President-elect Biden's choice of Antony Blinken for secretary of state has served notice: Alliances and values are again US priorities.
Is it enough for President-elect Joe Biden to repopulate the 鈥渉ollowed out鈥� State Department ranks? Some problems have been brewing for much longer.
Gender parity is coming to the leadership ranks at the United Nations. For women, the progress is long overdue, and powerful challenges remain.
A Biden administration might seek to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal. But that doesn鈥檛 mean it wouldn鈥檛 utilize leverage built up under President Trump.
Transactional diplomacy. America First. Autocrats have adjusted to Trump鈥檚 terms. What happens if a President Biden tries to revive multilateralism?
A Common Ground Committee podcast: Two Monitor reporters discuss the U.S. pullback from the World Health Organization, the Paris climate accord, and the growing confrontation with China. What's next?
The U.N. General Assembly is one place global issues of common concern are tackled. What happens to such efforts in a pandemic? What is left?
As the U.N. turns 75, many laud it for preventing wars and advancing human progress. Others see it as a bureaucratically bloated relic.
Could Nobel Peace Prize nominees Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg be any more different? A better question may be: Did they advance the cause of peace?
In pursuit of justice, the U.S. has helped the ICC even as it rejects its jurisdiction. That delicate imbalance has now morphed into hostility.
Donald Trump鈥檚 unconventional approach to negotiating an Arab-Israeli peace deal, including the use of his untested son-in-law, has had many doubters.
Iran and China are closing in on a long-term strategic partnership that is an unintended consequence of U.S. economic pressure on Tehran.
Federal officials allege Chinese citizen Tang Juan, a researcher at a California medical school, was tasked with stealing sensitive U.S. research.
U.S. human rights policy is akin to a national statement of principles. Mike Pompeo asked a commission to define what is an 鈥渦nalienable right.鈥�
Mexicans dislike Donald Trump, a poll shows, but they like what their president, Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador, can bring home from Washington.
Much of the furor over the alleged Russian bounty program, and lack of a US response, is focusing on lines of communication in the Trump White House.
President Trump鈥檚 approach to North Korea temporarily lowered tensions. But has it materially changed the national security challenge facing the U.S.?
What strengthens U.S. envoys abroad, many say, are American values and principles. Which is why they feel compelled to speak up now about race.
A resounding majority in Taiwan oppose a 鈥渙ne country, two systems鈥� formula for relations with China, 脿 la Hong Kong. But how do they walk that path?
