Secretary of State Kerry in Moscow for Talks on Syria
The situation in Syria continues to escalate. This weekend, Israel launched air strikes on targets it deemed susceptible to capture by Hezbollah.The death toll continues to rise from a conflict in...
View ArticleShould The US Still Care About Egypt?
Bobby Ghosh, TIME international editor, discusses his recent column, which questions whether the US really still has a large strategic interest in Egypt.It seems now that [[Egypt's]] main relevance in...
View ArticleEgypt's Unfolding Political Situation
On Wednesday, an Egyptian court ordered that former president Hosni Mubarak be freed from prison. It’s the latest piece to of Egypt’s post-revolution political order to fall, after a military coup...
View ArticlePublic Opinion on Syria
Dante Chinni, director of the American Communities project, a collaboration including The Wall Street Journal, PBS NewsHour, and WNYC radio that studies politics, socio-economics, and culture in a time...
View ArticleKim Jong Un Ousts Uncle From Leadership Role
According to South Korean intelligence, there is a major power shift occurring in North Korea.Dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly ousted his uncle Jong Sung Taek—the most experienced person in North...
View ArticleU.S. Cuts Off Non-Lethal Aid to Syrian Rebels
The U.S. has long supported the effort that encourages the ouster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad from power.But attempts to support the opposition and find a feasible alternative to the Assad...
View ArticleHow Brothers John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles Shaped the World
At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s, two powerful brothers—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and CIA director Allen Dulles —led the United States into a series of foreign conflicts whose...
View ArticleU.S.-Russian Relations Since the Fall of the USSR
All eyes are on Russia and its hold on the Crimea. Angela E. Stent discusses U.S.-Russian relations since the Soviet collapse and on the challenges ahead. She served as an adviser on Russia under Bill...
View ArticleThe Kennan Diaries
Historian Frank Costigliola discusses the diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most respected foreign policy thinker of the 20th century. His career included early postings in eastern Europe followed...
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What a New Cold War Could Sound Like
With the collapse of the Soviet Union 25 years ago, the Cold War was declared over. Now, the pundits, policy analysts and TV talking heads say Russia's annexation of Crimea might be the start of a...
View ArticleU.S. Tackles Tensions Between Japan & China
President Barack Obama lands in Tokyo today, the first stop on his week-long trip through Southeast Asia.At the top of his agenda are the rising tensions between Japan and China. The nations are at...
View ArticleThe Diaries of Diplomat George F. Kennan
Historian Frank Costigliola was here in March to discuss the diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most respected foreign policy thinker of the 20th century, and we're re-airing that interview....
View ArticleCan Obama Still Write a New Chapter in U.S. Foreign Policy?
Is the end really in sight when it comes to Afghanistan?Yesterday during an announcement in the White House Rose Garden, President Barack Obama said that turning the page on Afghanistan does not mean...
View ArticleIraq: Obama Weighs His Options
President Obama met with Congressional leaders yesterday to outline the scope of violence in Iraq, and what the US should do in response. Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public...
View ArticleCould Another World War Happen?
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen examines how World War I shaped the world today and whether a conflict on the scale of World War I could happen again. After looking at Syria, Crimea, Gaza, and the...
View ArticleOn Heels of Peace Talks, A New War Front for Russia & Ukraine
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine concluded yesterday in Minsk, but military tension in Ukraine seems to be escalating.The summit provided a reminder about what triggered the crisis in Ukraine—the...
View ArticleWhat Will it Take to "Systematically Degrade" ISIS?
President Obama says that there's an international coalition to fight ISIS -- and he'll be asking for the support of Congress to "systematically degrade their capabilities....shrink the territory that...
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Retired General Wesley Clark on the Pitfalls of Wartime Decisions
Wesley K. Clark, a retired four-star general of the US army and former Democratic candidate for president, argues for a new American strategy for leadership. He examines how to best deal with pressing...
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Why China Gave the U.S. the Cold Shoulder in 1945
At the start of 1945, America was on congenial terms with China’s Communist rebels. By year’s end that cordiality had been replaced by hostility and distrust. Richard Bernstein, foreign correspondent...
View ArticleKurds Step Up in Fight Against ISIS
About 1,500 more American troops will be going to Iraq in the next coming months to join Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the battle against the Islamic State. President Obama told told Bob Schieffer of CBS...
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