Diplomacy

Secretary Lloyd Austin also issued a warning to Beijing against "risky" military acts during his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Both Japan and South Korea—formally, the Republic of Korea—are treaty allies of the U.S., but the two countries are not allies of each other.

The former Russian president reacted angrily to what Moscow has dubbed a violation of the Geneve Convention.

Greenblatt said he is "proud" to continue "building on the work I was privileged to do while serving as White House Middle East Envoy."

Wishful thinking or not, diplomacy has prevailed in the East Mediterranean since a devastating earthquake killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

The president highlighted his Irish heritage during his speech in Ballina, which drew a crowd twice the size of the town's population, on Friday evening.

Washington's trade and finance policies should encourage the expansion of U.S.-South Korea business relationships, invite more South Korean businesses to invest in America, and promote American business expansion in South Korea.

Shannon Bream pressed Representative Michael McCaul about Trump critics who say the United States "lost respect around the globe" during his administration.

For the foreseeable future, China's role in the Middle East in general—and this agreement in particular—will bring stability to several of the region's most volatile and sensitive arenas.

If we are approaching a second Cold War, this time with China and other strategic competitors, most of the action will take place in the realms of diplomacy, development, and economics.

Schumer slammed the Russian military for the "risky" interception of a U.S. drone on Tuesday.

The Air Force accused the Russian jet of acting "in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner."

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their respective embassies. This news is neither unusual nor surprising as even hostile neighbors normally maintain diplomatic relations. The United States was aware of and did not object to these discussions, but it was China that brought them to a conclusion.

For years, Israeli policymakers have preferred to take a backseat to U.S. policymakers in dealing with the threat posed by a nearly nuclear Islamic Republic. Recently, however, at least two factors have suggested that Jerusalem may not be willing to sit on the sidelines for much longer.

The humanitarian response to a natural disaster can be an opportunity to demonstrate the power of human solidarity among states and communities in conflict. While the levels of animosity and mistrust between Armenia and Turkey are great, they share the same volatile seismic geography that has killed tens of thousands of people in the last 40 years.

Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has heralded a new era of Russia-West cyber conflict, a Russian diplomat has said.

China's foreign minister railed at U.S. strategy in his first news conference in the role.

The operation over Estonia, which shares its eastern border with Russia, comes as tensions between NATO and Moscow remain high amid the Ukraine war.

The Biden administration is eager to build on the Abraham Accords and is seeking the ultimate prize, a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently stated that the U.S. looks to "deepen and broaden" normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states. Such a feat may be beyond the capacity of the United States' diplomatic leverage as its credibility has eroded significantly across the Middle East.

Representative John Garamendi, a California Democrat, warned that MAGA Republicans withholding Ukraine aid would send a dangerous message to China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to give a "peace speech" to the United Nations on the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine war.

Russian officials in Western cities say they are being unfairly targeted by protests and threats as the anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches.

Ex-GOP strategist Steve Schmidt accused the Florida Republican of "fear-mongering" over the suspected spy balloon, which was shot down over the weekend.

Diplomacy is dead at the moment.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make stops across Africa next month as the Kremlin tries to show the West that it still has friends abroad.

With his "zero COVID" policy spurring China's largest anti-government protests in more than three decades, Xi Jinping now faces the challenge of maintaining his legitimacy not just at home but abroad.

Biden's measured response to an accidental missile strike in Poland helped soothe rising tensions, earning the praise of even the Kremlin.

The two leaders are among the heads of state attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, this week.

King Charles III thought Donald Trump was a "ghastly, awful man" and with Prince Harry and Prince William sought to discourage a presidential visit to Britain.

The withdrawal of Russian forces, Ukrainian neutrality, an end to economic sanctions and most importantly a cease fire and legitimate U.N.-monitored plebiscite are all negotiable, though you would hardly know it from the rhetoric of Russia or the West.