Foreign Policy

Nazarbayev’s successor has an impressive foreign profile but a raft of domestic problems.

Decision to start ‘unwinding’ Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program is the latest sign of strained ties between the two nations.

Plus: Mexico faces new pressure on immigration, Germany meets with Iran, and what to watch in the world this week.

As China pushes clean energy policies at home, it is exporting its high-pollution coal industry to pristine places like Kenya’s Lamu Island—with Nairobi’s seal of approval. Local residents fear it will destroy the environment they depend on.

The nominal resignation of a longtime autocrat has sparked new hopes.

Chaos worsens in Sudan, Theresa May exits No. 10 Downing St., and the United States marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

The United Nations halts withdrawal of peacekeepers amid fear that Sudan’s notorious Rapid Support Forces are filling the security vacuum.

Will Facebook and Twitter be next?

The Social Democrats are poised to lead the next government, but after adopting the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda the party isn’t what it used to be.

On the podcast: An American adventurer describes climbing over bodies to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets.

Here’s how they can get out of it.

Ten things to read as relations sour.

Euroskepticism was once the purview of policy wonks. The Leave campaign changed all that, and in doing so may have undermined Britain’s Conservative Party for a generation.

Turkish pilots training in the United States must leave by July 31, as Ankara refuses to ditch a Russian missile system.

Plus: Hong Kong prepares for protest over mainland extradition, Ethiopia tries to mediate in Sudan, and the other stories we're following today.

The trade war has been good for Hanoi—but the boom has its limits.

Europe’s wave of burqa bans comes crashing down in the Americas.

The United States should be working to help negotiate peace rather than fanning the flames of another failed war. 

The battle for control over critical infrastructure shows who might win the civil war.