Foreign Policy

Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.

Despair elides the progress made over the last two decades.

More desperate migrants will head West in coming years—and the West’s migration policies must change in response.

Racism and hubris are marring Beijing’s image globally.

What the 27 mostly unpublished missives tell us about the future of U.S.-North Korean diplomacy.

But others question the “market-based” approach of Biden’s chief climate envoy.

Britain’s decision to compensate slaveholders was unjust, unpalatable—and effective.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: climate change red flags, a looming Taliban takeover, and one risky helicopter landing.

Put aside all your idealistic fantasies about the world’s biggest crisis, and here’s what’s left.

Malaysian mothers can’t automatically pass on their nationality to foreign-born children. The pandemic has worsened the law’s ill effects.

Confronting the violence of U.S. policing requires an international perspective.

How “the worst consular system in the world” was turned around—and why it needs to happen again.

A U.N. official calls efforts in the region “a model of solidarity.”

Kyiv feels let down by supposed allies in Berlin and Washington.

Stopping the atrocities in Xinjiang requires reaching the Chinese public.

If Westerners are shocked at political developments in Tunisia, it’s because they described it as a straightforward success for too long.

Foreign powers should condemn Kais Saied’s power grab to halt long-term damage to the nascent democracy.

Senators quietly press U.S. President Joe Biden to reassess U.S.-Nigeria relations amid human rights concerns.

Chief advocate for alleged terrorists sanctioned by the United Nations announces his resignation citing red tape, rule-of-law issues.

The French president is making vaccines mandatory for many—sparking fresh protests ahead of next year’s elections.