CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues. Candidates’ answers are posted exactly…

The decision to kill Qassem Suleimani will likely force President Trump to devote additional resources to the Middle East at a time of growing concern about North Korea, Russia, and China.

The assassination of Qassem Suleimani may have been legally justifiable but was not strategically prudent.

The United States has dialed down both its presence and role in a region that it has dominated for nearly a half-century.

We are entering a new and dangerous period of nuclear competition.

President Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds reinforced already existing doubts in the region and around the world that the United States remains a reliable ally.

What happens within a country can no longer be considered its concern alone in a global age.

Diplomacy could well come to occupy center stage for a president who relishes summitry.

The Democratic and Republican presidential contenders have begun defining their approach to major foreign policy issues as they jockey for position in their parties’ primaries.

A turn toward Pakistan and away from India, as well as a race for the exits from Afghanistan, would be unwise.