Foreign policy

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Noah Millman

A Catch-22 in Taiwan and Ukraine

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Ryan Cooper

The drone war's quiet decline

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Joel Mathis

Biden won't reconsider America's imperial reach

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Ryan Cooper

Why Afghanistan faded from headlines

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Joel Mathis

The CIA tortured this man. Hear what he has to say.

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Joel Mathis

Iran clearly wants a nuclear deal. Does Biden?

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Bonnie Kristian

Time to repeal the Patriot Act?

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a new era

Biden returning to an updated 'Sept. 10 mindset' when it comes to foreign policy, former adviser says

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W. James Antle III

A stubborn foreign-policy debate

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war is over

Blinken: U.S. will use lessons learned in Afghanistan to shape national security, foreign policy

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W. James Antle III

Turns out voters do care about foreign policy

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whiplash

U.S. allies likely experiencing 'whiplash' amid chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, foreign policy analyst says

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W. James Antle III

The neocons strike back?

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Samuel Goldman

America's revealing indifference to Cuba

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden ends another war — sort of

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Haiti assassination aftermath

Biden says he isn't sending U.S. forces to pacify Haiti

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Damon Linker

The war Donald Rumsfeld won

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Ryan Cooper

The Afghans who helped

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Bad News Belarus

Lithuania investigating Belarus for potential terrorism over RyanAir 'hijacking'

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Foreign policy

Why Iran experts are skeptical about the significance of Tehran's new deal with Beijing

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Foreign policy

Is Sen. Chris Coons becoming Biden's 'shadow secretary of state'?

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Foreign policy

Biden administration likely won't oppose 'every single thing' Trump has done in Israel

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Foreign policy

Buttigieg criticizes both Trump and Democrats in sweeping foreign policy speech

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Foreign policy

A few hundred U.S. troops will remain in Syria after all

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Foreign policy

Tulsi Gabbard says Assad is 'not the enemy,' says it's 'possible' he used chemical weapons on Syrians

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Foreign policy

U.S. envoy for ISIS fight quits 2 months early over Syria withdrawal

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Foreign policy

Iran says it will stay in the nuclear deal even if Trump quits

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

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Foreign policy

Pompeo slams Iran, pushes Gulf state unity in Saudi Arabia visit

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Foreign policy

Can Mattis prevent war with North Korea?

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Foreign policy

Mattis mulls expanded military action in Africa after Niger attack

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Foreign policy

Trump affirms commitment to NATO mutual defense

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Foreign policy

New Trump immigration order condemned by 134 foreign policy experts

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Foreign policy

U.S. boots on the ground are 'invaders,' says Syria's Assad

US Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shake hands

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Foreign policy

Mattis rejects 'dramatic military moves' in Asia on diplomacy tour

An odd assessment from the Trump campaign.

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Foreign policy

Donald Trump's campaign manager lavishes praise on Trump's ability to 'predict what will happen in the future'

John Kerry met with world leaders in Vienna to discuss Syria's government

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Foreign policy

Syria talks move toward creating transitional government