Foreign Policy

The trade war is a sign of a global system gone badly wrong.

Beijing's plans are much bigger than the trade war.

The United States should respond to Beijing's aggression by upholding freedom of navigation.

The government’s crackdown proves that the ruling party will hold on to power by any means necessary.

Saudi Arabia has started a crisis with Canada because it doesn't want to admit its own failings.

The U.S. administration is reluctant to help with Syrian recovery.

Realists need to get a lot more realistic about the global legal system.

The United Nations and foreign powers claim they are dedicated to building up the Somali National Army. Instead, they have become complicit in its dysfunction.

The U.K. is preparing for empty shelves in case of a no-deal Brexit, but others may be just as vulnerable.

Catholic clerics have been on the frontlines protesting Daniel Ortega's bloody crackdown—but one of them also helped fuel his rise.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia’s former president, on what to make of U.S. foreign policy toward Russia.

On the podcast: The United States’ last big trade war was in 1930. It did not end well.

In internal emails, Jared Kushner advocated a “sincere effort to disrupt” the U.N.’s relief agency for Palestinians.

The government claims the country is having an election. Fighters in the East are preparing for battle.

How Silvio Berlusconi’s top propagandist become one of Matteo Salvini’s toughest critics.

Economic advisors questioned the administration’s data but were ignored.

The technology behind cryptocurrency can keep the United States safe—but only if the country takes advantage of its head start.

Foreigners are eyeing senior citizens’ stock portfolios, and the United States needs to start protecting itself.

Open debate about the ethics of tech is a strength, not a weakness, of the U.S. system.

Latest discovery underscores challenge of countering disinformation campaigns.