President Donald Trump was doing pretty well in Helsinki, really, laying out a modest but achievable agenda for improving U.S.-Russia relations. And then came...
When President Vladimir Putin sat down at the table in Helsinki Monday, he surely had in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that had nothing to do...
As the Helsinki summit approaches, President Donald Trump appears to be on the verge of acquiescing to the belligerent strategy and behavior that Moscow has...
Watching President Donald Trump’s diplomatic maneuvers – in Singapore last month and in the run-up to his meetings over the next week in Brussels and Helsinki...
The catastrophic war in Syria is nearing what could be a diplomatic endgame, as America, Russia and Israel shape a deal that would preserve power for...
President Trump has hurled so many thunderbolts recently that people may have missed the one that could have the greatest long-term impact on America’s...
The brutal war in Yemen may be moving toward a tipping point following a controversial siege of the port of Hudaida by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the...
A bright banner at NATO’s lavish new headquarters here proclaims the core conviction of the trans-Atlantic alliance: “We are together. We are strong.” But the...
U.S. President Trump boasted last weekend that his “denuclearization deal” with Kim Jong Un could “save potentially millions & millions of lives!” He even...
If you’re looking for some good news from a faraway land, here’s a tale of Armenia’s “velvet revolution,” which just deposed a corrupt, authoritarian...
Credit President Trump for seizing the diplomatic moment at the Singapore summit. But the person who most shaped this extraordinary encounter was North Korean...
Back in July 2016, just before the formal launch of the FBI’s investigation of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, a bureau informant met in...
Is U.S. President Donald Trump’s pitch to disgruntled manufacturing workers a leading political indicator, portending future trends, or a lagging one,...
When a prominent Russian journalist fakes news about his own murder to try to expose the Kremlin’s misdeeds, you know that something has gone dangerously...
“Are you on the road or in the ditch?” That’s the question labor reporters used to ask about big contract negotiations back when I covered the United...
In the bizarre double helix that is the Russia investigation, one of the recurring themes is the role of would-be influencers. They start off as connectors...
President Donald Trump’s dismissive treatment of Europe is beginning to erode the trans-Atlantic alliance, which for many decades has been the central pillar...
Arab leaders love the idea that President Trump is ready to give Iran a punch in the nose. But is this White House truly serious about challenging Iranian...
So what’s next with Iran? Even if you think U.S. President Donald Trump has made a big mistake in withdrawing from the nuclear agreement, as I do, that’s not...
At times during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to America this week, he may have seemed like Donald Trump’s French poodle. But by the end, it was clear...
When August 2016 began, Paul Manafort was about 11 weeks into his job as chairman of Donald Trump’s campaign. But despite the political tumult, Manafort found...
Sitting at the controls of a Boeing space-flight simulator, “docking” the company’s planned “Starliner” craft with an imaginary space station, you begin to...
After fulminating about retaliation for the latest Syrian chemical weapons attack, the Trump administration cooled off long enough to consider the dangers of...
A word of advice for Congress as it ponders new schemes for internet regulation after the “perp walk” this week of Facebook tycoon Mark...
One face of the war in Syria that Americans don’t often see is the U.S. Army trauma surgeon, standing in the midday sun on the outskirts of Raqqa, taking a...