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Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Trump: 60-Day War Powers Deadline ‘Totally Unconstitutional'
The White House argues that the U.S.-Iran cease-fire paused the clock.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Will the Next Fed Chairman Be More Compliant With Trump?
Kevin Warsh will face intense pressure to cut interest rates.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

‘Project Hail Mary' and the Politics of Science Fiction
Even the most entertaining tale carries a political message.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Saffron's Last Gasp
The Iran war is choking supply of the world's most expensive spice.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

The Real Origin of the World's Most Famous Female Serial Killer
A new book explores the geopolitical scheming that created the blood countess legend.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

‘Hokum' Is Haunted by Ireland's Dark History
A new horror film reckons with the country's buried sins—and the women erased by them.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Two Novels Take on the Post-American Dream
Plus, more international fiction releases in May.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Israel's Slow War on the West Bank
Israeli leaders seem increasingly comfortable with the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

The Deeper Pattern Behind China's Military Purges
Xi's new commanders are the men his last generals blocked.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Why Trump Might Come to Regret the Iran War
He hoped it would be transformational; instead, it's just one more round in the conflict.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

The Real Meaning of the UAE's OPEC Exit
The geopolitical realignment goes much deeper than just oil markets.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Colombia's Anti-Fossil Fuel Conference
The country is trying to push for a green transition despite gridlock at U.N. climate talks.

Foreign Policy
May 01, 2026

Trump's Plan B for Tariffs Rests on Shaky Foundations
The Section 301 case outlined by U.S. trade officials is neither coherent nor defensible.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

The View From Europe
Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

Iran War Nears 60-Day War Powers Deadline
But U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argues that the cease-fire has paused the clock.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

Giorgia Meloni's Populist Formula Failed
The Italian prime minister hasn't convincingly delivered the renewal she once promised.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

High-Rises Amid the Rubble in Syria
Who is Sharaa's investment campaign really for?

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

‘Everything Depends on Our Attitudes'
Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO's future.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

An Ayatollah for the Aggrieved
For Iran's Sunni admirers, resistance remains the appeal.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

The Eulogy That Explains Israel's Current Tragedy
Israel has forgotten the wisdom in an iconic funeral oration delivered 70 years ago.

Foreign Policy
Apr 30, 2026

For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates
Societies will become richer, but history suggests that wealth may not be equally distributed.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Where Is Iran's Enriched Uranium?
The U.N. nuclear watchdog suspects that roughly half of Tehran's stockpile is still at its Isfahan facility.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

‘Resign Immediately': Democrats Grill Hegseth on Iran War
Congressional Democrats fought with the U.S. defense secretary over the war and military spending in a rare public hearing.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

India Rethinks Energy Security Amid War
As New Delhi feels the crunch, diplomacy in Abu Dhabi hints at expanding green cooperation.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Where Is Pakistan Again?
Why the World Bank's quiet decision to move the South Asian country to its Middle East column is more than just a bureaucratic footnote.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Trump's War Is Damaging U.S. Arms Exports to Allies
Deals are being canceled as stockpiles run short.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Can South Africa's Apartheid-Era Negotiator Chart a Smooth Course in the U.S.?
Pretoria stakes high hopes on its controversial pick for ambassador to Washington.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

The Global Economic Impact from the Iran Conflict
Gita Gopinath on how countries can make themselves more resilient.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

War Is Killing Ukraine's Oligarchy
The fight against Russia is accomplishing what years of struggle against corruption couldn't.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Hedging Is the New Normal
For the foreseeable future, successful statecraft will depend on hedging.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

The EU Is the New Go-To Middle Power
In a world of disorder, the bloc's boring stability is suddenly attractive.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

The Taiwan Evacuation Trap
Washington has no good options for evacuating Americans in a crisis.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

German Foreign Policy Has Finally Grown Up
Friedrich Merz is, slowly but surely, putting his country on a new international footing.

Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2026

Why Indonesia Floated a Malacca Toll
An apparently off-the-cuff observation sparked consternation across the region.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

King Charles III: ‘A Partnership Born Out of Dispute'
The British monarch praises multilateral institutions in a pointed message to the Trump administration.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

King Charles III Delivers Pointed Message in Address to U.S. Congress
The British monarch praised multilateral institutions, warned against climate change, and championed diversity.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

China Pulls the Plug on Meta's AI Acquisition
The reversal underscores Beijing's shifting national security concerns.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

Why Iran Isn't Blinking Yet
Trump's blockade aims to force damaging shutdowns at Iranian oil fields. But Tehran has been through this before.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

Japan and China Are Edging Dangerously Close to Conflict
Beijing is ready to take risks as Tokyo backs Taiwan.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

Russia's War Boom Masks an Economic Implosion
Record-low unemployment is the result of millions of missing workers.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

Iran Is More Unified Than Ever
The war has deepened Iranian officials' connections with one another—and with the public.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

Latin America's Anti-Women Movement Is Spreading
Chile's president José Antonio Kast is following the regressive examples set elsewhere in the region.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

What Congress Could Do to Stop the War
Republicans are declining to use their power of the purse.

Foreign Policy
Apr 28, 2026

The Iran War Is Tearing Trump's Coalition Apart
MAGA is not necessarily the same thing as America First.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

The U.S. Shouldn't Rule the Seas Forever
Why the United States can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation—and why it doesn't need to.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

Iran Offers to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
But only if the United States postpones nuclear talks and lifts its own naval blockade.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

Beijing Is Using Influencers to Burnish Its Image
"Chinamaxxing" has become an online phenomenon.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

Israel and Syria's Shared Fight Against Hezbollah
Washington should help the two estranged neighbors cooperate against a common enemy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

What Five Decades of Summits Reveal About U.S.-China Relations
The real test for the Trump-Xi meeting will come afterwards.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

Escaping the Hormuz Trap
The 70-year history of oil transit crises suggests engineering will prove more effective than diplomacy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 27, 2026

The Hormuz Hit to Helium
The Iran war is choking off a critical input for chipmaking and AI infrastructure.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

U.S. Floats Punishing NATO Members for Refusing to Join Iran War
An internal Pentagon email suggests suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of April 18: Taiwan's president faces travel troubles, U.N. secretary-general candidates assemble in New York, and Pope Leo concludes his tour of Africa.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

The Planet Is Doing Better Than You Think
Apocalyptic headlines overlook conservation and biodiversity successes.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Hoaxes Keep Escaping Containment
A delusional U.S. president is helping thin the line between fiction and reality.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

How Gold and Regional Rivalries Drive the War in Sudan
The world's worst humanitarian crisis enters its fourth year.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Can Africa Follow Asia's Development Model?
An economics writer known for his work on Asia turns his eye toward the fastest-growing continent.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Decolonizing ‘Moby-Dick'
Literature's obsessive quest for anti-canonical adaptations pursues the white whale at its peril.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Why Are the Saudis Sitting Out the War With Iran?
A more active approach would help cement Riyadh's regional clout.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

How to Rebuild Hungarian Democracy
Peter Magyar must avoid reproducing the very abuses he seeks to dismantle.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Papal Politics, Past and Present
Despite more colorful medieval precedents, Pope Leo's clash with Trump reflects the Vatican's postwar peace advocacy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 24, 2026

Latin America's Turn Atop the U.N.?
The next secretary-general is likely to hail from the region.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Trump's Iran War Approaches a Fresh Legal Hurdle
Pressure will increase on congressional Republicans to vote to end the war if it surpasses the legal time limit.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

An Economic War of Attrition
The U.S. and Iran have gone from lobbing missiles to inflicting pocketbook pain.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Lebanon Seeks to Extend Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire
But Hezbollah's opposition to talks and continued Israeli strikes make progress difficult to come by.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Lebanon Is Done With Hezbollah
The talks between the neighboring states are about defeating their mutual enemy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

The Lebanese State Is Done With Hezbollah
The talks between the neighboring countries are about defeating their mutual enemy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Iran Is Calling the Shots Now
Tehran is following Ho Chi Minh's playbook in Vietnam.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Washington's One-Dimensional Chess in the Horn of Africa
Trump's inexplicable effort to lift sanctions on Eritrea reflects a deepening lack of strategy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

The Quad Is on the Brink of Extinction
It is hard to imagine the grouping enduring another two and a half years of Trump.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

Pete Hegseth Is America's New Secretary of Pestilence
Reversing vaccine mandates is a disaster for military readiness.

Foreign Policy
Apr 23, 2026

After Trump, Partisanship Will Still Undermine U.S. Credibility
For foreign audiences, the dysfunctional nature of U.S. politics matters more than the country's leader.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

How Iran and the United States Are Planning Their Next Moves
Karim Sadjadpour on the extended cease-fire and continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

What Happens if the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Collapses?
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump's extension.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

Hungary Drops Veto on Massive EU Loan to Ukraine
Reopening the Druzhba pipeline was the final hurdle stopping Budapest from ending its opposition.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

Pakistan Gambled on Mediation
As U.S.-Iran talks falter, the political and economic risks are rising for Islamabad.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

The Race for the Next U.N. Chief Kicks Off
The selection process for António Guterres's successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

What if China Succeeds?
Why Beijing's success spells doom for everyone else.

Foreign Policy
Apr 22, 2026

Why the Junta Released Myanmar's President
Aung San Suu Kyi's fate remains uncertain.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

Who Will Next Lead the United Nations?
Four candidates hope to reshape the U.N.'s future amid global fragmentation and anti-multilateral sentiment.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

China Doesn't Always Win When the U.S. Loses
The Iran war exposes the limits of zero-sum thinking about great powers.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

6 Things I Wish I Knew About the U.S. and Israeli Positions on Iran
Key knowledge gaps make it hard to assess how the war will end.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

The U.S. Has Ditched Professional Diplomacy
The first priority is Trump's image, not national interests.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

Who Wants to Be an American Diplomat?
The State Department has launched a throwback recruitment campaign following layoffs and changes to diversity policies.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

Lebanon's Moment of Reckoning
How to make sure the cease-fire weakens Hezbollah instead of strengthening it.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

Russia Is Making Bank on Trump's Iran War
Pricey oil and sanctions relief mean smiles in Moscow.

Foreign Policy
Apr 21, 2026

The Strongman Era Has Peaked
Why a global era of authoritarian governance may be coming to an end.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

The World Is Paying the Price for America's War
Conflict with Iran hurts American wallets, but it's far more devastating for people in the global south.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

How Likely Are U.S.-Iran Peace Talks in Islamabad?
The U.S. seizure of an Iranian ship threatens to upend the planned negotiations.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

How Big of a Threat Is Mythos?
Anthropic's latest AI model has kick-started a new debate.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

The Strategic Aftershocks of Trump's Iran War
The consequences will be felt long after the fighting ends.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

Why Trump Cannot Walk Away From Canada
Trump needs Ottawa more than he'll say.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

Back to Basics at the U.N.
Rather than climate, disease, or artificial intelligence, the next secretary-general should stay focused on conflict resolution.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

Can Trump Export Zambia's HIV Success?
Years of investment made certain provinces resilient to aid cuts, but replicating that system is another story.

Foreign Policy
Apr 20, 2026

Why the Next Generation of Republicans Might Be More Extreme Than MAGA
President Trump could come to represent the restrained, reasonable wing of the GOP.

Foreign Policy
Apr 17, 2026

Ukraine Has a Plan to Build Back Better
The war-torn country wants to reconstruct in a way that is environmentally, socially, and geopolitically more sustainable.

Foreign Policy
Apr 17, 2026

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open'
But it's unclear whether the strategic waterway is really open without conditions.

Foreign Policy
Apr 17, 2026

Order Without Order
Our fixation with defining the emerging global order hides the true complexity of our neo-medieval moment.

Foreign Policy
Apr 17, 2026

Did London's Dirty Money Really Kill a Teenage Fantasist?
Patrick Radden Keefe's "London Falling" is a mystery that turns into a tragedy.

Foreign Policy
Apr 17, 2026

The Iran War Comes for the ‘King of Chemicals'
The conflict is wreaking havoc on an obscure sector that is more important than you'd think.

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