Foreign Policy

Parties failed to meet a modest commitment to field more female candidates, despite the leading role of women in the 2024 protest movement.

The first U.S. jobs report of 2026 is so good, it’s raising eyebrows—and questions.

European leaders must revive it before disaster strikes.

A new podcast features a war game with painful lessons for everyone—except Russia. 

Washington needs to compete forcefully in its backyard without relying on force alone.

The island’s deputy foreign minister on Trump, defense, and why he thinks countries shouldn’t trust China.

The continent needs sweeping reforms—but is focusing on what it can do quickly.

Decapitation strikes against the regime are likely. An invasion is not.

An epochal win may yet mask a deeper desire for reform in the electorate.

Pressure mounts for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign from Downing Street.

China’s president looks secure on the world stage, but trouble is brewing on the home front.

Europe and China will not align nor compete, but selectively cooperate

Tehran is threatening to “regionalize the war” if Washington uses force.

From South Korea to Canada, allies are hedging their bets.

Major fighting has ended, but irreconcilable positions will bedevil Trump’s peace plan.

The Labour Party’s decades of backbiting and pettiness have collapsed on it.

A rare supermajority grants the Japanese prime minister a sweeping mandate to enact economic and defense reforms.

Without the treaty, nuclear forces will become hard to verify and harder to trust.

Despite a landslide victory, questions remain over the prime minister’s popularity and her fiscal plans.

A contested idea has seen many alleged deaths.