Cold War

The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was a giddy moment, but the subsequent rush to tear down walls everywhere has yielded a global system in which bad actors are no longer held accountable. 

A newly published report shows it took the Truman administration nearly two weeks to confirm the news.

The 20th century’s great standoff doesn’t explain the emerging dynamic between Washington and Beijing.

The Trump administration has been ignoring the playbook that produced the downfall of the Soviet Union.

A 1963 U.S. intelligence assessment underscores how many countries—even Sweden—were exploring nuclear weapons programs at the height of the Cold War.

The only way to win the next superpower showdown is to understand what exactly caused it.

The hidden history of the Fialka espionage machine.

Not content to cause political problems, Moscow’s trolls are also undermining public health.

In eastern Germany, center-right Christian Democrats are considering teaming up with far-left former Communists.

Washington's image of Seoul is stuck in the 1970s. It's time to move on.

Some of Foreign Policy’s favorite reads of the year.

America’s post-Cold War presidents could have taken a road that didn’t end at Donald Trump.

The late 41st U.S. president’s prudence was once derided as the wimp factor, but it has aged well.

If Washington wants to pressure Tehran, the White House should stop alienating allies, empowering hard-liners, and harming regular Iranians.

Restoring the reputation of America’s most underrated foreign-policy president.

Meet the American philosopher who showed that Western politics could only move forward by first taking a step backward.

When the U.S. and Russian presidents meet in Helsinki, the biggest risk won't be on everyone's radar.

Making sure that Pyongyang actually destroys its nuclear weapons may be impossible.

Everyone's favorite historical analogy makes for disastrous foreign policy today.