Why No President Before Trump Authorized War With Iran
For nearly a half-century, U.S. leaders, and perhaps Americans themselves, have viewed Iran as the “ultimate rogue.” Tehran’s unchanging anti-American…
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Trump’s Confusing Iran War Objectives
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. It’s been a big week in the world—there’s a new war in the…
Biden’s Long Shadow Still Defines the Russia-Ukraine War
In late summer of 2022, Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive in the country’s south. On Nov. 11, that operation resulted…
Ukraine and Russia Are Both Struggling to Finance Their War
Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff has drafted the outline of a new peace deal between Russia and Ukraine—even as U.S.…
Dick Cheney, Architect of the War on Terrorism, Dies – Foreign Policy
Born in 1941, the year the United States entered World War II and fundamentally transformed its relationship with the wider…
7 New Books on Russia and Its War in Ukraine
What prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine? Is it part of a wider war with the West—whatever “West”…
‘My Undesirable Friends’ Documents Putin’s War Against the Press
December 2021, a Moscow kitchen. It’s close to New Year’s—a time when, according to Soviet lore, miracles were possible—but the…
‘McNamara at War’ by Philip Taubman and William Taubman
The life of Robert McNamara, the secretary of defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, is an American…
Vladislav Zubok’s New Cold War History Is a Factory of Russian Resentment
In May, a replica of a monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was unveiled in Moscow’s Taganskaya metro station. Just…
Japan, the Yamato and the End of World War Two
When did World War II end? Or, when will World War II end? This may seem a rhetorical question to…