Foreign Policy

The first steps have to be international diplomacy, and lifting the travel ban.

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov says he wants to rescue orphans. But what’s really behind his humanitarian campaign?

Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up.

Are deep-pocketed medical tourists the cause of, or solution to, India's health care problems?

From North Korea to Venezuela, here are the conflicts to watch in 2018.

Foreign policy veterans from previous Republican administrations look back on 2017 — the year of Trump.

The president promised to deliver peace. But in his first year, he expanded every war he inherited.

After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.

The populist wave seems like it may have crested. The data proves otherwise.

FP staffers learn how democracies die and why Mussolini wrote a bodice ripper.

Saudi blockade of Yemen taking a toll, Turkey buys Russian military kit

Egyptian authorities are using a "debauchery" law to justify a crackdown on gay and trans people.

The United States should be able to count on Europe’s help in isolating Iran.

But that still might get us all killed.

After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.

Logging a primeval forest, Mexican murders, Arctic pathogens, the Russian hack you didn’t hear about, and more.

Yemen continues to burn, American ISIS pundit makes debut

The greatest danger to world peace in the coming year is the prospect of war on the Korean Peninsula — and Trump is making matters worse.

Spain's prime minister tried, and failed, to strong-arm Catalonia. The result is an enduring stalemate.

I used to be a smart-alecky conservative who scoffed at “political correctness.” The Trump era has opened my eyes.