Europe

A flimsy peace would legitimize conquest. A durable one could still salvage deterrence.

These are the year’s biggest races, from Bangladesh to Brazil.

Major wars, simmering hostilities, and accelerating instability from Washington.

The 30 biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and political science.

A record number of conflicts are wreaking havoc worldwide.

Figures from Pope Francis to Dick Cheney left behind global legacies.

Readers kept track of Trump’s whirlwind foreign policy and upheaval in the global order.

FP columnists on how the world could handle the new Washington.

Notable episodes of FP’s economics podcast from the past year.

The figures who shaped the way we thought about the world this year.

FP Live’s guests included Europe’s top diplomat and a Gen Z economic whisperer.

Our favorite excerpts of 2025.

Our best reads on the state of the conflict as Washington seeks a deal with Moscow.

When it’s TACO time, no one wants to be a persistent objector.

Our most insightful film reviews of 2025.

As the second Trump administration approaches the one-year mark, here’s who is influencing key policies. 

Our favorite books—and reviews—of 2025.

An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows actual battle in startling clarity.

From Ukraine to South America, the EU is forging its own path.

History doesn’t suggest a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine would work.

Alongside an indictment of the continent sits a sacrosanctity accorded to its civilization.

The former leaders of Colombia and Mexico are concerned over recent U.S. actions

Myths about the Maginot Line are strangely persistent.

Barring South Africa will fundamentally weaken the G20. Its members must push back.

Brussels is trying to convince holdouts to support a novel plan to use billions of Moscow’s money to aid Ukraine.

Diplomats and experts say Doha and Ankara have leverage, but it may not be enough.

Washington wants a free hand for Silicon Valley and Russia investment. The EU is an obstacle—and the far right is an ally.

Once a vehicle for global cooperation, international science has become a high-stakes arena of geopolitical rivalry.

Re-read today, Franklin Foer’s 2004 classic inadvertently suggests where globalization went wrong.

“Souleymane’s Story” interrogates the fictions we tell ourselves about what makes an acceptable migrant.

The foreign minister also said if anyone can bring peace to the region, it’s U.S. President Donald Trump.

Germany’s chancellor is doing far better than everyone seems to think.

A growing skepticism of social spending risks undermining a post-war pillar of Europe’s stability.

Organizations working in Gaza and Sudan say their jobs have become harder than ever.

He’s exposed fatal divisions in the “West” even as Russians still back his Ukraine invasion.

The White House’s agenda may not be coherent, but it is deeply dangerous.

Trump’s new document gets much right and a few things wrong.

From climate to AI, other fields have bridged deep divides.

Here’s what Trump can do to get there.

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

The National Defense Authorization Act would limit Hegseth’s ability to reduce U.S. troops in Europe and Asia, among other measures.

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

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

“The Things You Kill” explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.

Plus, more international fiction releases in December.

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

The defense secretary is under scrutiny for a series of questionable decisions.

Norwegians are pioneering better models of catastrophe preparation.

The visit comes at a somewhat precarious moment for India-Russia relations.

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

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

Mistreatment, exploitation, and Russia’s own history suggest a precarious postwar future.

Republican opposition to the Trump administration’s chaotic approach to Russia-Ukraine negotiations is growing.

The U.S. president is optimistic about a peace deal, but major obstacles remain.

A clash of visions on human dignity and divine purpose.

The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.

Successful peace negotiations require concessions. The right ones will strengthen the West.

From Nagorno-Karabakh to Gaza, Trump’s approach to conflict resolution has rewarded aggression and perpetuated ethnic cleansing.

The U.S. should avoid a narrow Christian focus.

Next week, the Russian leader visits New Delhi for the first time since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

If the U.S.-Russia draft for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.

If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.

For Europe, continued war is perhaps not entirely unwelcome.

Senators say Rubio told them the 28-point plan was not a U.S. product, only for the secretary to claim the reverse.

Zelensky said he’s being asked to decide between Ukraine losing its dignity or losing a key partner.

Moscow’s situation is better, but new sanctions could do serious damage.

The White House may soon preside over the first negotiated defeat of a modern democracy.

From medieval Europe to the Trump era, life really does imitate art.

Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” shows how we’re still catching our breath from “Breathless.”

Lessons in peacemaking from 21 days at Dayton.

How some countries are quietly advancing progress.

Steve Witkoff reportedly hashed the details out with Putin’s envoy in Miami last month.

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

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

“Black widows” marrying soldiers to collect death benefits are symptomatic of society-wide rot.

Switzerland cuts a deal—plus the latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime.

Plus, more international fiction releases.

The U.S. government has pushed the legendary broadcaster into a nervous breakdown.

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

Russia is increasingly sophisticated in using and defending against drones in urban areas.

Suspects are being held in the Louvre heist, but artifacts are still missing.

International firms should address graft before participating in a deeply compromised sector.

After suffering two attacks, Qatar is doubling down on its security strategy.

Beijing dabbles in diplomacy at Web Summit.

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

He was late to the show, but he brought a big stick.

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

Lifting sanctions on Milorad Dodik is a win for Putin and instability at Europe’s expense.

A quiet generational shift is transforming politics.

Human rights defenders worry that the line between them and the people they represent is beginning to blur.

How Peter Magyar went from a former Fidesz insider to Hungary’s most popular politician.

The Europeans are deeply engaged with Kyiv on defense technology, but Washington is lagging behind.

Lawmakers—including Republicans—are frustrated over a lack of communication.

The British discourse makes even the Trump administration look moderate.

Trump’s Nigeria obsession distracts from the real al Qaeda crisis in the Sahel.

A vague statement opens a range of expensive possibilities.

As a more technical body, the task force might be able to fill the gap left by Security Council paralysis.

Anti-war candidate Catherine Connolly’s victory is the country’s latest rebuke to the global right-wing populist wave.

“I am Ukrainian, right? I’m not a Democrat or Republican.”