Foreign Policy in Focus

The Senate must pass the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international agreement that affirms principles of human rights and equality for women everywhere.

The advance of the homeland security state along the U.S.-Canada border, funded and supported by Congress, seems both uncontroversial – and unstoppable.

Over the last quarter century, the population of Bulgaria has dropped from 9 to 7.3 million people.

Can China manage an effective partnership with both Sudans?

New revelations about the U.S. torture regime require new responses.

Why is the Obama administration pressing Europeans to increase military spending? And what should it matter to Washington if Britain remains in the EU?

Over the last quarter century, the population of Bulgaria has dropped from 9 to 7.3 million people.

Afghan’s convoluted and expensive voter registration system completely misses the actual sources of election fraud.

Missile defense cuts off the nose to spite the face.

Over the last quarter century, the population of Bulgaria has dropped from 9 to 7.3 million people.

Withdrawing U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula could kickstart diplomatic progress in Northeast Asia–and save billions of dollars to boot.

The Algerian hostage crisis was not only both a human and political fiasco, but its regional implications are still evolving.

Hagel’s hearing demonstrated quite dramatically how Israel dominates the foreign-policy agenda on Capitol Hill.

The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” insists on making immigrant reform contingent upon strictly enforced border control measures.

U.S. President Barack Obama’s optimism about restarting the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has been met with scepticism from many seasoned Middle East experts.

Identify war by what it takes away.

Last March, two rival gangs met in a Salvadoran prison to forge an unlikely truce.

Western intervention–ostensibly on humanitarian grounds–is largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place.

Two years after the Lara Logan assault, women continue to be attacked at protests in Tahrir Square.

Chuck Hagel may well be, as Mr. Obama contends, “the leader that our troops deserve.” But don’t the American people deserve a little honesty from that leader about the war that shaped him?