The Year in Review

From turmoil in northeastern Syria to censorship in China, here are the stories that caught our readers’ attention this year.

A look at the stories the major media overreported—or paid too little attention to—in the past year.

From the State Department to the U.N. to Turkey, India, and Pakistan, Foreign Policy’s reporting helped make a difference.

Essential reads from the Arctic Circle to Xinjiang.

Russian expansionism is overhyped and Huawei isn’t the untouchable behemoth we think it is. Here are our top Debunkers of 2019.

A look at terms from India and El Salvador to South Korea and Ukraine.

China’s designs in space, a drought crisis in southern Africa, and other stories you may have missed during this year’s chaotic and nonstop news cycle.

Whether it was confrontations with Iran and China or the never-ending Ukraine imbroglio, 2019 was a tumultuous year for American foreign policy.

Even as right-wing forces took hold in many places around the world, grassroots democracy proved itself alive and well.

With precious few victories to show for it, Washington keeps starting new trade wars.

2019 proved the Trump administration’s Iran policy is either a catastrophic failure—or on the verge of success.

Even now, 18 years in, there is no clear way out for the United States.