Today, April 30, 2025 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the final, definitive defeat of the U.S. military crusade in Vietnam. The images of U.S. helicopters desperately flying American diplomats and Washington’s high-level South Vietnamese collaborators from the roof...
Foreign Policy
100 Days: What Trump Told TIME
by Ted Snider | Apr 29, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
On April 22, U.S. President Donald Trump did an interview with Time on his first one hundred days in office. On foreign policy he made two bold claims. The first was that he would successfully conclude diplomatic deals in the Ukrainian-Russian war and in Iran. The...
Ukraine’s NATO Membership Was Always Russia’s Red Line
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week, the Kremlin said it was finally satisfied with Washington’s position on future NATO membership for Kiev. "We have heard from Washington at various levels that NATO membership for Ukraine has been ruled out,” Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained. “And...
Europe Must Stop Playing Pawn to American Power
by José Niño | Apr 24, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As the world experiences significant geopolitical changes, political blocs like the European Union have a unique opportunity to chart a new path. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union and its twenty-seven member states have delivered...
Seven Reasons Not to Bomb Iran
by Ted Snider | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“There are two ways Iran can be handled,” U.S. President Donald Trump has said, “militarily, or you make a deal.” National Security Adviser Mike Waltz advocated for the military solution; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance...
Our 2002 Redux
by Matt Wolfson | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and the ensuing crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism by Donald Trump's administration, a recognizable model for governance is emerging. The model is from 2002. During that year, as American citizens were distracted by the aftermath...
DHS Revokes Visas of Over 1,500 Students, None Charged With Any Crimes
by Connor Freeman | Apr 21, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
In recent weeks, more than 1,500 international undergraduate and graduate students from over 240 colleges have had their J-1 or F-1 visas revoked by Washington without notifying students or their respective universities. The revocations mean the students will not be...
The ‘Foreign Policy Consensus’ Is Alive and Well in Washington
by José Niño | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Despite branding himself a political outsider, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy reflects a deep continuity with the bipartisan consensus that has defined U.S. interventionism since the Cold War. Trump made ending America’s involvement in “endless wars” a...