Foreign Policy

The regime survived, but this doesn’t make it as strong as it thinks.

Madrid is preparing for one of the most ambitious regularization schemes in European history.

Rich countries must understand foreign aid can actually be popular—if people see the results.

While mostly used for logistics, Ukraine is increasingly using them for combat operations.

If warfighters don’t trust the technology, they won’t use it.

Advocates for the disastrous adventure in Iran shouldn’t escape responsibility.

Disagreements over what was agreed to threaten to unravel the U.S.-Iran cease-fire deal.

Britain’s plan to hand back its last African colony is on thin ice.

Iran discovered his Achilles’ heel—a market slump.

Even if the cease-fire holds, it will take months to undo the damage.

China sees the potential for conflict as a tragedy, not an opportunity.

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

A key meeting with the Taiwanese opposition signals a different model of cross-strait stability.

The truce remains fragile, but Islamabad has offered to host peace talks.

Militias aligned with Tehran are embedded in some of the country’s most powerful networks.

The U.S. defense secretary is using the military to promote Christian nationalism, experts say.

The U.S. president has a history of following other world leaders—or his gut—instead of his own intelligence officers and experts.

Trump’s Iran policy might undermine his one successful peace accord.

The announcement came less than two hours before Trump’s deadline was set to expire.

Ma Xingrui is the latest official ensnared by anti-corruption purges.