Foreign Policy

Putin wants to secure U.N. approval for his leap into the Middle East by couching it as a broad-front fight against Islamic terrorism. The United States is having none of it.

The world's 1.6 billion Muslims all are trying to make it Mecca at least once in their lifetimes. Who decides who gets to go?

A popular blogger argues that China's president is flaunting his country's strength to a city which once violently rejected Chinese people.

As Syrians died en route to Europe this summer, their dictator Instagrammed like all was well back home.

With Yemeni civilian deaths mounting, the Saudi government is pulling out all the stops to head off an independent human rights inquiry.

Is the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates at zero more about the U.S. or the global economy?

A "new model of great power relations" sounds innocent enough. So why won't American policymakers say it?

FP contributor Elizabeth Dickinson and Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi on the reach of Riyadh and how the West could actually help.

Pope Francis may be the people’s pontiff. But he’s also here on a mission to evangelize.

How Saudi Arabia’s construction rampage is threatening Islam’s holiest city.

U.S. officials say retired Marine Gen. John Allen expected to call it quits after a year of trying to win battlegrounds and corral coalition partners against the Islamic State.

Washington has quietly avoided sending U.S. ships near China’s artificial islands. The Obama administration is now mulling a more muscular approach.

As the United States opens its gates to more asylum seekers, it’s worth remembering the times the U.S. stumbled on helping those in need.

The Democratic front runner finally tells us what she really thinks about the long-delayed pipeline from Canada, when it’s too late to make a difference.

Pope Francis and Donald Trump share a key personality rate that's fueled their rise.

This map shows how many refugees each participating country would take under a recent EU proposal.

Is a back-to-school peace breaking out in eastern Ukraine?

Cairo has promised a full investigation into why its security forces accidentally killed eight Mexican tourists. Too bad Egypt has now banned journalists from reporting on it.

Those of us who believe in freedom and free markets must defend Brussels from the Euroskeptic onslaught.

Kurdish fighters answer questions from the general public, and make the case for foreign volunteers to join their group.