Foreign Policy

Ford and General Motors are accused of using a similar emissions cheat to the one used by Volkswagen.

U.S. officials have long prodded China to open its economy and stop meddling with its markets and money. Will Xi finally listen?

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani sought Wednesday to reassure the United States that he does not condone the sexual abuse of boys by his nation’s security forces — a seamy cultural gap that has long been unacknowledged even as it has plagued the war effort. Ghani issued a statement promising to undertake “serious measures” to prevent ...

The recent stock market turbulence and rising questions about Xi’s competence mean China’s leadership has bigger issues to worry about than cybersecurity or bilateral trade.

Decades of marginalizing countries we don't see eye to eye with has gotten the United States nowhere. It's time to engage.

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.