Tag: geopolitics

U.S. presidents have big egos—if they didn’t, their chances of reaching the Oval Office would be slim—and they want to be remembered favorably after they are gone. A few presidents, ...

In the aftermath of the Cold War, several prominent thinkers focused their minds on the shape of the world to come. Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” (1989), Samuel Huntington’s ...

This year, Europe celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the beginning of what came next. The declaration of Austrian independence on April 27, 1945, ...

There is little doubt that if U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term feels like an upheaval, it is by design. As far back as 2018, Steve Bannon, Trump’s onetime top ...

Beijing is trying to work out its position following the U.S. attack on Iran and the resulting, if tenuous, cease-fire between Israel and Iran. A longer conflict will inevitably spill ...

As the dust continues to settle after the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which were meant to destroy Tehran’s ability to build nuclear weapons but did not apparently succeed ...

Following the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social endorsing regime change in Iran. Since announcing a cease-fire this week that ...

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 ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China responds to U.S. strikes on Iran, the Taiwanese president embarks on a controversial speaking tour, and a serial rapist’s U.K. ...