Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the nation's top intelligence officials as they appear during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
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U.S. and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
A Chinese scholar has some thoughts about what Trump is doing to the U.S.
National security adviser Michael Waltz (left) and Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff for policy, look on as President Trump speaks with reporters after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 4. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
How a journalist became an inadvertent eavesdropper on national security secrets
Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kaveh Sardari/Council on Foreign Relations hide caption
With Trump in office, U.S. allies lose standing, security
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas discusses shifting U.S. alliances
President Donald Trump, right, and France's President Emmanuel Macron reach to shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP hide caption
Former deputy national security adviser in first Trump term defends shift on Europe
United States Vice-President JD Vance, rear right, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, rear left, meet during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Foreign policy expert Stephen Walt discusses America's shifting alliances
Whether Biden or Trump wins in November will mean very different things for America's place in the world. Jim Watson/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What a second Biden or Trump presidency could mean for American allies and foes
Photos by Ash Ponders/NPR, Hannah Yoon/NPR, Justin Sullivan/Getty & Chip Somodevilla/Getty. Collage by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the former president, gestures to the crowd after speaking at a rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., on Feb. 10. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 22. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shown here in 2008, was born on May 27, 1923. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Henry Kissinger, controversial diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100
From left to right, top: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. From left to right, bottom: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Demonstrators rally to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza on Independence Avenue near the U.S. Capitol last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel
Israeli soldiers gather in a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel Tuesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
A sign displays an an unofficial temperature as jets taxi at Sky Harbor International Airport at dusk, July 12 in Phoenix. Matt York/AP hide caption
Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Leah Millis/AP hide caption
With visit to China, Blinken clears a diplomatic path, but it's unclear where it goes
US Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. Thomas Kienzle/AP hide caption
NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2023. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Biden's national security adviser is hopeful war over Taiwan can be prevented
From left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, back, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listen during a NATO summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Henry Nicholls/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden waves as he prepares to depart the airport after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, on June 16. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments last week in Wilmington, Del. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
Kim Jong Un inspects troops ahead of North Korea's 70th anniversary parade in Pyongyang in 2018. At least one foreign policy expert warns that U.S. adversaries could take advantage of the uncertainty stemming from President Trump's positive coronavirus test. API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images hide caption