Foreign Policy

Either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders will face Donald Trump in November. Here's how their views of U.S. power could reshape the world.

Internet controls have proved even more restrictive as Chinese life moves online under quarantine.

A senior lawmaker fears drastically reduced U.S. diplomatic and aid footprint could pave the way for Islamic State comeback.

Sharing the burden of keeping down the Islamic State makes sense. But U.S. and NATO leaders should be coldly realistic about what European allies can do—and avoid their mistakes in Afghanistan.

The war in Idlib is a growing humanitarian crisis, a potential disaster for Ankara—and a problem that doesn’t bear on Washington.

When Iran takes revenge for the killing of Qassem Suleimani, history suggests it could happen in Latin America.

Moscow rejects OPEC’s effort to avert a coronavirus-driven price collapse, shutting down an agreement to cut crude output.

Beijing seeks to deflect criticism that its carelessness caused a global crisis.

Netanyahu's planned land grab in the West Bank will undermine bipartisan support for U.S.-Israel defense ties—endangering the special relationship and Israelis’ security.

The Taliban are happily talking with Trump and standing down against U.S. troops, but they say they are "still at war" with Afghan national security forces. 

The court ruling paves the way for prosecutors to investigate the Taliban, Afghan military, and U.S. forces.

Ideas about natural and unnatural behavior causing disaster are simple, easy—and wrong.

Even as they publicly support the pact, many privately think it is built on a house of cards and will be pulled down by the country’s bloody past.

Reshaping institutions and funding can help save lives.

The celebrity couple abandons their royal duties and moves to Vancouver Island. For Canadians, that rekindles an old debate: Why is a British monarch still their head of state?

Questions remain whether other oil exporters will join the pact to slash output—and if that will be enough to push up crude prices.

Peace advocates and hardliners within the Taliban are feuding over whether to stick to the fragile agreement, the Pentagon says.

Indian culture may be ancient, but its unity is rare and recent. A growing hostility to Muslims threatens to upend the world’s largest democracy.

If he leads the next government, the prime minister is likely to annex much of the West Bank and deepen attacks on judicial independence.

The Syrian government offensive in Idlib has raised the stakes for Turkey and Russia.