Foreign Relations & International Law

The memorandum of understanding leaves Hormuz dangerously ambiguous, inviting disputes over transit fees and navigation.

 A review of Joe Studwell, “How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026).

Washington can’t promise allies it will never cut off their access to American AI or reach their data—but it can set, and eventually codify, clear rules for both.

Beyond Washington’s refugee policy is a larger story about South Africa’s foreign policy and the limits of U.S. power in a multipolar world.

To reach an effective nuclear agreement with Iran, negotiators first must establish the status of Iran’s nuclear program.

The Supreme Court belatedly finds refusal to allow ICRC visits to Palestinian prisoners a blatant violation of Israeli and international law.

Force posture decisions have become another coercive tool in the Trump administration’s alliance management toolkit.

Inside the European Union’s latest bid to achieve technological sovereignty.

The “Venezuela Option” would address only a portion of the issues that have hobbled the country and driven the conflict with the United States.

The memorandum of understanding with Iran will end the U.S.-Iran conflict without ending the war.