An International Atomic Energy Agency inspector at Iran’s Natanz facility, 2014.
AP Photo/IRNA, Kazem Ghane
Who do you call when there’s a nuclear crisis? The International Atomic Energy Agency, unless the crisis involves North Korea – then things get complicated.
The UN Security Council has proved powerless to stop Assad’s use of chemical agents.
EPA/Peter Foley
Nothing the world has done has stopped Bashar al-Assad’s regime from using chemical weapons – but it’s imperative to keep trying.
July 4th in a Dallas suburb.
AP/Michael Prengler
Belief in American exceptionalism isn’t just at odds with history and facts. It undermines the country’s capacity to address looming challenges.
Indonesia has yet to embrace digital diplomacy.
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The government should take advantage of digital technology as they will be able to extend their public diplomacy agenda in an even more interactive way.
Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, is welcomed by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel prior to a meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers in Bonn, Germany in February 2017.
(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Germany’s foreign minister could take a page from Chrystia Freeland’s playbook on how his country should manage foreign policy in the Donald Trump era.
An anti-war protester wears a mask showing US President Donald Trump in Berlin, Germany.
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
A former diplomat and foreign policy expert explains just how easily the president could bypass objections to war, from Congress to dissenting generals.
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Now citizens have a louder voice than ever, the UK badly needs to decide on its role in the world.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the signing ceremony on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, May 14 2017.
Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara
Using the country’s foreign policy to support national development will equip Indonesia to navigate geopolitical shifts.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Sen. Luther Strange, in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22.
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Precisely because of his problems at home, Donald Trump wants to do more abroad – possibly with disastrous results. How can those who know foreign policy rein him in?
People watch news on missile launch in Pyongyang, North Korea.
AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin
Refresh your knowledge on the origins of North Korea’s nuclear threat and the options world leaders have to deal with it.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
A foreign policy expert takes a look at how the high-profile exchange between the U.S. and Russian leaders went down.
A memorial in Manchester.
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Jeremy Corbyn was criticised for raising this issue on the campaign trail but it’s time we talked about it.
Police line up to defend Congress from protesters in the nation’s capital Brasilia, while the Temer government struggles.
Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
President Donald Trump with other officials during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
For Trump, putting America first means that being a global leader on human rights may take a back seat.
A French president with a global mindset.
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France’s president-elect made his name in the global arena, and has a diplomatic bent. Revitalising French foreign policy may well be among his early successes.
Moonrise.
EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
Since the late 1970s, East Asia has seen fewer deaths in conflict than any other continent. Can it keep the peace?
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan recently met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Other regions may be helpful to Erdoğan for a short time, but they cannot substitute the economic and political contributions Turkey requires of Europe.
It’s a big world out there.
How Hwee Young
Having campaigned on a promise to focus on problems at home, Donald Trump is realising how important the US’s global supremacy is.
A pro-Assad protester during the 2011 protests.
EPA/Youssef Badawi
The West’s chosen solution to the Syrian conflict demands action that it’s unwilling to take.
Demonstrators against Russian military actions in Ukraine rally in New York, March 2, 2014.
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Americans are shocked Russia meddled in our election. But there are centuries of precedent – and, at times, it’s been the US meddling.