Foreign Policy

A new biography paints a portrait of a president who made vast progress on policy—and failed at smoke-and-mirrors PR.

How Soviet artists evaded censors to create their own visions of Tolkien.

Danish Siddiqui’s death should have been a moment of national unity. The prime minister made it the opposite.

In some Afghan towns, women are fleeing ahead of insurgent takeovers.

How Nord Stream 2 made everyone in Washington mad at one another.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: Olympics obstacles, a spyware scandal, and a bold quarantine escape attempt.

How Reykjavik successfully managed the pandemic and brought tourism back.

Despite its worsening pandemic, Tokyo’s vaccine diplomacy has gained traction.

Afghanistan will get an injection of contractor support and planes for its beleaguered Air Force.

With the Taliban insurgency expanding, the U.S. withdrawal could provoke a major humanitarian crisis.

On Telegram, pet care, gardening, and corruption scandals have replaced religious fervor.

Iraq could become a major thorn in Biden’s side.

The 50th anniversary of the landmark Cold War conference is inspiring a renewal for today’s world.

New attacks after the Geneva summit were expected. But Washington doesn’t appear to know how to respond yet.

The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse by an unknown group raises fears that an already broken country could slip into chaos.

As the Federal Trade Commission chair, the best thing she can do to regulate tech is nothing.

LGBT rights are at the center of the struggle over Georgia’s Western leanings.

Pyongyang isn’t crazy, just focused on a credible threat.

And that the Chinese technology sector’s era of relative freedom may be over.

America’s greatest success story in Africa has degenerated into its biggest failure.