List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
![Luis Almagro, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States, attends a meeting in Guatemala City on Sept. 11, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/OAS-Almagro-GettyImages-1659531460.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Gaza Is Causing Diplomatic Rifts in the Western Hemisphere
The Organization of American States’ pro-Israel stance may erode its legitimacy in the region.
![United States President Donald Trump sits at a table in a dark suit and red tie to the right of National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/McMaster-Trump-GettyImages-829386194.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Harris-Trump Debate Taught Us Very Little About U.S. Plans for the World
H. R. McMaster, a former national security advisor, opens up on the global issues he wished the candidates would discuss.
![Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to reporters outside of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 1, 2021.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1233753052.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Germany Isn’t Nearly as Important as the U.S. Thinks
Republicans and Democrats have mistakenly put Germany at the center of the trans-Atlantic relationship.
![U.S. President Joe Biden speaks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/biden-zelensky-GettyImages-1527244192-e1726050903867.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Biden’s ‘Escalation Management’ in Ukraine Makes the West Less Safe
Washington should abandon a failed approach to Moscow that does not learn or self-adjust.
![U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former U.S. President Donald Trump are seen on a screen as they participate in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/trump-harris-debate-pennsylvania-2024-presidential-election-campaign-GettyImages-2170585047.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Top Foreign-Policy Moments From the Harris-Trump Debate
Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, and tariffs dominated the foreign-policy sections of the high-stakes showdown.
![A handout photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then-U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/trump-kim-jong-un-GettyImages-1159161658.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Why the World Should Stop Worrying About a Second Trump Term
The former president was less isolationist and more of a diplomatic success than most observers admit.
![U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a U.S. flag as they take part in a NATO military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, Bulgaria, on Sept. 26, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/us-europe-asia-strategy-GettyImages-1689942634-e1725638299686.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia
Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.
![U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Is America’s China Policy Too Hawkish?
Not so, argues the White House’s ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns.
![A man waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest in Caracas on Aug. 17.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/venezuela-protest-GettyImages-2166391218-1.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Recognize Venezuela’s President-Elect—Before It’s too Late
Maduro’s latest move could usher the ongoing political crisis into a dangerous endgame.
![Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 25, 2024.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2163690095-1.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
America Is More Desperate for a Cease-Fire Than Israel and Hamas
How the U.S. election calendar is affecting the Middle East peace talks.
![Former U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives to speak during a campaign event at Trendsetter Engineering in Houston, Texas.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-trump-foreign-policy-GettyImages-1760548344.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Trump 2.0 Would Face a New World
Dramatic global shifts since Donald Trump’s first term could lead to unexpected policies.
![Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado waves a national flag atop a truck during a protest called by the opposition movement in Caracas.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Machado-Gonzalez-Venezuela-opposition-GettyImages-2166430816.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What’s Next for U.S. Policy in Venezuela?
Targeted pressure on elites could sway Maduro to support a peaceful transfer of power.
![Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trump-foreign-policy-profiles13.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers
Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.
![U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak and accept the Democratic presidential nomination during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on Aug. 22.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harris-DNC-GettyImages-2167983325.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What Harris’s DNC Speech Reveals About Her Foreign Policy
An FP Live discussion with Anne-Marie Slaughter and Matt Duss.
![Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stand side-by-side onstage at the Democratic National Convention, waving and smiling at the crowd. Both are wearing suits, and Biden is grasping Harris's hand and raising it.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2166809427.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Kamala Harris’s 21st-Century Foreign Policy
She learned a lot from President Joe Biden but forged her own path on tech threats.