Foreign Policy

Despite calls for it to remain intact, FIFA has dismantled its anti-racism task force.

Kenya's plan to close the world's largest refugee camp involves illegal forced repatriations of Somalis. Why is the U.N. helping to carry it out?

In meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, the GOP nominee blames the Palestinians for the conflict and promotes his “wall,” while the Democratic nominee recommits to the two-state solution.

Japanese officials only wanted to promote their high-quality, sustainable eels. Instead they sparked outrage over a creepy depiction of a girl who turns into an eel.

To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.  Tunisia’s former president, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, argues that the country’s ruling coalition doesn’t really represent its people. Ilya Lozovsky sees signs of hope for Ukrainian democracy in the country’s maturing civil society. Robert Looney warns that Algeria is running out ...

With the coming fight to kick ISIS out of its Syrian stronghold, Washington leans on the Kurds once again

As president, Hillary Clinton is prepared to take a much tougher stance on Russia than Trump — or even Obama. Syria’s civil war will be the first test.

Roma communities in Central Europe hoped institutions would protect their rights once they joined the European Union. Now they’re disillusioned with Western Europe too.

The crisis in Kashmir is starting to boil over — and the next U.S. president isn’t going to be able to avoid intervening.

In an exclusive interview in New York, Hungary's foreign minister praised Australia's migration system and said Hungary should mimic it.

Chinese who grew up watching Friends are on Team Aniston. Others blame karma, or even the Dalai Lama.

Study a photograph of infantry soldiers at a battlefield service.

In Kirkuk, the extremist group's defeat risks rekindling old ethnic and religious conflicts — unless cooler heads prevail.

The GOP is still trying to put the administration's personnel policy back in the box.

Tunisia’s democratic achievements are under threat. Here’s why a fake “national consensus” isn’t the answer.

U.S. Central Command has launched an investigation into the mistaken airstrike on Syrian troops over the weekend.

It’s impossible to know for certain whether an Iranian business partner is a sponsor of terrorism — until it’s too late.

Petro Poroshenko sent a request to meet both U.S. presidential candidates. But only Clinton has sat down with the Ukrainian president.

The Republican nominee takes another swing at being a statesman by meeting with Cairo’s controversial leader.

The Obama administration should not have risked inadvertently funding Iran's support for terrorism.