Foreign Policy

What a scandal involving movie star Alain Delon can—and can’t—tell us about French society.

The creators of “Is It Cake?” set out to answer the question of whether power corrupts.

Why politicians love FDR’s toughest speech.

Test yourself on the week of Oct. 24: Brazil, Israel, and Serbia vote; China’s fifth plenum begins; and Trump campaigns ahead of the midterms.

Appeasing Moscow and punting on Iran haven’t calmed oil markets or voters.

Netanyahu’s wars have weakened foes, but they’re unsustainable.

The region’s energy infrastructure can’t absorb another round of fighting.

Europeans and Canadians are searching for signs that Americans have grown sick of Trump.

Pollster Dahlia Scheindlin on whether Benjamin Netanyahu can stay in power.

The war has left its mark on the port city of Bandar Abbas.

María Corina Machado intends to push for elections.

The delay exposes the chaos of the Trump administration’s foreign-policy pivots.

With military recruitment falling short, the Kremlin has switched to stealth and coercion.

The Saudi ambassador to the U.S. compared them to the Islamic State.

Von der Leyen downplays Ottawa’s associate member bid.

Netanyahu and Trump appear to be planning another round.

The World Series demonstrated the region’s importance to modern-day baseball.

Amid Washington’s fractious foreign-policy debate, there’s one possibility too grim to think about.

Riyadh and Abu Dhabi reconciling could be a gamechanger, a leading Yemen expert says.

The EU has a far more potent tool in its arsenal: trade.

A new expert report raises alarm about the country’s vaccination crisis.

Just like his father, the far-right senator fled Brazil following his presidential election loss.

Main opposition parties fail to muster majority.

Moscow’s role across the continent has become increasingly controversial.

An expert team argues that the Soviet succession was improperly decided.

With a pro-military government in power and nationalism on the rise, locals fear further escalation.

Taken together, bilateral deals risk fueling regional rivalries that undermine U.S. interests.

Even when you’re wrong about the Iran war (or anything else).

What 2 percent milk reveals about our system of rules and norms.

A global boom is underway. Are countries ready?

Social media is a potent feeder of frustrations.

The Chinese leader is deeply reliant on formal mechanisms of power.

Exit polls show no clear winner, with Eisenkot’s opposition bloc slightly ahead of Netanyahu’s.

The administration has lost five trade cases in a row, and it’s set to potentially notch another loss.

Eisenkot’s centrist bloc takes lead in exit polls.

A new book details how the country slayed Washington’s foes.

Satellite mega-constellations are transforming our night skies. It’s time to plug the governance gaps.

Polling shows the president’s policies are deeply unpopular.

Pope Leo XIV is proceeding with a trip to Latin America despite his cancer diagnosis.

From age verification to time limits, more than 60 countries have embraced online restrictions.

Beijing’s evolving industrial playbook is taking shape in Morocco.

Beijing is making life difficult for Panamanian ships, and others could be next.

What Serbian youth understood about politics that their counterparts elsewhere in the West haven’t.

A student-led grassroots movement in Serbia will replace one of Europe’s staunchest populists.

Brazil’s left-wing president won a historic fourth term in office.

Beijing can’t rein in its own industrial machine.

Why staying the course is the most prudent of Washington’s three unsavory choices.

Nearly one-fifth of Israeli voters are already considering leaving the country.

Republicans successfully connected wartime spending to the rising price of pork chops.

What to expect if they win big in November.