Foreign Policy

From Afghanistan to Mexico, and from Belarus to Cambodia, here’s the best photojournalism from a year that felt like a decade.

The coziness between Washington and Big Tech is over.

The British novelist didn’t just write about the world of intelligence. He changed it forever.

The continent thought it had the coronavirus beat—and had its guard down when it mattered most.

Turkey took its expansionist vision to new heights in 2020—but with a battered economy, growing opposition, and now U.S. sanctions, it’s not clear how long that can continue.

In the Christmas movie universe, Europeans are royals, the military is a burden, and home is where the heart is.

From a showdown with Iran to Trump’s loyalty tests, some of 2020’s major stories will have ripple effects for the Biden administration.

A decade after Arabs started a regional revolution, it’s the neighboring continent that will never be the same.

Rust Belts exist around the world, and integrating them into the larger trans-Atlantic community is key to political stability.

Insisting that Iran must abandon its missile program could fall into the hardliners’ trap and make a new agreement impossible.

The shifting ground in the Middle East is creating new options for breaking the stalemate.

Though Israel remains opposed to Palestinian independence, 2020 marked the year of its acceptance in the region.

Foreign Policy’s five best reads on the dramatic shift in energy policy in 2020.

It could make 2021 the year Americans rediscover science.

The discovery of U.S. spy networks in China fueled a decadelong global war over data between Beijing and Washington.

Swedes can’t figure out their government’s coronavirus approach, a progressive push on U.S. foreign policy, and an honest assessment of the Arab Spring’s fallout.

And why Morocco’s apparent victory there will change regional politics.

Agriculture’s importance for the labor market cannot be underestimated—especially amid a historic pandemic.

Will 2021 be full of foreign-policy crises and domestic drama or dull compared to 2020?

The Treasury’s decision to label both Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators was unusual—and leaves the Biden administration with some tough choices to make.