Foreign Policy

From its fascist architecture to the 'Puppet Emperor Palace', relics of the occupation linger in the former Manchurian capital.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been a hawk since the days of W. His looming defeat could finally mean an end to one of the most controversial foreign-policy eras in recent history.

It's not about the "icebreaker gap" — it's about business as usual.

India Bonus read: “India and Pakistan’s Dialogue of the Deaf” by Mohammad Hanif (NYT) 10 major workers’ unions go on strike in India Nearly 150 million workers belonging to 10 major workers’ unions in India have gone to strike on Wednesday to protest policies of the Narendra Modi government (BBC, Hindu). The strike seems to ...

By Paul McLeary with Adam Rawnsley The friendly skies. The CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) have teamed up to fly armed drones over Syria, several U.S. officials confirmed to the Washington Post’s Greg Miller. Despite highly-touted plans for the Obama administration to scale back the amount of direct-strike work the CIA performs ...

The CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) are conducting a drone campaign against high-level Islamic State targets in Syria, the Washington Post reports. This clandestine campaign is being run separately from the international coalition’s effort and has targeted senior officials in the terrorist group, especially those working on supporting and expanding the Islamic State’s ...

After a midnight explosion in Tianjin killed dozens, citizen-journalists are pressing the government to do more and share more.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to give a major speech on Japan’s World War II aggression. But in Tokyo, history is never really about history.

In Tehran’s bustling markets, high hopes for sanctions relief may not live up to the reality.

Tom Fletcher says goodbye to all that.

Will China's decision to devaluate its currency cause Fed chief Janet Yellen to balk on a rate hike?

It's time to end the Iraq surge revisionism.

Yes, some of the potential $150 billion windfall coming to Tehran will help support Assad. But it isn’t quite as dangerous as opponents of the deal are making it out to be.

Secretary of State John Kerry is frustrated and angry about the high-profile leaks coming out of Foggy Bottom, and is hammering his staff to stop. It’s not working out so well.

Major equity markets are a sea of red in the wake of China's falling renminbi.

Swedish prosecutors dropped two charges because the statute of limitations ran out.

Five views on the future of Hong Kong’s democracy movement.

The entire world is talking about ISIS. And we can use big data to find the message amid the clamoring voices.

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This week, Pakistan executed at least 15 people, most of whom had spent years on death row before meeting their end in the Pakistani justice system. For these unlucky 15 and their families, this week’s news must have felt like a cruel joke, when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered the government to suspend executions in ...