Now the other shoe has dropped and President Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.

My business just picked up. I wish it hadn’t.

Last August, David Wirth explained to Lawfare’s readers how simple it would be for President Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord’s nonbinding provisions on climate emission ...

With the appointment of former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate—among other matters—whether the Trump transition team improperly dangled sanctions relief in front of Putin’s ...

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s incumbent president and the “sheikh of diplomacy” who helped engineer the Iran nuclear deal, won a resounding mandate in a...

Human rights issues are vitally important, but that does not mean that the United Nations Security Council should address them.

Editor's note: This post is also part of a series in the Brookings Foreign Policy Program on the legacies of the 1967 war. ***

Is the United States Trying to Hold a Sliver of Syria?

It is past time for Congress to update the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), explicitly authorizing the armed conflict with the Islamic State while also adding further important re...

Editor’s Note: The Iran-Saudi rivalry has fostered instability throughout the Middle East, with neither side likely to emerge triumphant. This rivalry increases bloodshed in the region and hinders U.S. a...

The Trump Administration Appears to Conduct its First Freedom of Navigation Exercises in the South China Sea Days After American and Chinese Aircraft Tangle Overheard