Foreign Policy

The mutual defense agreement gives Islamabad a boost in the Middle East, with mixed results closer to home.

The country’s natural resources have put the vote under intense international scrutiny.

Kyiv and Moscow are trading heavier and heavier blows.

Beijing is a pioneer in softer tools of transnational repression.

Moscow will soon have to redirect a growing share of its exports to Asia.

A Bangkok visit by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reinforced the two countries’ ties.

Tehran’s proxy risks pushing a newly consolidated Saudi Arabia into an all-out ground war.

What’s behind the defense pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

The technology is far less divisive than in the United States.

President Abelardo de la Espriella took office mere days before a major earthquake struck the country.

Tehran has long called for greater cooperation among Muslim states. The Mecca pact is not what it had in mind.

Mark Carney’s vision has gone unrealized, but that doesn’t mean states should give up.

The Trump administration is following in the footsteps of authoritarian regimes by weaponizing global banking rules against its enemies.

Seldom before has the U.S. government intervened so actively in the economy.

Beijing’s choice moves Washington’s leverage from tariffs to currency.

With his Gaza plan dead in the water, he should refocus on preventing the next conflagration.

The migrant crisis has underscored Madrid’s increasingly tenuous geopolitical position.

Another weekend with no resolution to the Middle East’s wars.

From refugees to abducted children, Russia has wreaked havoc on young Ukrainians.

Punishing heat and wildfires have cost billions and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.