Foreign Policy

Last year was a good one for the continent’s autocrats. But young Africans have launched a democratic revolution — and they’ve got the numbers on their side.

Orban and Trump were expected to reset U.S.-Hungarian relations. A year later, the two countries are still at odds. What went wrong?

Meant to hurt the regime, U.S. sanctions actually make it easier for the mullahs to crack down on dissent online.

Domestic reforms are just as important as defending against Russian aggression.

How to learn to stop worrying and love the EU’s new security and defense agreement.

The president offers blunt support for protesters in tweets, but a pivotal decision on the Iran nuclear deal is looming.

Why Islamabad isn’t worried about threats to cut off U.S. aid

The president’s policy achievements can never make up for his destructive shamelessness.

The U.S. president seems out to get Palestine, and there's nobody with the vision or charisma to do anything about it.

Nationalism has a new voice. That makes it all the more imperative to take its claims seriously and meet them head on.

The first steps have to be international diplomacy, and lifting the travel ban.

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov says he wants to rescue orphans. But what’s really behind his humanitarian campaign?

Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up.

Are deep-pocketed medical tourists the cause of, or solution to, India's health care problems?

From North Korea to Venezuela, here are the conflicts to watch in 2018.

Foreign policy veterans from previous Republican administrations look back on 2017 — the year of Trump.

The president promised to deliver peace. But in his first year, he expanded every war he inherited.

After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.

The populist wave seems like it may have crested. The data proves otherwise.

FP staffers learn how democracies die and why Mussolini wrote a bodice ripper.