US Foreign Policy

Trump said Washington no longer needs a deal with Tehran and asked Vice President JD Vance to shift his focus to alleged fraud and corruption in Democratic-run states and cities.

Updated On: 12 Nov 2026 | 10:05 PM IST

Diplomacy is outward-oriented; its target is a foreign state, not one's domestic audience

Updated On: 10 Sep 2026 | 5:50 AM IST

A new book by two veteran New York Times journalists examines Donald Trump's "imperial presidency" during his second term

Updated On: 10 Sep 2026 | 5:45 AM IST

As several international relations scholars had predicted at the Cold War's end, the US is now faced with a genuine peer competitor, the PRC

Updated On: 10 Sep 2026 | 5:30 AM IST

The development of advanced weaponised drones facilitated the killing of Qaeda leaders at long range and with little risk

Updated On: 07 Sep 2026 | 7:34 PM IST

Nancy Kissinger, who helped shape her husband Henry Kissinger's public life and moved among New York's political, social and cultural elite, died at her home in Connecticut at 92

Updated On: 21 Aug 2026 | 8:42 AM IST

The president's hostility to allies like Oman, Canada, South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval

Updated On: 19 Aug 2026 | 8:34 AM IST

American objectives are unmet. They neither have the muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime hasn't just survived, it's now led by more radical individuals

Updated On: 18 Apr 2026 | 9:30 AM IST

Trump's 2nd term shatters post-Cold War stability: Unilateral wars on Iran, Cuba embargo, Canada musings fuel global chaos. US dominance breeds unpredictability, eroding alliances & rules-based order.

Updated On: 10 Apr 2026 | 5:10 AM IST

Conflicting signals from Donald Trump on the Gulf war unsettle markets, drive oil volatility, and expose deeper global economic imbalances and geopolitical risks

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 10:42 PM IST

The escalating US-Israel war with Iran deepens global uncertainty, disrupts energy supply chains, and exposes geopolitical fractures from NATO to Asia

Updated On: 22 Mar 2026 | 10:31 PM IST

The principal medium-term, geopolitics-related challenge that India will face is the drift of the US towards becoming an isolated and arrogant global power, or, more accurately, a global bully

Updated On: 16 Mar 2026 | 10:30 PM IST

The strategic side of India-US ties is largely unaffected. So far

Updated On: 10 Mar 2026 | 3:23 PM IST

How the US is abandoning the openness that helped it win the Cold War

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 11:16 PM IST

As Washington turns inward, the world must confront what a narrowing US role means for security, alliances and the fragile order it once underwrote

Updated On: 06 Feb 2026 | 10:55 PM IST

Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington this week with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 9:54 PM IST

Many disdained the so-called 'rule-based order'. They'll hate what comes next

Updated On: 09 Jan 2026 | 11:41 PM IST

Trump's hardline moves in Venezuela ignite fears of a new American imperialism, shaking global stability, the rule of law, and trust in US leadership

Updated On: 09 Jan 2026 | 11:24 PM IST

Trump's withdrawal from key global bodies may weaken multilateralism, but it risks ceding international leadership to China rather than strengthening American sovereignty

Updated On: 08 Jan 2026 | 10:05 PM IST

Today's wrap looks at the new rural jobs law, the push to open civil nuclear power to private investors, a US strategic reset, RBI's views on bank ownership, and a book on American power

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 6:15 AM IST