Foreign Policy

From India’s relations with rivals to Sri Lanka’s democratic shift, here’s what to keep an eye on this year.

Fareed Zakaria plays the annual predictions game on FP Live.

Foreign Policy’s columnists share what’s on their radar this year.

As Trump returns to office, the question is whether change will come at the negotiating table or on the battlefield.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib has emerged as a voice of unique clarity in the zero-sum debate over Israel-Palestine.

The incident closes a year that has seen an uptick in high-profile cyberattacks on the United States.

From a brewing trade war to opportunities on the global stage, here’s what we’re watching in the new year.

The country’s inaction in Syria has dealt a blow to confidence in its regional power.

Elections, Olympics, assassinations, and more—test yourself on the whirlwind of international news in the past year.

The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.

The chief of the World Health Organization condemned Israel’s Friday attack on a hospital.

The Trump administration will find it hard to disengage from a region still being reshaped by the effects of Oct. 7.

Just as in 1980, Democrats are seeing how much party-building matters.

Loudly making threats doesn’t amount to a foreign policy.

Readers followed the U.S. presidential election as well as coverage of the war in Ukraine, China’s military, and India’s role on the world stage.

What does Trump’s victory show about how Americans view their place in the world?

There’s a reason the 39th president is still revered by former Soviet dissidents.

The 39th U.S. president is often remembered for a failed rescue mission in the Iranian desert, but his legacy is much larger than that.

The world is falling behind on its climate targets—but that’s not reason to give up hope.

The year’s best episodes of FP’s economics podcast.