Foreign Policy in Focus

Should President Obama hold Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah’s hand like George W. Bush did?

How one internally displaced Colombian found himself caught between rebels and paramilitaries — and how he suffered for it.

Australian politicians are discovering the perils of treating their country like a U.S. military base.

Once loosed, the dogs of war range where they will.

Iran’s nuclear concessions roll off the P5+1 like water from a duck’s back.

Qatar has supported revolution abroad while Saudi Arabia anchors down the authoritarian regional order.

For the first time in years, Somalis are enjoying a renewed sense of hope and optimism

Former Hamas leader Meshal envisions himself replacing the aging Mahmoud Abbas as head of the Palestinian Authority.

The Obama administration’s trade negotiators are quietly selling out workers and the environment in a massive Bush-style trade agreement.

Thanks in part to U.S. announcement of deployment of an ABM system in Japan, the smoldering between Japan and China could burst into open flames.

U.S. policies toward the Middle East were more of a factor in protests against “Innocence of Muslims” than insults to religion.

As Syrian society slowly disintegrates, non-aligned states from the developing world may show the way forward to a diplomatic resolution.

The deeper reason for the heated response from the Muslim world is not so much Western rhetoric but Western policy.

The author returns to East-Central Europe amidst concerns that its governments are showing signs of greater authoritarianism.

Pending legislation may make it possible for international adoption agencies to “baby scoop” children who aren’t actually orphaned.

A prominent disarmament and nonproliferation advocate gives his surprise endorsement to an attack on Iran.

Mexican families touched by the drug war have brought their Caravan for Peace to the U.S., laying the groundwork for a binational peace movement.

Indian leaders are open to cooperating with the U.S. but wary about being drawn into a Cold War with China.

International standards for drug control are increasingly unscientific and deleterious.

A new book tells the story of how the ships to Gaza movement was born.