WSJ Opinion: Foreign Edition
Our columnists from the award-winning opinion pages at The Wall Street Journal examine world news and foreign affairs twice a week. Get the information you need to understand the changing world, and its impact on U.S. and national interests. Published several times weekly.
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Pompeo's Iran Speech; Juncker Goes to Washington
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on truth-telling about Iran's corrupt regime, and a preview of U.S.-E.U. trade talks.
21 min
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Putin's Enemy Number One
Mary Kissel and Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act and President Trump's Russia policy.
22 min
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Japan-EU Trade Deal; Pakistan Election Preview
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on a new free trade agreement and the dangers of Pakistan's upcoming general election.
19 min
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The Trump-Putin Summit; Brexit Regrets
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on the Helsinki summit and more turmoil within Britain's Tory party.
20 min
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The Future of NATO; Putin's Helsinki Plan
Mary Kissel and Toomas Hendrik Ilves on the security alliance's future and the Baltic view of the upcoming Trump-Putin summit.
21 min
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Liu Xia's Freedom; Pompeo's Pyongyang Flop
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on China's human-rights abuses and the state of U.S.-North Korea denuclearization talks.
18 min
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British Cabinet Resignations; The Amesbury Pois...
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on fallout from Theresa May's Brexit plan, and a death from a Russian-made nerve agent.
22 min
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NATO Summit Preview; Merkel's Migration Compromise
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on President Trump's priorities for the coalition and the German chancellor's political bargain.
21 min
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Mexico's Left Turn
Mary Kissel and Mike Gonzalez on the election of left-wing populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the presidency.
19 min
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Slaughter in Syria; Trump-Putin Summit
Mary Kissel and David Satter on the Assad regime's assault on Daraa province and the pitfalls of meeting with Vladimir Putin.
24 min
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Tehran's Grand Bazaar Protests; Trump's Iran Sq...
Mary Kissel and Behnam Ben Taleblu on renewed demonstrations in Iran and U.S. financial and energy sanctions on the regime.
20 min
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Erdogan's Re-Election; Pacific Island Power Plays
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory and Vanuatu's request for a U.S. military base.
21 min
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Turkey Election Preview
Mary Kissel and Soner Cagaptay on Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections.
21 min
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U.N. Rights Council Withdrawal; Japan's Guest W...
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on the Geneva-based organization's record and Tokyo's immigration push.
20 min
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Merkel's Political Peril; Tories for Higher Taxes
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on the German chancellor's immigration battle and Theresa May's NHS policy.
20 min
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North Korea: Next Steps
Mary Kissel and David Albright on how to denuclearize the Kim regime.
21 min
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Asian Anxieties About Singapore; AIT Opening
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on regional reactions to the Trump-Kim summit and the U.S.'s new, de facto embassy in Taipei.
16 min
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The Singapore Joint Declaration: Not Munich, No...
Mary Kissel and Nicolas Eberstadt assess the Trump-Kim summit and the prospects for denuclearization.
19 min
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G-7 Ructions; Singapore Summit Preview
Mary Kissel and Joseph Sternberg on the U.S.-Canada trade spat and President Trump's sit-down with Kim Jong Un.
23 min
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May's Customs Union Fix; Bibi In Britain
Mary Kissel and Robert Colvile on Brexit progress of a sort, and the Israeli Prime Minister's European tour.
25 min
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The Meaning of Manbij; Iraq's Challenge
Mary Kissel and Michael Rubin on a U.S.-Turkey deal in Syria and coalition-building in Baghdad.
22 min
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Remembering Tiananmen; The Uighur Crackdown
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on the 29th anniversary of the June 4 massacre and a disturbing turn in Xinjiang.
21 min
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Russian Dissidents At Risk
Mary Kissel and David Satter on lessons learned from the 'death' and resurrection of journalist Arkady Babchenko.
18 min
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Italian Political Chaos; On-Again U.S.-China Tr...
Mary Kissel and Hugo Restall on President Sergio Mattarella's veto and the Trump Administration's unpredictable trade tactics.
19 min
50
North Korea's Summit Miscalculation
Mary Kissel and Gordon Chang on the cancelled Trump-Kim summit, and what the U.S. president learned about Kim Jong Un.
21 min