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Tehran’s numbers don’t add up. They seem to be exaggerated to pressure Biden for sanctions relief.

Chief advocate for alleged terrorists sanctioned by the United Nations announces his resignation citing red tape, rule-of-law issues.

And here’s why that’s a national security issue.

Intelligence assets who worked for the CIA now face deadly reprisals.

A new biography paints a portrait of a president who made vast progress on policy—and failed at smoke-and-mirrors PR.

At the White House on Monday, the Iraqi leader needs a guarantee that Biden won’t use Iraq’s independence as a pawn in negotiations with Iran.

Decades of sex abuse turned American gymnasts away from their federation. Will other sports follow suit?

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

Biden’s sacking of Trump appointees at international financial institutions has left a vacuum.

COVID-19 threatens to accelerate longer-term rebellion, violence, and political upheaval.

Beijing’s development projects are flashy, fast, and relevant. Why aren’t Washington’s?

The administration’s core foreign policy is all about confronting China—and far riskier than Washington seems to realize.

A journalist hacked by Pegasus says he will survive, but Indian democracy may not.

The Israeli prime minister seems to be charting a new course aimed at reducing tensions with the Biden administration in advance of a White House visit.

The old trade order has gone out the window at breathtaking speed. What comes next is very slippery.

Washington should refuse a security waiver and block $300 million in military assistance to Egypt until Cairo cleans up its act on human rights.

Nayib Bukele has turned Bitcoin and Twitter into political tools.

Progress doesn’t happen unless the ambitious get it off the ground.