List of History articles
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Frames of Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed in a photo shop in Beijing. Fear the Sphere
Competing spheres of influence will not provide the stability their supporters expect.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during his visit of the French Air and Space Force in Saint-Sauveur, France on March 18, 2025. Ghosts Are Haunting France’s Remilitarization
History is shaping, and constraining, the bid to revive French military culture.
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A grid of multiple book covers part of new fiction releases out in January. World-Historical Murder Mysteries
Plus, more international fiction releases in January.
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A black-and-white photo shows a snowy field with Finnish soldiers crossing it at various distances. The soldiers are bundled against the cold, and many carry rifles and wear cross-country skis or snowshoes. Russia’s Threats Against Finland Are Disturbingly Familiar
Echoing its anti-Ukraine propaganda, the Kremlin is wielding history in a psychological war.
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A painting shows soldiers on two sides firing rifles at each other with slain soldiers lying in heaps on either side and in the middle of the clash. The soldiers on the left wear uniforms with green jackets and fly a Mexican flag; on the right, American soldiers in blue jackets advance under their flag. James Polk’s Warning for Donald Trump
The Mexican-American War offers sobering reminders of the current U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
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Illustration of a group of people in a book store. The foreign policy section of books is swarmed, while no one is interested in the U.S. section. The Most Anticipated Books of the Year
The 30 biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and political science.
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Trump and Putin stand on a blue stage with the letters 2025 affixed to the front of it in large white figures. Trump's hand is on Putin's back to guide him as he walks onto the steps off the stage. In the background, jets and Air Force One are parked on an airport tarmac. Our Most Read Stories of 2025
Readers kept track of Trump’s whirlwind foreign policy and upheaval in the global order.
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Tooze-Roundup-2025 5 Times Tooze in 2025
Notable episodes of FP’s economics podcast from the past year.
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8 books scattered on a snowy background FP’s Holiday Book List
Our columnists and staff writers recommend their top reads for the end of the year.
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A black and white photo of Henry Kissinger, surrounded by microphones, points during a press conference, after the final communique on the implementation of the Vietnam Peace Accords, on June 13, 1973 in Paris. The Movies That Made Us Think This Year
Our most insightful film reviews of 2025.
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A man with a beard talks on a red phone in a futuristic phone booth. A Raucous Reckoning With Brazil’s Dictatorship
“The Secret Agent,” Brazil’s Oscars hopeful, probes an undigested history.
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Donald Trump stands at a podium in front of Christmas decorations and flags. Trump’s Doctrine Is ‘Make America Small Again’
A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.
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Two women wearing 1940s-style dresses and hair and makeup perch in the back of a military truck, waving toward the camera. Other people are dressed in berets and military uniforms or khaki outfits to reprsent the French resistance. The truck drives down the middle of a road away from the camera between spectators on either side, a cloudy sky looming overhead. U.S. Strategists Keep Getting France’s Defeat Wrong
Myths about the Maginot Line are strangely persistent.
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A man in glasses is seen seated from behind with the nameplate "Mr. Fulbright" in front of him. In front of him are members of the media and a crowd in rows of chairs filling a room. Are the Drug Boat Killings Trump’s Vietnam Moment?
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point.
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In this black-and-white photo from the 1970s, a woman wearing a pith helmet with a net over it waves an American flag as she stands in front of a banner that reads “Free 24-Hour Child Care Centers Community Controlled.” Why Richard Nixon Killed National Child Care
The president’s veto had to do with mounting opposition to his policy of detente.
