Geopolitics

Scenarios and war games rarely take full account of civilian losses.

What life is like for the quarter-million residents of fortress villages in Tibet.

His support for the pipeline abandoned a bipartisan consensus, got nothing in return, and made the world less secure.

As Blinken heads to New Delhi, he could find some surprising common ground on Afghanistan.

Foreign Policy asked nine global experts for their takes on the administration’s agenda.

Beijing has its eyes set on using Afghanistan as a strategic corridor once U.S. troops are out of the way.

Beijing would have preferred U.S. troops to stay.

There is no sweet spot to keep both Beijing and Washington happy, but that hasn’t kept Singapore from trying.

The gaffe-prone Japanese politician was the perfect vehicle for plausible deniability when signaling support for Taipei.

The United States needs to act fast to strengthen ties and reassure partners.

LGBT rights are at the center of the struggle over Georgia’s Western leanings.

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

Drinking more shiraz isn’t enough to counter Beijing.

Yes, the United States is deeply divided and probably undeserving of global leadership, as two new books argue. But who else is there?

Why is there no Rooseveltian school of foreign policy? American past and future greatness is unthinkable without it.

There’s no need to follow Beijing’s hollow Belt and Road Initiative.

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.

If the region continues to drift toward China, Washington has only itself to blame.

A once-reluctant partner has become a new driver of a critical coalition.

No, a complete withdrawal will not ease the U.S. pivot to China.