Foreign Policy

Donald Tusk is the mild-mannered president of a quiet EU institution—and the West’s loudest voice against populism.

Catch up on everything you need to know about Trump’s $92 million military parade, the Blackwater founder’s proposal to privatize the war in Afghanistan, North Korea’s demands for a declaration to end the Korean War, and more.

The power of the United States is declining—and that's nothing to worry about.

The U.N.'s agency for Palestinians should stop playing word games and do its job.

Four questions on security clearances and their value in Washington.

The State Department has scaled back benefits to family members with special needs.

On our podcast: Journalist Vegas Tenold describes the six years he spent with white supremacists.

Asian-American politics don't translate on screen into sensitivity to Singapore's real issues.

The new Iran Action Group reassigns one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes officials at the State Department to work on Iran full time.

There’s nothing wrong with today’s European Union that France’s legendary 20th-century leader didn’t see coming—and didn’t try to fix when he had the chance.

The Maduro attack shows that the threat of drones in private hands is all smoke and noise.

But it can help solve local conflicts. Here’s how.

The United States has the leverage needed to prevent Qatar from cozying up to Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood—if it’s willing to use it.

Despite its defiant warnings, Tehran will eventually negotiate with Donald Trump—as long as Vladimir Putin mediates.

The number of informants executed in the debacle is higher than initially thought.

Kazakh case draws attention to plight of hundreds of thousands detained in Xinjiang

The United States has spent far more time obscuring its role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen than in explaining any rationale for it.

China's new ideological rigidity is being put to the economic and technological test.

How a dispute over a jailed American pastor roiled Turkey’s economy

Families say the State Department continues to curb benefits mandated by law.