Foreign Policy

The U.S.-China conflict may be the defining 21st-century challenge, but the recommendations stand out by what they fail to address.

Biden’s choice of a Black secretary of defense is historic, but Lloyd Austin's defense industry ties and recent service put his nomination in question.

Lloyd Austin would be the first Black person to serve in the job.

Human rights groups have already voiced serious concerns about the plan to move thousands of refugees to an uninhabited island.

There’s a right man for the job of a careful review.

A dozen wealthy donor states press the United Nations Development Program to investigate allegations that funds were misappropriated from a Russia climate program it managed.

“The China Nightmare” lays out the risks of a surprisingly fragile state.

The Faroe Islands have a history of trading with everyone who will buy their fish. With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers.

Sudden reforms in the ethno-federal state system have drawn comparisons to the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

Some leaders are breaking ranks with the majority of world leaders in the hopes that Trump will somehow cling to power.

A new administration points to a resolution of some thorny bilateral disputes—but could threaten Moon Jae-in’s cherished rapprochement with the North.

Preoccupied with domestic challenges and an impending contest with a populist rival, France’s government will benefit from the defeat of the far-right across the Atlantic.

U.S. defense cooperation with India is one thing Democratic and Republican administrations agree on.

In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.

Bolsonaro needs Trumpism to rally his base, but he might need Biden’s America even more.

An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.

The abrupt news after Trump’s electoral defeat follows months of tensions between the U.S. president and his secretary of defense.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are ready to flow into U.S. tech—if both sides can agree where.

Biden will inherit a tax system rigged to deepen inequality. He’ll need corporate America’s help to fix it.

Trump was a much weaker potential autocrat than others have faced.