Ben Rhodes is a co-host of the podcast Pod Save the World and the author of After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made. From 2009 to 2017, he served as U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting in the Obama administration.

Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt says the second Trump administration will be a period of "realism" in U.S. foreign policy after voters rejected "forever wars," in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week.

I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump is inheriting a difficult foreign policy inbox that may only get

Joe Biden is still president, but the world's leaders and its crises are knocking on Donald Trump's door. The contrast from last time is striking.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin told reporters Thursday he holds hope for democratic values in the United States and around the world, but has “major concerns” about foreign policy under the incoming Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump is moving quickly to establish his cabinet and set an active pace for his new Administration.

Strategic incoherence and factionalism reign. Michael T. Klare As Donald Trump and his associates have repeatedly stated, we can expect a total overhaul of U.S. foreign and military policy once the new administration assumes office in January.

The family business of President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to announce some restrictions on transactions but is not likely to accept as many limitations as it did eight years ago.

Once Trump is sworn in, many will be watching to see where he decides to go on his first international trip, which can signal a president's priorities. Trump's first foreign trip in his first term had six stops starting in Saudi Arabia, then Israel, the West Bank, Vatican City, Belgium and Sicily.

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday unveiled a trio of picks for top State Department roles, elevating conventional national security hands to key policy roles in Foggy Bottom. In a Truth Social post,

But a funny thing happened on Trump's way back to the White House: The Biden and Trump national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as conflicts in Gaza, Syria and Ukraine have left a significant swath of the world on a knife's edge.