Foreign Policy

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.

T-minus four hours until either Tehran accepts a cease-fire deal or the United States attacks Iran’s civilian infrastructure.

Baghdad doesn’t control much of its own territory.

Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a reminder of how everything is fair game in an era of great-power competition.

The destruction of infrastructure is killing ordinary people.

A weaker, angrier, more suspicious regime with a less cautious supreme leader and leverage over Hormuz. What could go wrong?

Iran will likely control the waterway. The question is whether diplomats find a way of making that workable.

Some states want escalation; others are pushing for restraint.

Washington thinks offensive cyber power will restore deterrence. It’s mistaken.

Myanmar will be hit worst.

Trump has given Tehran 24 hours to agree to a peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz or else face massive strikes.