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From Canada to Pakistan, an interest in critical minerals is a through line in the White House’s foreign policy.

Why 2025 has been Modi’s most difficult foreign-policy year.

Sanae Takaichi may be relishing confrontation with China.

The Trump-Xi agreement may be a sign the U.S. position is shifting.

Perceptions of Washington’s indifference can perpetuate a risky status quo.

The bloc is beginning to have some agency—as long as you don’t mention China.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben on the incredible growth of clean energy in 2025.

The Gang Suppression Force repackages the same strategies that have failed the country for decades.

Stopping ongoing violence in conflict zones is urgent, but with today’s technology, so is gathering evidence.

Trump’s threats leave Nigerians worried about superpower intentions.

Beijing values domestic stability over global competition.

Why is a leading global watchdog turning a blind eye?

A Trumpian promise may be hard to deliver.

How some countries are quietly advancing progress.

Kirill Dmitriev is a prominent purveyor of the Kremlin’s line—but real power may lie elsewhere.

A cheap and practical intervention, given at birth, could save lives in conflict zones and beyond.

The EU’s promises of future membership have a very uncertain outcome.

Baghdad is turning away from Tehran. Can Washington capitalize on it?

In Sudan and elsewhere, regional powers have used the weapons for leverage.

Beijing finds itself in a precarious geopolitical position.

Renewables are in hot demand in a growing region.

High political walls are hurting an industry vital to the character of the country.

Thirty years after Dayton, Bosnia is still overseen by a foreigner who has become a source of political instability.

The energy transition is not inevitable—but neither is business as usual.

María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize—but the fight for democracy is far from over.

And how the region is navigating a changed United States.

At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.

The commander in chief gets almost no preparation for the ultimate decision. That needs to change.

Russia’s president is too committed to his own fantasies to ever accept Ukraine’s independence.

Now even Switzerland can’t escape great-power politics.

Beijing’s green energy ambitions are fueling a global revolution.

The U.S. military buildup around Venezuela has drawn comparisons to past regime change in Panama. But Washington cannot invade its way to democracy in Caracas.

Post-USAID assistance may depend on a country’s strategic value to Washington.

By embracing Sharaa, Trump hopes to bring Syria into the U.S. order.

A quiet generational shift is transforming politics.

Low-emission hydrogen is quickly becoming the latest frontier for geoeconomic competition.

Why Big Tech’s energy problem might prove crucial to fighting climate change.

A top China scholar and former Biden administration advisor on the Trump-Xi meeting and the future of the U.S.-China relationship.

A. Wess Mitchell’s tour through two millennia of diplomacy is catnip for foreign-policy wonks.

The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.

Why the bloc always seeks economic solutions to its political problems. 

From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting. 

It’s unclear whether his statement refers to warhead detonations.

The United States and China have struck a vague and reversible deal.

Opening Europe’s 150 billion euro defense fund to U.S. companies could seal the deal.

COP30 in Brazil tests the 2015 climate accord at a pivotal moment.

Did Argentine voters endorse their president’s economic overhaul—or cow to Trump’s threats?

New measures from the United States and European Union confirm why Russian energy exports were always a double-edged sword.

One month into federal funding shortfall, U.S. defense and diplomacy resources are being stretched.

Trump’s aggression in Latin America has given a powerful boost to Beijing in the Pacific.

Economist Jared Bernstein warns that revenues simply aren’t catching up with sky-high valuations.

Internationalists are mourning the loss of soft power. Do they even know what that means anymore?

From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming.

Kathryn Bigelow’s latest movie offers insights for an increasingly dangerous world.

The rise, and potential fall, of a mainstay academic theory.

Expanding U.S. strategic ambiguity with both Israel and the Gulf states is the best bet for regional progress.

Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.

The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.

U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma.

How Labubu dolls became China’s first contemporary cultural export. 

Once-thriving crops are poorly adapting to new temperatures.

China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.

Going back to first principles has until recently spooked many diplomats.

The threat to Moscow’s oil earnings is huge. But will it be enough?

Islamabad has pulled off repeated coups—but can they last?

The West can’t fully adopt Russia’s methods—but it should study them.

Latin America’s right has welcomed centrist Sen. Rodrigo Paz’s victory.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin on the end of the American myth of limitlessness.

Billions for Buenos Aires, and support for Argentine farmers, is not sitting well in the U.S. heartland.

How to build NATO unity and capability in the face of Russian airspace violations.

Changing dynamics in Tigray could erode the current balance of uncertainty.

Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the U.S. president.

Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.

Former negotiator Diana Buttu on the need for accountability—from Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

Big supply increases this year threaten a global oil glut that could knock the Kremlin’s budget out of whack.

Putin’s proposed arms control extension is good for Russia and China, but bad for America.

In diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance.

If Trump wants peace, he must block Israel’s annexationist policies.

Commentator Emily Jashinsky on COVID and a yearning for culture, religion, and roots.

The United States’ strategic edge in spying needs to be AI and open-source intelligence.

Beijing’s gains could eventually erode Washington’s battlefield advantage.

Beijing’s control of rare-earth minerals will force Trump to find new leverage.

A reckoning of the geopolitical impacts from the last two years of war—and war crimes.

Lasting agreements require sustained focus, not just theatrics.

Decisions made early on set the path for a devastating war.

The Harvard historian on government shutdowns and the rights and duties of an American citizen.

Erdogan’s visit to Washington showed that the United States and Turkey just don’t need each other as much as they used to.

The system is broken, but there are much better ways to fix it.

New Delhi still faces many obstacles on its path to great-power status.

Thirty years ago, a dangerous precedent was established that permanently altered the rules of political combat.

EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas: “We are trying to have more friends around the world.”

Routine strikes involve smaller, daily launches designed to keep steady pressure on Ukraine.

Spokesperson: Doha strikes “a paradigm shift for the whole region.”

A guide to pushing the U.S. president more quickly up his learning curve.

A discussion with Adam Tooze about his essay on the end of development.

Netanyahu’s policies since Oct. 7 have strained relations with Cairo at the expense of Israeli security.

Trump should strike a deal with Southeast Asia to secure imported U.S. AI chips.

It’s time for some game theory.

A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.