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Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

‘It's Not Competitive in Nature'
India's ambassador to Washington insists "Make in India" doesn't conflict with "America First."

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

Taiwan Bet Too Big on Washington
Trump's willingness to sell out allies should cause a rethink in Taipei.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

Iran Is a Bigger Defeat Than Vietnam
A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

Trump's Drug War Tactics Don't Work
Development aid remains the best way to reduce drug production.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

It's Time for the United States to Leave the Middle East
The Iran war is only the latest in a string of U.S. failures.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

It's Time to Stop Hunting Monsters
Foreign intervention is a policy with a long history of disaster.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

Everyone Lost the War With Iran
Months of fighting revealed that multiple countries can impose costs, but none can impose order.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

Israel Has a Plan to Keep Calling Its Own Shots
Israel is resisting Donald Trump's demands that it fall in line with his Middle East policy.

Foreign Policy
Jun 16, 2026

How to Say No to an Imperial President
Trump's expansion of executive power would make even Richard Nixon blush.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Arrives Just in Time for G-7 Summit
But continued Israeli strikes on Lebanon could derail the agreement before it takes effect.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The Truce Between the U.S. and Iran Was the Easy Part
Getting Iran to concede on key issues will be a struggle.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

Iran Hawks Side-Eye Trump's Deal
The president will feel criticisms from this group most keenly.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

Trump Has His Iran Deal. How Soon Until Oil Prices Come Down?
It's complicated but not this month, most likely.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

What We Do and Don't Know About the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal
Key issues, like Iran's nuclear program, remain unresolved.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

Introducing the Summer 2026 Print Issue
The end of the world as we know it.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Neoliberalism
The virtues it extolled—cosmopolitanism and competition—led to its demise.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of the U.S.-Israel Alliance
A joint war against Iran might be its apex.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Trans-Atlanticism
As an ideology, it's over. But the relationship is not.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Climate Politics
As the West debated a green energy future, Beijing was building it.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of the United Nations
To its most powerful member, it is worth more alive than dead.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Asylum
States across the global north are shutting their doors permanently.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Political Parties
They are hardly prepared for the new system.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Chinese Growth
Beijing's economic ambitions have been brought back to earth.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of Morality
We may come to miss the hypocrisy.

Foreign Policy
Jun 15, 2026

The End of the Future
Only Silicon Valley looks ahead now.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Netanyahu's Reelection Could Hinge on Outcome of Iran War
He promised Israelis "total victory" but has fallen short on three fronts.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Trump's Big Weekend Could Derail the G-7
With or without a deal, the Iran war looms large over the three-day leaders' summit.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

How South Africa's Myopia Is Harming the Entire Continent
Xenophobia in Africa's southernmost nation will have vast implications.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

The Aliens Aren't the Most Unbelievable Part of Steven Spielberg's New Movie
Would even extraterrestrials inspire humanity to unite these days?

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Russia, Land of the Unpredictable Past
A new censorship law restricts what Russians were ever allowed to have sung, written, or published.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of June 6: Peru's presidential race heads for a photo finish, Xi Jinping visits North Korea, and the World Cup kicks off.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Trump Is Shattering the Illusion of the West
The president's turn to imperial civilizationalism is destroying what it claims to defend.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

How Best to Look at Russian History
A new book shows the uses and limits of microhistories in understanding the past.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Will Farmers Lose Faith With Trump?
The economic effects of the Iran war are straining a key Republican constituency ahead of midterm elections.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Elon Musk's Self-Contradictory Military Policy
The soon-to-be trillionaire's politics undermine his own business as a government contractor.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Missile Defense Worked Against Iran. It Might Not Work Against China.
The ongoing war has revealed vulnerabilities that could prove far more dangerous in a conflict over Taiwan.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

Don't Invite Syria Back Into Lebanon
Washington is contemplating the one thing that could rally Lebanese around Hezbollah.

Foreign Policy
Jun 12, 2026

How Russia Could Escalate
With progress in Ukraine grinding to a halt, Moscow could seek disruption off the battlefield.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Peru's Photo-Finish Election
The presidential race could hinge on just a few thousand votes.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

War and Circuses
Trump juggles Iran, a World Cup, and a UFC cage fight.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Trump Backpedals on Planned Iran Strikes, Citing Deal Progress
But Iranian news reports that Tehran has not yet agreed to a deal.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Hormuz Isn't Closed Anymore. But It's Not Fully Open, Either.
The Trump administration is borrowing Russia's "shadow fleet" tactics to get ships moving.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

When the Beautiful Game Meets the Ugliest Ego
A recent history of the World Cup suggests the tournament can triumph over Trump.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Washington's Asian Allies Need a Backup Plan
A strategic rethink is needed in an era of U.S. unreliability.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Iran Is Now More Dangerous Than Ever
After three months of war, Tehran feels it has little left to lose.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces Are Terrorists
Designating the group as such could help bring an end to Sudan's civil war.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

How Soccer Became ‘Un-American'
The sport is a marker of a particular relationship to the wider world.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

Mexico Could Be the World Cup's Biggest Winner
As the United States closes itself off from the world, its co-host is doing the opposite.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

FIFA's Versailles Moment
Soccer is egalitarian. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is anything but.

Foreign Policy
Jun 11, 2026

The Hegseth Shock for New Zealand
Accusations of defense "freeloading" hit the third rail of Wellington's politics.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Somalia's Fragile Government May Be on the Verge of Collapse
After disputes culminated in fighting last week, the country's political system is in doubt.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Trump Says More Strikes on Iran Are Coming
Tehran will "pay the price" for stalling negotiations, the U.S. president warned.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Diagnosing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Doesn't Solve It
Two new books offer fresh explanations for what went wrong—but little on how to make it go right.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Europe Plans to Crack Down on Russia—but for Real This Time
Trump and the Iran war gave Russia a boost. Brussels is fed up.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

The Geopolitics of the World Cup
How immigration, trade, and conflict are overshadowing soccer.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

What Comes After Global Order
Rather than a new international framework, we need a system for moving from one framework to the next.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Exporting U.S. Military AI Won't Be Easy
Middle powers have alternatives, and AI labs have opinions.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Progressives Should Show Real Solidarity With China
Don't let Chinamaxxing come at the expense of meaningful engagement with Chinese workers and activists.

Foreign Policy
Jun 10, 2026

Why Cambodia and Thailand's Peace Is So Uneasy
A step forward in the maritime dispute masks dangers on the land border.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

U.S. Launches New ‘Self-Defense' Strikes on Iran Over Apache Helicopter Crash
But Iranian officials reportedly claim that the downing was not deliberate.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

Xi Seeks to Draw North Korea Back Into China's Orbit
The Chinese leader's long-awaited visit to Pyongyang aims to counter Russian influence.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

Why a South Korean Starbucks Ad Mocked Murdered Protesters
Far-right meme politics shows how strong anti-democratic forces remain.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

NATO's Digital Back End Could Fall Apart Without Change
Shared standards on cloud services are urgently needed.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

Lebanon Is No Longer About Lebanon
Iran would rather fight than let Israel decide Lebanon's fate.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

American Power Is Wrung Out
The war in Iran has depleted the Pentagon as China's military buildup matures.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

U.S. Power Is Wrung Out
The war in Iran has depleted the Pentagon as China's military buildup matures.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

How to Escape Blame for Bad Advice
If you get an important strategic issue wrong, there are still ways to avoid accountability.

Foreign Policy
Jun 09, 2026

The Invisible Hand Won't Rebuild U.S. Shipyards
War in Iran has put a spotlight on declining U.S. maritime power.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

Iran, Israel Pull Back From Brink After Trading Fire
But another Israeli assault on Beirut could collapse the two sides' fragile truce.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

Trump Started a War He Can't Control
He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

Show Us the Money
How satire, social media, and shame are forging Syria's new public square.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

China Is Providing AI That's Literate in Africa's Languages
Chinese models have become the overwhelming choice for African developers.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

China Is Making MAHA's Favorite Drug
RFK fans and China hawks are on a collision course over peptides.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

The U.S. Can't Exclude China From Latin America
Rather than pushing Beijing out of the region, Washington should offer countries better strategic alternatives.

Foreign Policy
Jun 08, 2026

Trump Is Doing What FDR Could Not
But the president's success at purging his party could cost the GOP in the long term.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Armenians Vote Under Russia's Shadow
Trump and Putin are backing different players in a contested country.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

The U.S. Economy Is Proving Remarkably Resilient
Even in the face of tariffs and an energy crisis, the jobs report shows an economy that's still humming.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Zelensky's Pen Pal Diplomacy
Zelensky offers in-person peace talks in a rare open letter to Putin. Moscow isn't interested.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Maggie O'Farrell's Most Ambitious Novel Yet
Plus, a Venezuelan thriller in translation.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

How Ukraine Has Turned the Tide
Resilience, technology, and European support have put Russia on the back foot.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Contain, Consolidate, and Co-Opt
How Europe has learned to live with great-power politics.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Romania Has Perfected the Art of Forgetting
In a new memoir, Nobel laureate Herta Müller condemns her homeland for failing to reconcile with history.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Myanmar's Military Isn't Conceding Much
Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime's growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Sleeping in Mexico, Playing in America
The journey of Iran's World Cup team sets a dangerous precedent for international soccer.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Does the United States Have the Weapons for Trade War?
Economic strategists are pitching tougher policies for an anxious world.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

How Brazilian Soccer Shed Protectionism
Will openness to foreign players and coaches make a difference at the World Cup?

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Washington Is Testing Singapore's Patience
Donald Trump is working hard to alienate yet another strategic partner.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

Everyone Is Waiting for Trump's Gaza Plan to Die
The Board of Peace has been revealed to be so flawed as to be completely unworkable.

Foreign Policy
Jun 05, 2026

To Fix Haiti, Look to Colombia
An example—albeit an imperfect one—of how to achieve a lasting peace.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Kushner-Linked Luxury Resort Plans Ignite Protests Across Albania
Thousands call for Tirana to block the investment projects, citing environmental and corruption concerns.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Meanwhile, in the Western Hemisphere…
The U.S. military remains extremely active in and around Latin America.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

How Trump Should Approach an Iran Endgame
Former Iran negotiator Robert Malley on the White House's best options right now.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Trump Is Playing With Fire in Cuba
The U.S. blockade on the island is unprecedented—and could lead to prolonged upheaval.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

China Is Too Big for Shangri-La
Snubbing a key security forum shows Beijing's new confidence.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Trump's New ‘Forced Labor' Tariffs Are a Fig Leaf
The new import duties are "a solution in search of a problem."

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Are We Reliving the 1890s, 1930s, or 1950s?
What history can and cannot explain about today's unraveling order.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Estonia Has Lessons for Us All
The small Baltic country has refashioned the relationship between citizens and the state for the current moment.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

Vladimir Putin's Second-Biggest Headache
With his war in Ukraine going badly, he may soon face another quagmire in Chechnya.

Foreign Policy
Jun 04, 2026

The Threat of Unrest Is Decarbonizing the Global South
Oil and gas price spikes are doing what decades of climate diplomacy struggled to achieve.

Foreign Policy
Jun 03, 2026

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Is Still Unstable
There is a brief lull in violence, but the root causes of the conflict haven't been addressed.

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