Foreign Policy

Decrypting nine new military programs that will change the face of battle.

Why the world desperately needs digital Geneva Conventions.

America’s top brass should abandon dreams of battlefield glory—and focus on paperwork instead.

Ultrafast computing is critical to modern warfare. But it also ensures a lot could go very wrong, very quickly. 

Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.

New data proves you can support capitalism or the environment—but it’s hard to do both.

Brussels’s new European history museum could put anyone to sleep.

Superficial reforms leave religious minorities behind—and that's dangerous.

The alliance between Washington and Ankara needs to be saved—and easy fixes won't cut it.

There are deep—very deep—historical reasons why far-right resentment has flourished in eastern Germany.

The European Parliament needs to start condemning Orban for the right reasons.

A mania for mobile payments is leaving the poor behind.

Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers used to side with Washington. Now, Tehran seems like a more attractive partner.

On the podcast: The last big American trade war was in 1930. It ended badly for everyone.

What happens when private firms have cyberweapons as powerful as those owned by governments?

Nicolas Hulot is a combination of Donald Trump and Al Gore—and the French president will regret ever putting him in his Cabinet.

The Kremlin understands that the best way to undermine the West is through its soft underbelly—the Middle East.

Letting U.S. tourists back into the country would be a small but potent move toward peace.

A year after the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya began, the United States is still dragging its feet.

Increased interest in the continent’s real estate and resources will enhance the bargaining power of governments there—but they need to bargain for the right things.