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The United States Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, is shown in October.

Commentary: Why does US diplomacy require all these … people? They’re essential to relationships and effectiveness in a complex world.

November 21, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

The impeachment hearings have given Americans a view into a world rarely seen beyond the Washington beltway and in foreign capitals, namely the work performed by U.S. diplomats and Foreign...

East German border guards stand in a gap in the Berlin Wall on Nov. 11, 1989, after demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at the Brandenburg Gate.

Commentary: The Berlin Wall fell in a dramatic wave of hope, openness and U.S. support 30 years ago. Now everything is different.

November 7, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

Thirty years ago, the wall dividing Berlin and Europe came tumbling down, inaugurating a period of dizzying change and unprecedented opportunity. Within months, Germany was reunited, Soviet dominance of central...

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar walks in to join a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 24, 2019. The ministers are gathering for a two-day meeting to discuss the invasion of northern Syria by alliance member Turkey.

Commentary: Trump’s withdrawal from Syria didn’t just abandon the Kurds to Turkey. It also shook the ground under NATO.

October 24, 2019 at 3:19 p.m.

When Turkey decided to invade Syria this month, President Donald Trump got out of the way. "Let someone else fight over these bloodstained sands," he explained. That proved a consequential...

President Donald Trump waits at the line of demarcation for North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019.

Commentary: President Trump fell in love with Kim Jong Un — and North Korea kept building missiles

October 10, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

Over the past two years, President Donald Trump gambled that a fundamentally new approach to North Korea's nuclear and missile threat would succeed where his three predecessors had failed. Strong...

President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sept. 26, 2019, after returning from New York.

Commentary: Trump’s empty threats weaken the U.S. and embolden enemies

September 26, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

After Iranian missiles and drones attacked Saudi oil refineries, taking 5% of the world's oil supply offline, many expected the United States to retaliate militarily. After all, Secretary of State...

President Donald Trump in a G-7 working session on the global economy, foreign policy and security affairs at the summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25, 2019.

Commentary: Debunked! Most Americans do support the U.S. engaging in world affairs, not retreating

September 12, 2019 at 3:07 p.m.

A powerful belief about American views of the world has taken hold among foreign policy experts — that Americans are exhausted from global overreach and want to shed the burdens...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Vanguard-class submarine HMS Victorious at Faslane naval base near Glasgow, Scotland, on July 29, 2019.

Commentary: Boris Johnson’s Brexit gamble puts UK on edge. Is it worth it?

August 29, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

When it comes to Brexit, Britain's boisterous new prime minister is determined to succeed where his predecessor failed. Theresa May frittered away her parliamentary majority in a snap election, and...

South Korean protesters hold up cards calling for a boycott of Japanese products during a rally demanding full compensation and an apology for wartime sex slaves from the Japanese government, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on July 31, 2019. The signs read: "We participate in a boycott."

Commentary: While the U.S. looks away, Asia stirs with turmoil

August 1, 2019 at 4:42 p.m.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Asia this week to find a region in turmoil. China is flexing its military muscle throughout the region. North Korea is continuing to...

President Barack Obama toasts the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Czech President Vaclav Klaus, center, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on April 8, 2010.

Commentary: Abandoning our nuclear arms treaties with Russia is a bad idea

July 18, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

For more than 50 years, the United States and Russia have agreed that their own security required negotiating agreements limiting their nuclear weapons deployments and capabilities. In that time, the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the "Development Of Parliamentarism" international forum in Moscow on July 3, 2019.

Commentary: The real threat to liberalism is the U.S.’ unwillingness to defend it

July 3, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

"The liberal idea has become obsolete," Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Financial Times in an eye-opening interview last week. It would be easy to dismiss this declaration of liberalism's...

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