Uri Friedman
He was previously the deputy managing editor at Foreign Policy.
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Reuters Germany Preps a Plan B for Trump’s Foreign-Policy ‘Zigzag’
One of Washington’s closest allies in a fractured Europe struggles to adapt to the Trump administration’s unpredictable policy moves.
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Jung Yeon-Je / AFP / Getty South Korea Becomes a Testing Ground for Trump’s Grievances With Allies
The motto for the U.S.–South Korea alliance isn’t “We go together, if I get enough money as reimbursement,” one analyst observed.
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Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters Trump’s Affinity for Strongmen Has a Big Exception
Trump campaigned against overseas interventions, and he has a reputation for being friendly with some authoritarian rulers. Now he wants Venezuela’s Maduro gone.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Trump Can’t Be Both a Deal Maker and a Deal Breaker
President Trump wants to cut an ambitious nuclear deal with North Korea. But he just broke away from one of the most important nuclear agreements in the past 50 years.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The White House’s Move on Venezuela Is the Least Trumpian Thing It’s Done
The Trump administration’s concerted diplomatic effort did not originate on Twitter.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters Make America Negotiate Again
The first U.S.-North Korea summit produced lukewarm results. Trump may be putting more on the table for the second one.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP What to Expect From Trump-Kim Take Two
If the first summit accomplished little, the second could be the same—but there are many wild cards.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP / RTImages / ... Trump Flirts With Leaving NATO, and ‘Zero’ Republicans in Congress Are Impressed
For someone who actively avoids criticizing the president, Senator Jim Risch has a lot to say about how he will deal with Trump.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump Stars in a North Korean Reality Show
When the president became the first American leader to meet his counterpart in Pyongyang, he created a spectacle unlike anything America has seen.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AP In the Middle East, Is Trump the Anti-Obama or Obama 2.0?
In Cairo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo drew a stark contrast between the two presidents. But they’re not as different as they seem.
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Leah Millis / Reuters America, Meet Your (Acting) Secretary of Defense
With no military experience and just a year and a half in government, the former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan has yet to develop a foreign-policy vision of his own.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Trump’s Luck, Cold Wars, and Trouble in the Americas: The World in 2019
As foreign-policy experts assess what the year ahead holds, one issue comes to the fore: whether President Trump’s good fortune will continue.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump Chooses a Loyal Foot Soldier for the UN
Heather Nauert, currently the State Department’s chief spokesperson, is not known for challenging her superiors.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Read Nikki Haley’s Full Interview With The Atlantic
“If a government doesn’t value human life, then they will do something to their people that the whole world will have to pay attention to,” Haley said.
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Andrew Harnik / AP / Katie Martin / ... Can Nikki Haley Emerge From the Trump Administration Unscathed?
In an interview with The Atlantic, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the UN made the case for a values-driven foreign policy, and acknowledged daylight between her and the president.
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Andy Wong / AP The Trump Administration Debates a Cold War With China
As the White House spars with a rising China, it can look to the United States’ postwar dealings with the Soviet Union for guidance.
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South Korean Defense Ministry via Reuters The Beginning of the End of the Korean War
Reconciliation is happening faster than denuclearization. The United States might not be willing to accept that.
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Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters Mike Pence's Faith-Based Foreign Policy
When the vice president speaks up for human rights, it’s through the narrow lens of his conservative Christian worldview.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters House Democrats Want to Investigate Trump's Foreign Policy
A divided Congress means that House Democrats will take more of an investigative posture than a legislative one.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Repeatedly Threatens Retaliation Against Russia Investigators
Congressman Adam Schiff has plans to probe several uncomfortable subjects for the Trump administration, and the president is ready to fight.
