Foreign Affairs

On September 27, fighting broke out between the militaries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Domestic and international political factors militate against compromise.

By putting diplomacy in the lead, the United States can address its discord with Iran and calibrate a smart and clear-eyed policy for the Middle East.

Absent significant changes, the United States will be ill-prepared to compete with China on the global stage for decades to come.

Reimagining—not restoring—the liberal international order.

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to force bailed-out companies to act in the public interest.

Politics matter more than the environment when it comes to war and peace.

U.S. diplomacy is badly broken, but it is not beyond repair. It must be reinvented for a new era.

Decoupling from China would scotch the best hope for preventing environmental disaster.

The time has come for the United States to introduce a policy of strategic clarity: one that makes explicit that the United States would respond to any Chinese use of force against Taiwan.

Global inequality continues to shrink as Asian incomes rise and the Western middle class struggles.

As threats continue to evolve online, U.S. Cyber Command will remain ready to defend the United States in the years ahead.

World leaders must heed the right warnings from history as the international order decays.

Growing numbers of people no longer find religion a necessary source of support and meaning in their lives.

Reinvigorated North American supply chains would support a more globally competitive continent and stymie China's increasing ambitions.

Washington must move past the myths of liberal internationalism and reconsider its views about world order.

In "The Europeans," Orlando Figes shows how Europe’s cosmopolitan culture developed in the nineteenth century.

Trump tried to overturn U.S. foreign policy without offering a substitute. The result is a United States and a world that are worse off.

History is everywhere in India, deployed to enrage and incite.

Domestic political dynamics in the two countries risk fueling a cycle of escalation. Meanwhile, the odds of a diplomatic resolution dwindle by the day.

Facing pressure at home and criticism abroad, China wants to telegraph strength even on its rugged Himalayan border with India.