Tag: alliances

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming after the nonstop action at UNGA 80 last week. Thanks again for reading our coverage! Alright, ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit comes to a close, Beijing prepares to host a military parade, and Trump flip-flops on Chinese ...

Since its inception in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—the strategic partnership between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—has struggled to define a clear purpose beyond counterbalancing China. Despite regular ...

On July 7, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to the Japanese government announcing a 25 percent tariff on all goods shipped to the United States beginning on Aug. ...

When the Taliban swept back into power in August 2021, Afghanistan’s elite special operations forces were among the last holdouts. These were the final defenders, holding ground against daily Taliban ...

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is currently the front-runner to win the country’s next presidential election in 2028, according to a recent poll. ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, brought to you by at least two different types of cold medicine as the changing weather and jet lag take their toll on ...

THE HAGUE—In the end, this year’s NATO summit will be remembered not for what its 32 members agreed on but for what they chose to avoid discussing. The headlines will ...

As Washington’s long-standing alliances take a back seat in Trump’s world, there is a strong incentive for U.S. allies in Europe and Asia to do more with each other. Until ...

European leaders are cautiously optimistic heading into the NATO summit in The Hague. In contrast to the Brussels summit in 2018, when first-time U.S. President Donald Trump berated Europeans over their ...