Foreign Policy

After 20 years of building up Afghanistan, can the United States really cut the country off now?

But Volodymyr Zelensky is irked with the Biden administration over its acquiescence in Russia’s big pipeline.

Americans are still using the lens of a half century-old conflict.

The United States can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world if it abandons strategic allies and vulnerable civilians.

The Egyptian government has deliberately let a former presidential candidate languish behind bars without proper medical care.

When it comes to policies Washington cares about, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor are practically the same.

As the two leaders meet in Washington, Ukraine is on edge.

Young people across the continent have been hit hard by the pandemic, lockdowns, and economic stagnation—but their protests have largely been ignored by elderly elites.

There’s little expectation the Taliban will make it easy to leave.

The failure of the Afghan army is a reminder that Pentagon-led security cooperation programs are more expensive and less effective than those led by spies.

The United States has leverage over the new Afghan government. Here’s how to use it.

Beijing is trying to shape the academic and political conversation.

The risk of a terrorist resurgence comes primarily from the Taliban’s Islamic State rivals.

State employees protest the continued employment of an “antisemitic” blogger in their ranks.

Washington’s longest war officially comes to an end, 24 hours ahead of schedule.

More than a hundred American citizens remain in the Taliban-controlled country.

The White House meeting is a chance to repair a damaged relationship.

The new Afghan government will likely include ethnicities other than the Taliban’s own. But women are probably out of luck.

The leader of the Afghan anti-Taliban resistance vows to battle in the encircled Panjshir Valley to keep alive his father’s dream.

Drone strikes over the weekend underscore the changing nature, not the end, of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.