Chinese coercion has strengthened democratic resolve.

So far, Biden hasn’t signaled whether there will be any retaliation.

Increased economic inequality has only added to widespread discontent.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: a presidential power grab, new COVID-19 restrictions, and diplomatic visits to China.

It happened to us in Nigeria.

Maduro’s abject failure is consequential for the nation, the region, and the world.

Tokyo-Seoul relations remain mired in bad history and petty insults.

What life is like for the quarter-million residents of fortress villages in Tibet.

The United States’ longtime partners in northern Iraq are watching Afghanistan go to pieces after the U.S. pullout with “wishful thinking.”

Institutions like the State Department need to scrap credentialism.

For both countries, national interests continue to trump personality-based politics.

There are many incentives for cross-border military cooperation—even among adversaries—as climate change worsens.

The French president is making vaccines mandatory for many—sparking fresh protests ahead of next year’s elections.

Stopping the atrocities in Xinjiang requires reaching the Chinese public.

With ethnic warlords reviving their militias, the Afghan war—even without the U.S. military—is more balanced than it seems.

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

Tangled questions of Asian identity need answers that aren’t defined by U.S. terminology alone.

Nearly half of international relations scholars spent more time in class on race and racial justice—but with key demographic differences.