Foreign Policy

The U.S. military has been trying — and failing — to buy a simple counterinsurgency aircraft for more than 10 years. Here’s what went wrong.

Trump must stick to his word and tell Russia to stop violating a critical cease-fire.

A corruption scandal involving the country’s top club and the national team’s captain has enraged Croatian fans.

The corrupt establishment is dead; long live the corrupt establishment.

The United States wants Russia to help oust Iranian troops from Syria.

It’s reassuring to think authoritarian governments depart with their leaders. It’s also wrong.

U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could be enabling the disaster.

Don’t expect Mexico’s new president to radically shift the country’s approach to foreign policy.

President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on protests has driven the country to the brink. If the violence escalates, it could spark a refugee crisis and destabilize all of Central America.

López Obrador won’t reverse the country’s historic oil opening — but he won’t expand it, either.

The Navy is investigating the latest in an alarming string of incidents that left pilots disoriented and shaken.

The Middle East's wars are turning cities into Stalingrads.

Even Donald Trump can't push Tokyo into Beijing's arms.

The end of economic isolation hasn’t brought a financial windfall or more freedom. Instead, the regime is as strong as ever while ordinary people suffer.

Donald Trump’s trans-Atlantic policy is a contradiction in terms.

An emboldened Putin is ready to seize the opportunities Trump has given him.

North Korea appears to be stepping up clandestine fuel and missile production.

The new Spanish prime minister has refused to follow Italy in a race to the bottom, but that doesn’t mean that Madrid will lead the EU to adopt more humane migration policies.

Erdogan’s new partner in parliament — the ultranationalist MHP — will make Ankara a more belligerent and intransigent ally.

Chinese comedians are learning the art of the American sitcom.