Biden’s inaugural speech focused mainly on healing domestic rifts and a new kind of politics at home. But he also signalled a return to engagement with the outside world.
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America’s hardline policy towards Iran has failed. The incoming US president has an opportunity to change course.
A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.
Pulling out roughly half the U.S. troops in Afghanistan is part of an effort to find peace, but may unbalance a precarious stalemate.
A new US administration needs to rejoin the nuclear deal and engage in statecraft to improve relations with Tehran.
A round-up of expert analysis from across the world on Biden’s win.
Russia may not be a foreign policy priority for the incoming Biden administration. But its promise to foreground democracy will put the Kremlin on edge.
History shows what happens during a presidential transition can leave a lasting imprint on foreign policy.
How Donald Trump changed US foreign policy.
America might be coming back under the new US president, Joe Biden, but this is not the same world or the same country it once was.
Scholars of race, foreign policy and the Supreme Court give their informed predictions of what to expect under a Biden administration.
The “idea” of America and its promise is at stake.
Biden and Trump are like night and day on foreign policy, and American global engagement would change radically under a Biden presidency. But actual Mideast policy might show only cosmetic changes.
What might be the global geopolitical significance of Trump’s positive COVID-19 test?
Speculation is mounting about an impending October surprise in the 2020 race. What does that mean?
After months of delays, talks between the Taliban and Afghan governnment are due to start in Doha. Here’s what is on the table.
In 2016 Trump promised to ‘shake the rust off America’s foreign policy.’ Four years later, it’s clearer what that looks like: a US that sits on the sidelines of world crises and collaborations alike.
The US bid to impose so-called ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran was roundly rejected by the UN security council.
A commission set up by the US Secretary of State says religious freedom and property rights should be elevated above other rights. It has prompted concern from faith-based and secular critics alike.
To be a world leader after 1945, the US had to be seen to be anti-racist. Now it no longer cares who is watching.
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Associate Professor in American and International Politics, University of Birmingham