Foreign Policy

Tehran has long called for greater cooperation among Muslim states. The Mecca pact is not what it had in mind.

Mark Carney’s vision has gone unrealized, but that doesn’t mean states should give up.

The Trump administration is following in the footsteps of authoritarian regimes by weaponizing global banking rules against its enemies.

Seldom before has the U.S. government intervened so actively in the economy.

Beijing’s choice moves Washington’s leverage from tariffs to currency.

With his Gaza plan dead in the water, he should refocus on preventing the next conflagration.

The migrant crisis has underscored Madrid’s increasingly tenuous geopolitical position.

Another weekend with no resolution to the Middle East’s wars.

From refugees to abducted children, Russia has wreaked havoc on young Ukrainians.

Punishing heat and wildfires have cost billions and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

The Trump administration’s campaign against the court is transparently cynical.

Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” triggered nationwide outrage—and a firewall that is now gone.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey pledge mutual defense in the face of aggressive Iranian and Israeli operations.

Social callousness pushes even the prosperous to seek new lives overseas.

After Hormuz, global waterways will return to being sites of bloody contention.

Kyiv has run out of Patriot interceptors, but allies remain reluctant to supply more.

Pretoria’s influence across Africa may be waning following widespread xenophobic attacks.

The region has become ground zero for protests against poor governance.

Missed opportunities and strategic blunders have plagued Riyadh.

Washington has a long record of fighting the wrong war for the wrong objective.