One of the things President-elect Donald Trump’s second national security adviser liked about the neophyte president when they first met in 2017 during Trump’s first term was the commander in chief’s penchant for breaking things, especially regarding foreign policy.

Foreign policy in Trump’s first term was defined by an "America First" approach that was largely chaotic and unpredictable. Here's what a second term could bring

He is poised to bring back hallmarks of his first term, from a China trade war to hostility toward multilateralism.

While campaigning to regain the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump said that he would be able to end Russia's war in Ukraine in 24 hours, warned that Israel would be "eradicated" if he lost the election and vowed sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports.

The return of President-Elect Donald Trump has thrown the future of U.S. global leadership into doubt. CFR experts answer your questions on the pressing issues.

Over President Joe Biden’s remaining 10 weeks in office, foreign leaders will decide whether to acquiesce to his policy prescriptions or dismiss the U.S. leader as a lame duck and hold out for what they anticipate will be better treatment from Trump.

President-elect Trump wants to put familiar faces on his national security team after being burned during his first term. Why it matters: Sources said Trump doesn't want former generals on his national security team and prefers businessmen and CEOs — but he's also considering a line-up of loyalists in prominent D.

As the candidates made their last-minute pitches in the waning days of the U.S. presidential election, a few key voter blocs have come into clearer view. Foreign-policy issues could sway their decisions. Our Postcards From the Wedge series has reported on these trends in swing states and contentious races. Check out the latest entries below.

A second Donald J. Trump presidency would almost certainly mark a return to an era of foreign policy decrees, untethered to any policy process, at a moment of maximum international peril.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said early Wednesday that the U.S. is entering a period of “pragmatic foreign policy,” following former President Trump’s victory in the presidential election.

Stepanka Hauskrecht, 47, an accounting manager for a construction company, said she voted for Kamala Harris in part because she believes the Democrat would handle foreign policy with a steadier hand than Donald Trump.

With the election just days away, every campaign policy of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is under intense scrutiny.