Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters with National Security Adviser John Bolton looking on in the Oval Office at the White House

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump’s Iran plan is ‘blind escalation with no endgame’

Foreign policy

US tensions with Iran are ramping up with no clear plan in sight. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that while Iran is acting belligerently, the US response is not helping.

US President Donald Trump reacts to a question from the media as National Security Advisor John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence look on after the president announced his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement.

Trump pulls US from Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions

Global Politics
Nuclear Security Summit, Washington

President Obama starts this week’s trip to Europe in a country where his popularity is huge

Global Politics
Nuclear Security Summit, Washington

President Obama starts this week’s trip to Europe in a country where his popularity is huge

Global Politics
Barack Obama addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

Forget About Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’

Global Politics

On second try, Susan Rice added to Obama’s foreign policy team

Global Politics

President Barack Obama has selected United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to replace National Security Adviser Tom Donlion, who stepped down Wednesday morning — sooner than most predicted. In Rice’s place, Obama selected Samantha Power, a former journalist and human rights activist who supported intervention in Libya.

Nuclear treaty and US-Russia relations

Global Politics

Nuclear treaty serves diplomatic and domestic goals for US and Russia, but changes little in strategic relationship.

Treatment of terror suspects to change

Global Politics

Former CIA general counsel worried that Obama administration wants to do a “complete teardown” of policy on treatment of terror suspects.

New Obama cabinet picks announced

Global Politics

Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates selection as national security team says a lot about how Obama administration plans to project America’s image abroad.

President Obama’s Trip to East-Asia Irks China

Arts, Culture & Media

President Obama arrived in Cambodia for an East-Asian summit Monday, just hours after making history by becoming the first US sitting president to visit Myanmar.