Foreign Policy

The U.S. State Department is working to stand up a new cybersecurity bureau, but it's hobbled by debates with lawmakers on its purpose and mandate.

House arrest or forced labor awaits most of those released so far in what may be a public relations ploy.

The population the government refers to as "Arab-Israeli" is increasingly embracing the term "Palestinian."

On the podcast: What it’s like to be a journalist in Orban’s Hungary.

Withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty would take the United States one step forward and many steps back on international security.

The U.S. president rolled out the most ambitious missile defense strategy since the end of the Cold War.

The country’s youngest party has united the left and right against Viktor Orban.

The violence is a blow to Zimbabweans who hoped for greater freedom of expression in the post-Mugabe era.

Washington's image of Seoul is stuck in the 1970s. It's time to move on.

A stubborn prime minister and an intransigent opposition leader have brought British politics to a standstill. Parliament is poised to seize control of the Brexit process, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a referendum rerun.

With larger powers in retreat, small countries and civil society groups have stepped up—and they have won some significant victories.

The Pentagon says reunification is the primary driver of China’s military modernization.

A thin victory in the no-confidence vote leaves no one really running the country.

He inherited the conflict. It’s up to him to resolve it responsibly.

The Chinese social media firm is the most valued start-up in the world—but it’s going to hit political walls.

Seeing Baku as a strategic partner, the United States and Europe overlook rights violations.

The United Kingdom is facing a generational crisis and adults are nowhere to be found in Parliament.

U.S. Syria policy is dogged by infighting and confusion.

Whatever the outcome, Brexit has triggered an irreversible collapse of Britain's political, legal, and social order.

The Internet Research Agency took to the photo-sharing network to boost Trump and depress voter turnout.