Foreign Policy

Colombia announced plans for a major cease-fire with guerrillas. Will it hold?

The expulsion of journalists shows how far the relationship has deteriorated.

European economists are putting the pedal to the metal to slow inflation while the U.S. Federal Reserve hits the brakes.

U.S. environmental measures have China as an unspoken target.

Without a playbook to turn to, officials are still grasping for solutions.

Anti-nuclear weapons activists have a new best friend: the Catholic Church.

Defense deals and tech ties underpin Modi’s visit to Washington.

The AI Act instills greater privacy standards, stricter transparency laws, and steeper fines for failing to cooperate.

The cargo shows how the global south is balancing relations with Moscow and the West.

The defenses that made the country unique are falling one by one—leaving political discontent and spiritual voids exposed to al Qaeda.

In great-power competition there is no such thing as minding one’s own business.

It’s in Washington’s interest to make the best possible use of Moscow’s barbaric folly.

The weapons may bolster the very rebel groups West African governments are trying to defeat.

A muddled U.S. strategy is making it harder for Kyiv to win.

The country’s ongoing war isn’t a reason not to bring it into the West’s security alliance.

U.S. leaders must take responsibility for past nuclear atrocities.

Washington missed the boat to shape the global maritime order. Beijing is stepping in.

Such a facility could enable Beijing to monitor emails, phone calls, satellite transmissions, and shipping traffic along the southeastern United States.

The dam blast rekindled a concept with Vietnam War roots but no place in international law—yet.

Unlike last fall, Ukraine has to crack hardened Russian lines before doing any open-field running.