List of United States articles
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Steve Witkoff attends the Republican National Convention in 2024. Our Best Profiles of 2025
The figures who shaped the way we thought about the world this year.
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Grid of five headshots, some are black and white and some have a read overlay. The Best Conversations of the Year
FP Live’s guests included Europe’s top diplomat and a Gen Z economic whisperer.
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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 grid of five book covers on an ornage background Read From This Year’s Buzziest Books
Our favorite excerpts of 2025.
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An illustration of several geopolitical words including Narcoterrorism, Asylum fatigue, Drone wall, multipolarization, and Persistent Objector. New Geopolitical Words We Learned in 2025
When it’s TACO time, no one wants to be a persistent objector.
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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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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he hosts the signing ceremony of a peace deal with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Trump’s Fake Peace Deals Are Dangerous
Potemkin peace can be a threat all its own.
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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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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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A man in a suit holds papers and waves as he walks next to a womanin a red jacket. An EU flag on a stand is behind them. Europe Looks Beyond the United States
From Ukraine to South America, the EU is forging its own path.
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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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U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit to "The People's House: A White House Experience," in Washington, DC, on Aug. 22. Trump’s National Security Strategy Seeks to Make Europe Great Again
Alongside an indictment of the continent sits a sacrosanctity accorded to its civilization.
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A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter of the United States Marines is seen parked on a runway at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13. Trump’s Western Hemisphere Pivot Is Real
Enforcing a 21st-century Monroe Doctrine means recalibrating U.S. defense posture.
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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
