China’s Sept. 3 military parade, held to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, will be the fourth such event since President Xi...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Some personnel news: We’re excited to welcome Sam Skove as FP’s newest staff writer! Sam joins us from Politico, where he covered space,...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at sanctions on Iran’s nuclear activities, Hong Kong wrapping up its landmark national security trial, and accusations of Israel committing genocide in...

For two decades of the global war on terror, U.S. troops were tasked with missions far beyond their training. In Iraq and Afghanistan, infantry units became de facto police, conventional...

Over the last decade or so, Mohammad Javad Zarif has been the most prominent face of Iranian diplomacy. As foreign minister between 2013 and 2021, Zarif negotiated the Joint Comprehensive...

Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on Thursday triggered the so-called snapback of U.N. sanctions on Iran, after years of talks to elicit greater cooperation and transparency over Iran’s nuclear...

The United States is now the biggest shareholder in one of its biggest semiconductor companies. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 22 that the U.S. government has taken a...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an alleged U.S. covert influence campaign in Greenland, U.S. and Israeli plans for postwar Gaza, and China rejecting trilateral nuclear talks...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Pakistan’s foreign minister visits Bangladesh as the two countries reset relations, additional U.S. tariffs on India take effect, and former...

From the outset, one inescapable reality of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has been its frenetic busyness. For those who support it, the sheer pace of Trump’s agenda has...