverable hypersonic missile to take out India’s S-400s.’

Add Egypt and the UAE to the Noble Dina Exercise

During the conflict between Hamas and Israel last May, the terror group attempted to use rockets and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to attack Israel’s maritime assets in the Eastern Mediterranean....

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early June

Is the U.S. Caving on Iran Sanctions?

To try to wheedle Iran back into a nuclear deal, the administration is preparing to lift a raft of non-nuclear sanctions as well.