Foreign Policy

Attacks on bridges, power plants, and desalination facilities could be considered war crimes.

Their teams will face off in the upcoming FIFA Men’s World Cup final.

China wants to use the ancient deity Mazu to push unification narratives.

Ukraine is using the beet-based soup to fortify national identity in the face of Russian aggression.

How the United States used the World Cup as a testing ground for policing technologies.

Kyiv’s language revitalization program seeks to save Ukrainians’ mother tongue through complex state law.

Test yourself on the week of July 11: China introduces AI regulations, Trump briefly imposes a toll on Hormuz, and Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads.

The country’s newly opened assembly is by no means democratic, but it can still be more than a rubber stamp.

Detail and care matter in peacemaking, but not to this White House.

Experts say Trump is laying the pretext for U.S. military action against the island.

As UNIFIL leave Lebanon, it’s not clear who—if anyone—will replace it.

Trump and Xi have brutally undermined the institutions and personnel responsible for safeguarding diplomacy.

Opening Hormuz requires marrying force with effective diplomacy.

Some exporters are reaping financial benefits amid the Iran war.

India and other Kremlin customers will benefit from an easing of restrictions.

A Pentagon official’s X thread exposes the cognitive dissonance of Trump’s foreign policy.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was popular for his drone development push—but not enough to keep him in office.

NATO’s multinational forces are an unwieldy relic of a more peaceful past.

Geopolitical fragmentation has hamstrung nuclear sanctions regimes. Pyongyang is taking advantage.

Many analysts think Abuja’s foreign policy is on the decline. Here’s why that view is misguided.

Ukraine offers lessons in how to keep infrastructure alive in wartime.

Moscow is targeting trade routes and deepwater ports to strain Ukraine’s wartime economy.

The former prime minister set a timeline for her homecoming, despite the threat of arrest.

Xi Jinping’s push for assimilation won’t solve long-standing issues.

But countries remain unwilling to directly sanction foreign actors enabling the war.

A new European coalition is looking to build quicker and cheaper anti-ballistic missile systems—off Ukrainian technology.

Mid-range drone strikes may not be enough to regain Ukrainian territory.

The 1826 Congress of Panama sought to resist the predations of great powers. It was as relevant then as it is now.

Rodrigo Duterte’s prosecution at the International Criminal Court shows why U.S. officials should be worried.

Ukraine’s attacks have unleashed a crisis—but don’t expect repercussions for the regime.

Fees for passage through the strait are likely inevitable.

Ten years on, the Philippines is stepping up its defense plans in the South China Sea.

Mark Carney and Mark Rutte offer competing visions for the future of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

With the latest rules, Beijing hopes to rein in a booming industry.

Pressure from Gulf leaders prompted Trump to abandon proposed tolls.

Why Bahrain and Kuwait have become Tehran’s preferred targets.

Beijing’s diplomatic retaliation has limits—but fewer than before.

Iran’s break-the-glass plan to strangle another key waterway may now be active.

Attacks against Kurdish regions in Iran and Iraq never stopped.

At a perilous moment, Washington is smart to invest in a bigger defense budget.

The congresswoman’s rise was powered mostly by domestic issues. But she is slowly expanding to foreign affairs.

The White House vows to charge all commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kyiv’s drone offensive against Russian oil facilities has found a sixth gear.

It was a milestone for Beijing’s nuclear forces—but not necessarily the provocation many analysts have made it out to be.

New allies bring powerful assets—whatever Donald Trump thinks.

Brazil’s president is democratic, successful, and globally respected.

The Ankara summit only kicked the can down the road.

Nostalgia about the U.S. armed forces being above the partisan fray is not borne out by history.

Regional powers push Washington and Tehran to pause strikes to allow for negotiations.

The Lithuanian curators working to protect paintings from Putin.