Foreign Policy

The Trump administration’s plans threaten to undercut both pillars of deterrence at once.

A former president of Estonia on the growing tide of global protest—and how today’s leaders can win back ordinary people.

A broken asylum system and shrinking resettlement options leave many with nowhere to turn.

Trying to reverse the Chagos Islands treaty only plays into China’s hands.

The country’s powerful Supreme Court is caught up in a swirling corruption probe.

Are illicit drugs now a bigger business in the Mekong than scam centers?

After the Trump summit, China wants managed competition.

The White House appears increasingly focused on bolstering ties with Russia.

An $8 billion aid package aims to take the edge off the strain of the Iran war and trade chaos. 

Zelensky joins Oslo talks as a worrying winter looms for Kyiv.

Netanyahu’s opponents are ahead but will struggle to form a coalition.

Why digital connectivity has become the new front in modern warfare.

Bad strategy long predates Pete Hegseth and his obsession with “lethality.”

Why a retiring Jeanne Shaheen thinks bipartisanship still has a future in America.

More than half a million people joined anti-government protests over the weekend.

The real action starts after polls close and the coalition wrangling begins.

Protest and radicalization are the answer to an authoritarian, centralized state.

France and Germany are increasingly willing to flex market share for geopolitical leverage. But they still need reforms to maintain it.

Practical steps, U.S. pressure, and greater Arab involvement are needed to overcome trauma and despair.

Washington needs to take the realities of Chinese advances seriously.