Foreign Policy

With larger powers in retreat, small countries and civil society groups have stepped up—and they have won some significant victories.

The Pentagon says reunification is the primary driver of China’s military modernization.

A thin victory in the no-confidence vote leaves no one really running the country.

He inherited the conflict. It’s up to him to resolve it responsibly.

The Chinese social media firm is the most valued start-up in the world—but it’s going to hit political walls.

Seeing Baku as a strategic partner, the United States and Europe overlook rights violations.

The United Kingdom is facing a generational crisis and adults are nowhere to be found in Parliament.

U.S. Syria policy is dogged by infighting and confusion.

Whatever the outcome, Brexit has triggered an irreversible collapse of Britain's political, legal, and social order.

The Internet Research Agency took to the photo-sharing network to boost Trump and depress voter turnout.

Why U.S. aid to Central America has not eased the flow of migrants.

Only Americans can stop their country from participating in strategically misguided, irresponsible, and immoral adventures.

Photojournalist Lu Guang has fallen victim to an old vendetta in his homeland.

Politics and fashion are touchy subjects in a Communist state that loves luxury.

Location-based services are universal, critical, and horribly vulnerable.

Catch up on everything you need to know about the looming shutdown over President Trump’s border wall, a planned Monday meeting of U.S. and Taliban officials in the UAE, Amazon’s Russia connections, and more.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is like her mentor in style, but not in substance—and, for Germany, that will make all the difference.

State elections gave new hope to a moribund party.

But the White House’s spin tactics are not doing it any favors.

Elizabeth Erin Walsh will oversee America’s troubled relations with the United Nations.