Foreign Policy

U.S. officials who praise Iraqi Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani while denouncing Iran’s supreme leader fail to grasp that the two clerical leaders have a shared interest in resisting outside threats.

The potential troop cuts face scrutiny inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill.

The basketball legend’s death was bigger than virus news in a country that loved him.

Against the backdrop of U.S. domestic drama, the secretary of state’s visit to Kyiv could prove tricky.

Chinese officials have extended the Lunar New Year holiday and started building emergency hospitals to combat the new coronavirus. Will it work?

The most effective plan against the Islamic Republic has always been the most obvious—and the one nobody in Washington seems willing to try.

A raft of new multibillion-dollar deals announced by Xi Jinping worry Washington and New Delhi.

There’s a limit to what any one company can do when it operates within a system in which oil, gas, and even coal use are still rising.

The new materials reveal how Beijing’s internment of Uighur Muslims actually works—and who is complicit.

Right-wing media has seized on the testimony of a Canadian businessman with a tangled history.

New arrivals are ticking up again, but Europe doesn’t even have a short-term plan in place—much less a long-term strategy.

Georgians fear that billionaire leader Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream party are tightening their grip on power.

Resistance to Chinese technology is growing in Germany—and the ripple effects could reach across the continent.

As Hezbollah sides with Lebanon's political elite, protesters in Beirut are increasingly willing to criticize it.

Claims of political contagion are establishment fantasies.

Virulent ethnic nationalism and hateful rhetoric toward minorities might win votes, but it will lead the country to economic ruin.

Voters want to close borders. Activists want to open them.

Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions.

China and the United States both increased emissions last year; a U.N. report shows 1.5 percent growth in emissions per year since 2009.

Be grateful for Greta Thunberg, Emmanuel Macron—and the fact that things aren’t as bad as they could be.