Foreign Policy

The Trojan horse of racism put democracy’s enemies inside its walls.

The Trojan horse of racism put democracy’s enemies inside its walls.

The final big name for Biden’s national security team signals a break with the CIA’s dark past.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the mess Donald Trump is leaving behind.

The epic SolarWinds hack affecting thousands of government agencies and companies could mark the beginning of the end of the open internet.

The designation is part of a flurry of activity by the State Department in the Trump administration’s final days.

A woman was passed over to lead the Pentagon—but it’s the entire country that’s missing out.

Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.

Washington’s new rivalry with Beijing isn’t a reprise of the Cold War. It’s much more complicated.

Almost one year in, an ambitious set of norms has had mixed results.

Citizens hungry for information turned to the media during the pandemic, but governments around the world used the crisis to restrict journalists.

Old narratives about the city fell apart this year, but new ones can still be born.

From the tragedy of whistleblowers to imperiled nuclear talks to the State Department's struggle with diversity, here are some of our articles that had an outsized impact this year.

The country will become only the third in Latin America to allow unmitigated access to the procedure.

Despite heated language, the U.S. goals haven’t changed.

Americans are aware that Democrats and Republicans have become polarized—but they’ve misunderstood how.

Here are five of our best pieces on how East Asia handled the pandemic.

A look back at our best essays on the onset of the coronavirus.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is threatening to delay Senate business until a vote is scheduled on sending $2,000 checks to Americans.

We don't yet know whether new variants of the coronavirus may impede vaccines’ efficacy. But they shouldn’t change anything about our approach to public health.