Foreign Policy

“We shouldn’t expect coherence on China policy when the United States is inherently incoherent on it.”

NATO is revamping defense plans that will be a whole lot harder to execute with Sweden on the outside.

A Cold War crouch is inimical to a free, open, and flourishing society.

Those born after the bloc’s founding charter was signed are overwhelmingly committed to its success.

Media saturation, manipulation of the economy, and culture wars helped the longtime leader hold on to his base.

But the two countries’ defense chiefs won’t be holding a meeting on the summit’s sidelines.

The world’s two largest economies are walking a tightrope between bad blood and good business.

Washington should start letting other countries take the lead.

Test yourself on the week of May 27: Another round of airstrikes batters Syria, a Senegalese opposition leader is arrested, and China makes another appeal for peace.

Signaling neediness to an adversary has never been effective.

Kais Saied’s government refuses to reckon with the country’s rampant anti-Semitism.

As U.S.-China tension increases, so does discussion about whether European states are pulling their weight.

Moscow ramped up its efforts to make Ukrainians Russian. Ukraine is planning to fight back.

In Brasília, leaders weighed how to make continental cooperation more durable after a past attempt sputtered.

Unrest over the conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko tests a country long seen as a regional pillar of stability.

But Taipei is also getting tired of supply chain issues.

A progressive-led government in Bangkok could take a new approach to the crisis next door.

Private groups want to evacuate hundreds more. The Biden administration wants nothing to do with it.

A landlocked country is offering flags of convenience at sea.

There is less to Beijing’s security gains in the Pacific than meets the eye.