Foreign Policy

Stumbling rivals mean Olaf Scholz is likely to take the reins from German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the September election.

Among Arab countries, the race is on to repair ties with the Assad regime.

With jihadist groups on the rise, African leaders from Nigeria to Mozambique are worried about maintaining stability.

The United States has to put global health first unless it wants a new disaster.

Lacking a serious vision for the region, the administration is aiming low.

The Taliban are intent on driving out the very people they need to make the country governable.

One of the regions hardest hit by climate change is also one least equipped to deal with it.

If the United States fails to understand its mistakes, it will continue to repeat them.

As the U.S. government reviews its use of sanctions, it has a chance to double down on the ones that are actually effective.

The group weighs official recognition—or sanctions.

The group faces a more powerful Taliban than ever, but public discontent could fuel the resistance.

The U.S. president’s refusal to acknowledge error has dismayed supporters and European allies.

Veterans mobilize online to help Afghans fleeing the Taliban.

Many are fleeing or in hiding. Women, some locked out of their outlets, are in particular danger.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: the fall of Afghanistan, double disaster in Haiti, and more anti-coronavirus measures.

For China and Russia, the country is a liability, not an asset.

A series of snags have kept planes stuck on Kabul’s tarmac.

The main lesson from the failed intervention in Afghanistan is about the dangers of self-delusion. Will anyone learn it?

The ruling Georgian Dream party is taking Tbilisi into Moscow’s orbit while eroding democratic institutions.

The factors that led to the country’s collapse find many parallels in Latin America.