The European Union finally announced its latest package of proposed sanctions on Russia, after a week spent trying to satisfy nearly impossible demands by U.S. President Donald Trump for Europe...

Why do Russians do the things they do? Why, specifically, do they commit atrocities and reject democracy? It’s a question pondered by many terrific thinkers, writers, activists, analysts, diplomats, and...

On Aug. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, after the release of a report that showed weak jobs numbers. He has since...

U.S. technology firms have spent an estimated $400 billion this year on AI infrastructure. That spending is estimated to increase to $3 trillion worldwide by 2028—raising questions about whether such...

In their first phone call since June, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping haggled on Friday over the final details of a long-anticipated TikTok deal. Although the...

Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine have introduced a joint resolution under the War Powers Act to block the U.S. military from engaging in hostilities with certain nonstate actors...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a TikTok-focused phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, what to watch for at the United...

The last time Foreign Policy sat down with Alexander Tah-ray Yui, he was just months into his  new role as the de facto Taiwanese ambassador to Washington—officially known as Taiwan’s...

In 1999, a Beijing newspaper published the first known use of the word hallyu, or Korean Wave, describing the emerging popularity of Korean cultural products abroad. Prior to that time,...

In April, after an extended legal battle, Russia won control of the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas and St. Alexandra in the southern French city of Nice. This was not...