Foreign Policy

USAID now has a playbook to check bad actors.

As Beijing clings to rigid lockdown measures, the Chinese public has been paying the price.

The first country to default in the COVID era makes a deal with the IMF.

Ignore the naysayers—the long-prepared plan is a smart way to slash the Kremlin’s profits.

A long-delayed report on Xinjiang was an important step forward, but it has critical omissions.

U.S. officials believe Russia is facing its toughest fight since World War II.

The maritime insurance industry sees little elevated risk from China’s exercises.

Afghanistan’s extremist rulers are cracking down on minorities, especially Shiites, as hard as they have on women.

Accusing the U.S. ambassador of blackmail is just the start.

Military exercises have stiffened Japanese resolve.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

A round of violence launched by Israel’s strikes on Islamic Jihad leadership killed dozens, including children.

Michael Mandelbaum has written a masterful interpretation of the twists and turns of U.S. foreign policy.

Around the world, artists provide snapshots into national psyches.

A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators.

Three recent books tackle how threats to democracy have shifted in the 21st century.

Yoon Suk-yeol simply isn’t up to international diplomacy.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: a targeted assassination, Senegal’s election, and changing fashion politics.

China has slashed military-to-military talks and climate dialogues after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit.

Despite the Shiite cleric’s apparent efforts against Iranian influence in Iraq, his chief inspiration is Iran’s founder and most famous supreme leader.