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FP Live looks back at the year’s geopolitical twists and turns.

Former U.S. ambassador: “This was never a counternarcotics mission. This has always been a regime change mission.”

Countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are investing capital right when the world values geopolitical swing states.

Blaming Paris for Mali’s problems won’t solve them. A collective European response is needed.

Hanoi has been quietly expanding partnerships beyond the Indo-Pacific.

The president’s veto had to do with mounting opposition to his policy of detente.

The MAGA revolution in U.S. foreign policy brings good news and bad.

The President’s invocation of the Monroe Doctrine is rhetorically satisfying but carries real risks.

President Claudia Sheinbaum has eroded a key legal tool used to ensure environmental justice.

The former U.S. secretary of state on Trump’s foreign policy, Americans’ shifting views on Israel, and the fight for women’s rights.

The South Asian nation has deployed a combination of flattery and strategy to get Washington on its side.

His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.

Michael McFaul wants more democracy promotion. Is now the time?

Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.

A weak Congress means a deep toolbox for the president.

Ongoing immigration raids risk the success of the global sporting event.

The boom makes it hard for competitors to step away from a treadmill of continuous acceleration.

Norwegians are pioneering better models of catastrophe preparation.

Decisions about the continent’s future are being made in foreign capitals.

What the postponement of the Summit of the Americas reveals about regional relations.

How instrumental capital is reshaping the world.

Blaming foreign intervention is easy—but mistaken.

In any peace deal with Russia, security guarantees from outsiders won't guarantee much.

Two years of war have brought tactical changes and immense suffering, but the political status quo endures.

A term originally used to describe pirates is now synonymous with U.S. congressional dysfunction.

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

Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus.

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.