Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise

The first half of 2026 has been a chaotic time for U.S. foreign policy: new tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, the capture ...
Foreign Affairs

A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy

The “America first” foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump has unsettled the world America made. Allies are questioning the United States’ reliability as a strategic partner and are concerned ...
Pew Research Center

Most Americans Now Say U.S. Foreign Policy Ignores the Interests of Other Countries

Partisans hold different views on whether the U.S. contributes to peace, considers other countries' interests and garners respect around the world.
Cfr.org

How to Build an American Foreign Policy, With Michael Mandelbaum

This episode unpacks three enduring pillars that have defined U.S. foreign policy from the nation’s founding to today: ideology, economic statecraft, and democratic accountability. Economic ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' on Foreign Policy

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: Our colleague Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, is a bit of a ...
Nature

Polarization Effects on American Foreign Policy

Polarisation within the United States has deepened markedly over the past two decades, reshaping the nation’s approach to international engagement. Rising ideological divides between and within the ...
CNN

State Dept. announces ‘reforms’ to foreign service test and inclusion of ‘America First’ curriculum for orientation

The US State Department on Wednesday announced a series of changes to the US foreign service test with a specific focus on eliminating alleged “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as the Trump ...
The Nation

The Urgent Search for an Alternative World Order

The horrors of Trump’s unchecked global aggression call for a truly visionary foreign policy—not a return to the failed status quo. Before dawn on February 28, the United States and Israel launched ...
NPR

Top U.S. archbishops denounce American foreign policy

The three highest-ranking heads of Roman Catholic archdioceses in the United States issued a strongly worded statement on Monday criticizing the Trump administration's foreign policy — without ...
The Conversation

Middle East conflict shows the real meaning of Trump’s ‘America first’ foreign policy

Now well into its second week, the US-Israeli war against Iran has gone beyond the “combat operation” the US president, Donald Trump, announced when it began on February 28. Civilians and ...

Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains

The first half of 2026 has been a chaotic time for U.S. foreign policy: new tariffs, threats to annex Greenland, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the struggle for control of the ...