Foreign Policy

Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta’s mindset.

Ali Khamenei won’t give up power for anyone—not even his president.

Analysts have been keen to make comparisons to tensions in 1996.

Rising prices, food insecurity, and a growing debt burden make Islamabad’s other challenges all the more pressing.

A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows.

The EU’s obsession with security in the Sahel is a reflection of its own anxieties—and a betrayal of its values.

The Turkish leader is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in three weeks as he readies his own “special military operation.”

I oversaw the U.S. effort to capture the Russian arms dealer. Here’s what Joe Biden should know before trading him away.

Losses are building up far faster than Kyiv can manage.

The U.S. drone strike exposes the regime’s terrorist ties and further dims its prospects for international legitimacy.

A deep dive into this very American food.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: NATO summitry, protests in Ecuador, and Independence Day around the world.

As Israel ups the ante of covert warfare, Iran scrambles to respond.

The United States can no longer afford to buy geopolitical allies with market access.

Do NATO countries have the stomach for a long war?

The 30-nation alliance is worried about a growing strategic partnership between Beijing and Moscow.

With the Taliban at loggerheads and Afghanistan in chaos, one politician has a plan to stave off civil war.

Indigenous people are being forced out from so-called protected areas.

Here’s how Washington can fight back.

One of the leading voices on the Senate foreign affairs panel weighs in on the conflict, Turkey’s change of heart, and NATO’s turn to Asia.