Foreign Policy

A new administration points to a resolution of some thorny bilateral disputes—but could threaten Moon Jae-in’s cherished rapprochement with the North.

Preoccupied with domestic challenges and an impending contest with a populist rival, France’s government will benefit from the defeat of the far-right across the Atlantic.

U.S. defense cooperation with India is one thing Democratic and Republican administrations agree on.

In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.

Bolsonaro needs Trumpism to rally his base, but he might need Biden’s America even more.

An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.

The abrupt news after Trump’s electoral defeat follows months of tensions between the U.S. president and his secretary of defense.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are ready to flow into U.S. tech—if both sides can agree where.

Biden will inherit a tax system rigged to deepen inequality. He’ll need corporate America’s help to fix it.

Trump was a much weaker potential autocrat than others have faced.

Trump is still president for the next 71 days. And he has begun making it harder for a President Biden to undo his Iran policies.

From Cairo to Riyadh, autocrats are nervous about what a Biden administration might mean for their relationship with Washington.

In today’s Democratic Party, inheriting Obama’s economic legacy may be a burden, not a benefit.

The country is treating the outcome of the U.S. election as an opportunity—and a potential threat.

Biden will shift focus in the Middle East, but Israeli-Arab normalization will continue.

Trump’s brand of populist conservatism had little appeal north of the border, but leaves a legacy of U.S.-style race politics.

Democrats on the continent are eager to have a U.S. ally again, but the new administration will have to deliver at home as well.

It’s time the United States and Europe start taking their democracies more seriously.

Right-wing leader Janez Jansa called the election early—for the wrong side.

Trump withdrew from the WHO. Biden can rebuild ties with the organization and make the United States an influential player in the fight against COVID-19.