US Foreign Policy

The shrinking space for diplomacy

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

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

Leader of the 'free world'

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

The US during the Cold War and after

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

US' failing wars on terror

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, wife of former US secretary of state, dies at 92

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

Threatening friends and courting enemies in Trump's 'upside-down world'

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

Assassination and statecraft: US objectives unmet, Iran grows tougher

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

A new world of uncertainty unfolds

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

Trump's America a historical problem: Global impact, zero accountability

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

Things getting out of hand: US miscalculations keep West Asia on the boil

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

India should join other middle powers to protect the global rule of law

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

On the mend or not

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

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

As the US closes its doors, world economies must prepare for a new future

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

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

At empire's end: Countries have to guarantee their security on their own

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

Trump may slap tariffs on countries that don't back his Greenland plans

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

Careful what you wish for: A world beyond the 'rule-based order'

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

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

America's new Age of Empire and the costs of unchecked intervention

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

A sweeping exit: How Donald Trump is dismantling global governance

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

Best of BS Opinion: New rural jobs law will bring significant changes

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

Foreign student spending in US falls record 5.3% on visa crackdown

The 5.3 per cent decline - amounting to about $3 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate - follows a crackdown by the Trump administration on visas for foreign students

Updated On: 06 Dec 2025 | 8:04 AM IST