List of Security articles
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Trump and Xi shake hands. 2025 Redefined the U.S.-China Rivalry
From trade wars to tech competition, this year was a vicious cycle of escalations, retaliations, and negotiations.
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A photo illustration of Donald Trump with flags of many countries as pins on his lapel. The Winners and Losers of Trump’s New Foreign Policy
Here are the countries that have benefited the most—and least—from the U.S. president’s decision-making.
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Three figures wearing black place gifts down next to flowers and photographs, in front of thousands of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags. How the Russia-Ukraine War Shifted in 2025
Our best reads on the state of the conflict as Washington seeks a deal with Moscow.
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An illustration with Donald Trump listening as Marco Rubio leans in with a hand cupped to whisper in Trump's ear. Around the circular images are headshots of four men and one woman. The Key Foreign-Policy Players of Trump 2.0
As the second Trump administration approaches the one-year mark, here’s who is influencing key policies.
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A grid of four book covers on a yellow background The Books FP’s Contributors Loved This Year
Our favorite books—and reviews—of 2025.
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A lone soldier in combat fatigues is seen from behind as he walks through a barren forest at dusk, surrounded by splintered, leafless tree trunks, with most of their branches blown off. A War Film to Change All War Films
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows actual battle in startling clarity.
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A member of the Venezuelan armed forces holds an "Igla-S" rocket launcher during a military ceremony in Caracas on Nov. 25. Will Trump Order an Attack on Venezuela?
Former U.S. ambassador: “This was never a counternarcotics mission. This has always been a regime change mission.”
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Ukrainian Army replacement troops go through combat training on February 24, 2023 in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. There’s No Precedent for Ukraine’s Proposed Peace Deal
History doesn’t suggest a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine would work.
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Kenyan police officers arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Dec. 8. The Silver Lining of ‘Haiti Fatigue’
The Trump administration’s U.N. resolution reimagines international responses to humanitarian crises.
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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Dec. 2. Trump Hasn’t Learned From History in Latin America
The former leaders of Colombia and Mexico are concerned over recent U.S. actions
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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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Hegseth is seen in profile as he walks through a hallway on Capitol Hill. He wears a dark suit and red tie, and his face his partly in shadow. Pete Hegseth Is Turning Political Theater Into Lethal Force
The U.S. is killing for the sake of spectacle.
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A man is shown from behind as he stands amid rubble on a destroyed street. How to Keep Gaza’s Recovery From Becoming an 80-Year Project
The coming year will determine whether the territory’s recovery can break the region’s cycle of violence.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Sept. 2. South Asian States Seek Cooperation—Without India
A proposed Bangladesh-China-Pakistan nexus could raise concerns in New Delhi.
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U..S and Armenian soldiers transport a supposed injured soldier from the medical armored vehicle to the mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) during a NATO exercise at the Hohenfels trainings area in southern Germany, on September 14, 2023. ‘Collective Security’ Is on Life Support
A basic concept of international relations is under unprecedented strain.
