U.S. foreign policy

Why Washington needs Joe Biden

Forget the goofy uncle image. Biden's the only senior official willing to dissent from the foreign policy consensus

Alex Seitz-Wald Topics: Washington, U.S. foreign policy, Foreign policy, National security, U.S. Military, Osama Bin Laden, Joe Biden, D.C.

The New York Times downplays his impact, but we're desperate for McGovern-like critics of reckless foreign policy

Stanley Kutler 13 Topics: Dick Cheney, Henry Kissinger, U.S. foreign policy, Richard Nixon, George McGovern

As conservatives rail against the secretary of state, Romney praises her

Alex Seitz-Wald 10 Topics: Election 2012, State DEpartment, Ann Romney, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Election 2012, U.S. foreign policy, Foreign policy, Mitt Romney

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with Xi Jinping yesterday, after Jinping's mysterious two-week absence

Lolita C. Baldor, AP Topics: U.S. Military, China, Foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy, Leon Panetta

Or, unlikely suggestions for Obama's next book title

Jillian Rayfield Topics: Barack Obama, 2012 Elections, Mitt Romney, Foreign policy, U.S. foreign policy

Closing the Straight of Hormuz could ignite a war and a global depression. Oil's only one part of the picture

Michael Klare 24 Topics: Energy, Iran, U.S. foreign policy

Obama's adroit handling of threats from Iran raises the question: What would Newt have done?

Matt Duss 54 Topics: Iran, Newt Gingrich, 2012 Elections, U.S. foreign policy

Gingrich's foreign policy features violent grandiosity, faux intellectualism and missionary zeal

Jordan Michael Smith 77 Topics: Newt Gingrich, 2012 Elections, U.S. foreign policy