Foreign Policy

The government announced the change at start of the World Cup, when it was least likely to be noticed.

James Melville is the latest in a string of career diplomat resignations over Trump’s comments and policies.

In the long term, large government contracts and cutting-edge projects will be hard for tech companies to resist.

On our podcast: An immigration lawyer tells harrowing stories of asylum-seekers at the southern U.S. border.

Short on funding, U.S. and European programs designed to help rebuild after the Islamic State are faltering.

The two-state solution is dead. Most one-state solutions are unacceptable to the other side. There is, however, a viable peace plan that appeals to both.

The relationship between Beijing and Washington is collapsing fast, to everyone’s detriment.

Matteo Salvini wants to be buddies with anti-immigrant leaders in Hungary, Poland, and Austria. But sometimes geography trumps ideology.

An annual government report sits awkwardly with the Trump administration’s policy of forcibly separating families at the border.

A new report provides the most detailed look yet at how a sanctions-free Pyongyang could strike it rich.

As the country prepares for the first post-Mugabe elections, the United States and its allies must use all the leverage they have to demand genuine reform.

As the U.S. defense secretary drifts further from President Donald Trump’s inner circle, his mission gets clearer: preventing war with Tehran.

With so much political, social, and financial capital invested in its national squad, why can’t Turkey qualify for a World Cup?

Generals of an army accused of genocide have started putting troops in the dock, and it’s not because they care about human rights.

China's hasty international investments are beginning to drag down its own economy.

Maduro’s autocratic regime is going after María Corina Machado because she is fearless and incorruptible. She needs Washington’s support.

Big buyers of Iranian oil such as China are seen as unlikely to cut purchases to zero, but sanctions will still send crude prices higher.

European officials worry that Trump could roil yet another international summit.

As schools become targets, young Afghans are living and working on the streets — and the government isn’t doing much to protect them.

Global oil markets are controlled by Russia and Saudi Arabia — despite America’s shale boom.