Author: ForeignPolicy.com

Oscar-nominated “Minari” is about flowering in the United States—with the aid of our elders.

In Eastern European countries that have accepted the Russian vaccine, destabilization has followed.

Making nice after an alleged coup attempt obscures serious challenges, including water scarcity, a refugee crisis, and unhelpful neighbors.

Western democracies look the other way as a dictatorial ally in the war on terror holds another election marred by violence and intimidation.

Western democracies look the other way as a dictatorial ally in the war on terror holds another election marred by violence and intimidation.

Japan’s prime minister visits Washington at a time when, thanks to Chinese aggressiveness, U.S.-Japan relations are critical.

Japan’s prime minister visits Washington at a time when, thanks to Chinese aggressiveness, U.S.-Japan relations are critical.

The group has promised to avoid peace talks until “all foreign forces completely withdraw.”

Local community projects are already powering parts of London and could pave the way for a green transition.

This week’s attack on an Iranian enrichment facility has improved the country’s negotiating position.

Syrian government is using aid deliveries as a weapon, State Department reports.

The move will finally end the United States’ longest war.

The country’s rural Dalits are already exploited—and know it can get worse.

There’s much more evidence of the monarch’s poor governance than a foreign conspiracy against him.

Muslims need their own nationwide party, he believes. And he’s going to build it.

Border tensions have increased calls from Ukraine for entry into the NATO alliance.

Loyalist fears that Boris Johnson is abandoning them have sparked a wave of violence that could endanger the Good Friday Agreement.

Unless it changes tack, the administration is about to make bad situations even worse.

Trump gutted the programs that helped aid and place migrants. Now Biden is left with a mess.

India is a warning about unintended consequences for those looking to regulate Big Tech in the United States.

Russia’s recent aggression along its border shows why Kyiv needs decisive action from the alliance.

Russia’s recent aggression along its border shows why Kyiv needs decisive action from the alliance.

Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang.

Decentralizing power can be key to long-term peace.

It’s more likely to inflame nationalist sentiments than change anything on the ground.

A rich and strong nation can pay for its own military.

Career diplomat Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will be tasked with reversing the department’s record of big promises and little results.

Let India buy its weapons from Moscow. The real strategic threat is Beijing.

Just like Roosevelt, Biden must show that government still works.

What the new president really thinks about the military—and what the military really thinks about him.

A cycle of deadlocked elections has left the country without a functioning administration—and a foreign policy set on autopilot.

Although the attack coincided with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Israel trip, the U.S. has denied any involvement.

Janet Yellen’s proposal has all but zero chance of success.

Janet Yellen’s proposal has all but zero chance of success.

Islamophobia has spread far beyond the persecuted Uyghur minority.

Wesley Morgan’s “The Hardest Place” is embedded reporting at its finest.

Wesley Morgan’s “The Hardest Place” is embedded reporting at its finest.

But 50 years after independence, an authoritarian turn casts a shadow over the country’s future.

China is governed by a totalitarian regime. Why is that so hard to say?

Troop buildup near Ukraine’s border is the largest since 2014.

Quiet negotiations with Berlin can do what economic coercion can’t.

A close reading of the philosophical career, and influence, of France’s most ridiculed public intellectual.

A new book explains why some nations rise and others don’t.

A new book explains why some nations rise and others don’t.

Disasters usually come with falling birth rates. But this time, they might not recover unless governments take action now.

Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit.

Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge.

“None of the above” is a popular vote in Ecuador and Peru, spelling legitimacy troubles.

Political leaders have universally condemned the riots, which can’t be explained by Brexit alone.

A diplomatic visit to both India and Pakistan underscores Moscow’s growing regional clout.