Foreign-policy

Foreign-policy "realists" dismiss the idea that international law matters in disputes between nations.

Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011

Foreign-policy pundits increasingly argue that democracy and free markets could thrive without U.S. predominance.

Why the World Needs America Robert Kagan 2012

Foreign-policy experts say the DPJ's defeat in national elections has eroded Mr. Kan's political capital significantly, making him less inclined to push through with his commitment on the Okinawa bases.

Japan Postpones Decision on Okinawa 2010

Foreign-policy experts sat up and took notice in mid-April when Brazil and the United States signed a broad-ranging defense treaty -- their first in three decades.

New Defense Deal Signals Brazil's Growing Might Mac Margolis 2010

Foreign-policy doctrines are, in my view, chiefly useful in retrospect, not in real time, for the making of policy is almost always provisional, subject to the forces and the exigencies of a given moment.

The World According To Elizabeth II 2010

Foreign-policy experts say the biggest threat to Liberal Democrat poll gains, however, is Mr. Clegg's pledge to cut spending on the U. K.'s submarine-based nuclear arsenal in a bid to bear down on Britain's bulging the budget deficit.

In U.K. Debate, Dark Horse Is in the Cross Hairs 2010

Foreign-policy experts sat up and took notice in mid-April when Brazil and the United States signed a broad-ranging defense treaty -- their first in three decades.

New Defense Deal Signals Brazil's Growing Might Mac Margolis 2010

Foreign-policy officials said that the new president and his foreign-policy team, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, are inclined to hold off serious talks until after the Iranians hold their own presidential elections this spring.

Not Exactly Rocket Science 2009

Foreign-policy types feared it would set back the warming relationship between Moscow and Washington, but Reagan went with his instincts.

Moving Beyond Gut-Check Diplomacy 2009

Foreign-policy power has traditionally rested with the White House and National Security Council.

As Clinton Ramps Up Policy Blitz, Hurdles Abound 2009