Every time a presidential transition takes place, a familiar phrase crops up: "the U.S. has one president at a time." But Trump is already declaring foreign policy plans that differ from Biden's.

A couple decades ago, "smart power" was all the rage in U.S. foreign policy discussions, largely in response to the perceived ...

A second Donald J. Trump presidency would almost certainly mark a return to an era of foreign policy decrees, untethered to any policy process, at a moment of maximum international peril. By David E.

When President Donald Trump’s administration issued its National Security Strategy document late last week, one phrase in particular caught many people’s attention: “civilizational erasure.” ...

President Joe Biden and Secretary Antony Blinken have said repeatedly “foreign policy begins at home.” This statement encapsulates how the U.S. Department of State views its mission. We are 78,000 ...

As the world evolves, the United States must adapt or suffer the consequences. The process of adaptation, however, is usually plodding, if it happens at all. Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden each ...

Which of these things is not like the others? The economy. The border. Abortion. Foreign policy. The first three are issues many voters consistently tell pollsters are the subjects most important to ...

Every time a presidential transition takes place, a familiar phrase crops up - the U.S. has one president at a time. The outgoing president still calls the shots until the new president is sworn in.

Every time a presidential transition takes place, a familiar phrase crops up: "the U.S. has one president at a time." But Trump is already declaring foreign policy plans that differ from Biden's. In ...