Foreign Policy

The next U.S. president’s foreign-policy appointees ultimately won’t matter much.

The incoming Trump administration needs to learn from Biden’s mistakes.

U.S. policymakers can help shape a deal that preserves national security.

Seasonal rains and flooding portend further humanitarian catastrophe.

Traditional powers are worried about Trump 2.0, but much of the world has had the opposite reaction.

Israel’s motivations may extend far beyond the current war in Gaza.

The Kremlin refuses to part with Crimea and is adamant that Kyiv not join NATO.

South Asia Brief on the next White House.

As air pollution chokes New Delhi and Lahore, officials in both countries are pointing fingers.

The Danish Navy is circling a suspicious Chinese ship off its coast—but deterring ill-intentioned merchant vessels presents a geopolitical dilemma.

Sexual misconduct allegations threaten to undermine the court’s important work. An independent investigation is needed to uphold its moral authority.

A new axis of autocrats has European diplomats worried.

The region’s diverse governments may get along better with the new administration.

Rather than drill, baby, drill, it should be build, baby, build.

Countering the spillover of Islamist militants from the Sahel will be a major challenge for the country’s next leader.

Detente at the border gives both countries one less thing to worry about.

Let’s imagine a future much like the past—with Moscow and Kyiv irreconcilable but agreeing to manage their war.

The threat comes as Ukraine begins using U.S.-supplied ATACMS to strike Russia.

Russia’s been up to so much in the Baltic that anything that goes boom is laid at Moscow’s door.

A recent spate of violence could fuel a cycle of outrage and repression.