Foreign Policy

As relations worsen on other fronts, the Kerry-Xie relationship could make a difference on climate change.

The country’s swift fall shows that managing a pandemic is a marathon, not a sprint.

But if democracies are to stand up to Chinese coercion, they will have to join forces.

The United States and Pakistan must work together to secure the country’s future.

Although the moves are seen as precautionary, they could cause lasting damage to the global vaccine rollout.

Tehran is directly responsible for the violence carried out by its proxies and must be held accountable.

Ahead of national elections in September, the CDU has to decide where to go from here.

Ten years after entering Syria’s civil war, Tehran is using religion to make its influence there permanent.

Wendy Sherman and Colin Kahl will likely get grilled by Republicans over their role in the 2015 nuclear pact.

The number of women in elected office is on the rise, but that hasn’t necessarily translated into more power.

Why the Russian government is now equating digital journalism with foreign espionage.

In Sunday’s legislative elections, voters overwhelmingly backed a popular president promising change, despite criticisms of democratic backsliding.

The Arab moment has passed. Competition between non-Arab powers—Turkey, Iran, and Israel—will shape the region’s future.

As Sri Lanka shows, when it comes to Chinese debt, small states have agency and great powers have responsibilities.

The new administration, like previous ones, has a Middle East quagmire. But it’s trying some nuanced moves to break free.

As Ankara grows more economically dependent on Beijing, the Turkish government is no longer offering a safe haven or defending Uyghur rights.

As Brazil’s hospitals reach capacity, a new highly transmissible variant has complicated an already haphazard response.

As Washington ramps up to defend democracy, Beijing is still motivated mostly by geography.

A new cease-fire at the Line of Control must avoid problems that have derailed past attempts at peace.

We urgently need a global ethical consensus on how far technological advances can go.