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.

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.

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

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.

President-elect Donald Trump re-enters the world stage at Notre Dame’s reopening, and he’s also getting an early start on foreign policy efforts.

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.

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.

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.

U.S. foreign policy is adrift between the old order and one that has yet to be defined. Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election awakened many in Washington to the reality that despite the political elite’s presumption of an unassailable foreign policy consensus,

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.

On Dec. 5, Masoud led a panel of political scientists and analysts, who discussed the global implications of Trump’s victory, including its potential effects on sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, China and the broader state of democracy worldwide. The event was hosted by the Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.