Foreign Policy

Mexican clowns complain they are being mistreated because impostors are using their costumes for crime.

Russian puppets, 'bad hombres,' and Trump only accepting the election results if he wins: 2016's last debate and more.

The Iraqi Army’s push to retake the northern city could trigger a vast humanitarian crisis and fuel the country’s deep sectarian divide.

Not all of them think a pardon is enough.

But if they hope to defeat the Islamic State, they’re going to have to learn to work with some new allies.

A draft statement, obtained by Foreign Policy, for the first time explicitly calls out Moscow for its role in the devastating Syrian bombing campaign.

When it comes to America’s engagement with the outside world — from trade to alliances — there’s still broad agreement across parties.

The governor of Ukraine’s bucolic Odessa region wanted to take on the corrupt system. Now he’s realized he has to work with it.

The long career of Thailand’s king offers a study in the virtues of constitutional monarchy — and in the immense challenges of royal rule.

With the Obama administration’s negotiating hands tied, supporters appeal to the compassionate side of the Iranian regime.

The country's own flag has become an anti-government symbol of protest.

But the U.S. embargo on Cuba still remains in place.

President Buhari's wife took to the media to express her disappointment in her husband.

The Obama administration wants to censure Syria with international support it is rallying through the global watchdog on chemical weapons.

I’m a West Point graduate and Iraq war veteran who has been surrounded by men who act and speak a lot like Donald Trump.

The hot mic tape, dissention in the G.O.P, and another defense of an aggressive Russia has put Donald Trump on the ropes. But whether Hillary Clinton landed her political punches, remains to be seen.

The Republican nominee’s rhetoric at the debate was more dictator than leader of the free world.

Congressional critics of the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemeni rebels are demanding the White House pull its support for Riyadh following an alleged weekend airstrike that killed at least 140 funeral mourners in Sanaa.

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