World War II An aerial view shows the leveling of whole city blocks in Tokyo after U.S. incendiary bombing raids in 1945.

The past week’s events did, however, clarify some things about Trump and his approach to foreign policy in his second term. Specifically, though Trump attacked Iran’s nuclear program, he quickly ...

The good news is that a beachhead has already been established in foreign policy for the evidence-based policy movement. Congress passed the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 — ...

Nevertheless, America's role in World War II (which began in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), for better or worse, also shapes America's foreign policy today.

Biden defended his conduct of foreign policy at the State Department on Monday: "The United States is winning the worldwide competition compared to four years ago." That is mostly true, writes ...

As World War II approached, the lesson of World War I, for Americans, was a frightening one. Despite two and a half years of warning, the United States had entered the First World War unprepared.

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Michael Kimmage, professor and department chair at the Department of History at Catholic University in Washington D.C., discusses his book, The Abandonment of ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell set out proposals on Monday for how Gaza should be run after the war between Israel and Hamas, calling on Arab countries to play a greater role in ...

Author Melvyn Leffler talked about his book, [Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015]. He discussed how and why U.S. foreign policy has evolved ...

Fifty years after the US pulled out of Vietnam, the legacy of that war is still influencing its decisions.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about diplomatic challenges for the U.S. amid Israel-Gaza conflict.

Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army.