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Ukraine's fight depends on Americans' and Europeans' solidarity—but do they have the attention span?...

The Biden administration insists it's not focused on geopolitical competition, but its new document is full of references to Russia and China....

But the Kremlin "doesn't actually want an arms race" with Washington, experts say....

Finland's envoy to Washington once shared a sauna with the Russian president. Here's what he thinks the West got wrong about Vladimir Putin....

More than 70,000 Afghans who worked for the United States are still waiting for visas—unless the Taliban get to them first....

There are two Western views of the same facts on the ground in Ukraine—and only one can be correct....

A disturbing video out of Ukraine evokes similar scenes from Srebrenica....

Government critics fear security pact consequences....

Countries in the region are finally becoming full members of the EU club thanks to the war....

A Saudi-sponsored tournament shows why China and other rising powers will struggle to replace established global institutions with their own....

Since announcing revolutionary changes in German defense, Berlin has been dragging its feet nonstop....

A contest between elites rests on who voters believe can deliver for those on the bottom....

U.S. officials believe Russia is facing its toughest fight since World War II....

The maritime insurance industry sees little elevated risk from China's exercises....

Afghanistan's extremist rulers are cracking down on minorities, especially Shiites, as hard as they have on women....

Accusing the U.S. ambassador of blackmail is just the start....

Military exercises have stiffened Japanese resolve....

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn't absolve nations of present-day responsibility....

Round of violence launched by Israel's strikes on Islamic Jihad leadership killed dozens, including children....

Michael Mandelbaum has written a masterful interpretation of the twists and turns of U.S. foreign policy....

Around the world, artists provide snapshots into national psyches....

A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators....

Three recent books tackle how threats to democracy have shifted in the 21st century....

Yoon Suk-yeol simply isn't up to international diplomacy....

This week in FP's international news quiz: a targeted assassination, Senegal's election, and changing fashion politics....

China has slashed military-to-military talks and climate dialogues after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit....

Despite the Shiite cleric's apparent efforts against Iranian influence in Iraq, his chief inspiration is Iran's founder and most famous supreme leader....

Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta's mindset....

Ali Khamenei won't give up power for anyone—not even his president....

Analysts have been keen to make comparisons to tensions in 1996....

Rising prices, food insecurity, and a growing debt burden make Islamabad's other challenges all the more pressing....

A new era of tensions will focus minds and break logjams, as Cold War history shows....

The EU's obsession with security in the Sahel is a reflection of its own anxieties—and a betrayal of its values....

The Turkish leader is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in three weeks as he readies his own "special military operation."...

I oversaw the U.S. effort to capture the Russian arms dealer. Here's what Joe Biden should know before trading him away....

Losses are building up far faster than Kyiv can manage....

The U.S. drone strike exposes the regime's terrorist ties and further dims its prospects for international legitimacy....

The strategy seeks to grapple with China's growing influence in Africa without painting African countries as geopolitical pawns....

The international community has a part to play in ending its culture of impunity....

The top U.S. negotiator is making a last-ditch trip to Vienna....

Europe needs a serious Azerbaijan policy—and needs it fast....

New elections won't fix what increasingly looks like a systemic problem....

Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies....

The cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan looks shaky, despite the presence of Russian peacekeepers....

Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote....

Impressive as the operation to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri was, it doesn't obviate the terrorism threat from Afghanistan....

The vessels' activity highlights the challenge faced by the Biden administration in enforcing Russia sanctions around the world....

Brinkmanship over Kosovo, footsie with Moscow, and friction with Brussels are par for the course for Belgrade....

Many on social media expressed anger that the government hadn't followed through on its fiery rhetoric....

No matter what Moscow does, Hungary's prime minister consistently carries water for the Kremlin....