Foreign Policy

Both parties have featured speeches from key diplomats at their conventions, with Mike Pompeo making a controversial cameo at the RNC—but they aren’t proposing much that’s new.

A new upsurge of racial unrest during the RNC could define Trump’s 2020 campaign.

New Delhi has failed to learn from its mistakes.

The nation was already on the economic brink before COVID-19 hit.

The potential next Democratic administration is preparing to upend decades of dogma on globalization.

The U.S. secretary of state’s commission cherry picks the issues that suit its agenda while undermining international law and threatening LGBT and women’s rights.

China’s rise has pushed Silicon Valley away from the values it once claimed to hold.

Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa.

Lawmakers and former U.S. military officials criticized the Trump administration for failing to forcefully condemn the Kremlin after several U.S. troops were injured in Syria.

Exaggeration, distortion, spin—that much was expected. More frightening were the things they didn’t say.

Foreign ministers hope to avert a military confrontation, but the dispute will likely fester.

The AU’s double standard on lifelong leaders who reject term limits undercuts its moral standing to reject military coups.

The Assad regime is suffering a massive outbreak—and burying the bodies in silence.

A year after the state’s special status was revoked, peace remains a distant hope.

Invoking crisis is a favorite tactic of dictators—and widespread misuse of the word robs it of its power. 

African nations are fighting to repatriate their artifacts, Washington imposes sanctions on a Chinese paramilitary group, and the United States has a new opportunity to rethink its visa policies.

Ulrich Beck was a prophet of uncertainty—and the most important intellectual for the pandemic and its aftermath.

Is the guilty verdict in the prime minister’s corruption trial a sign of hope or business as usual?

One year on from mass protests, Puerto Ricans are still questioning how to refresh the island’s relationship with the United States.

With inflation running at 700 percent, the pandemic has left an already weak state on the brink.