American presidents have long criticized intelligence assessments. Lyndon B. Johnson derided pessimistic analysis of the Vietnam War. Bill Clinton challenged reports that Iraq wanted to rebuild weapons of mass destruction. ...
When Israel attacked Hezbollah last September with exploding beepers and a broad assassination campaign, one thing that dictated the timing was Israel’s concern that the group was about to discover ...
After centuries of trying to catch up with the West, Russia is now using its influence to reshape the politics of Western countries and erode their foundational commitment to the ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Chinese students are caught up in Harvard University’s tussle with the Trump administration, China’s defense minister is skipping the premier Asian ...
In December 2023, I noticed something peculiar on satellite imagery of North Korea’s Pyongyang Sunan International Airport: An old Soviet cargo aircraft was being modified with structural pylons above its ...
The Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that war is a “mere continuation of policy by other means,” but he did not mean that war is merely politics. ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. It has been a whirlwind of a week thanks to Signalgate—the group chat heard around the world. The evolving scandal has already prompted ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the major national security breach consuming Washington, large anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, and deadly wildfires in South Korea. Sign up to ...
On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testified before the House Intelligence Committee to discuss their participation in a Signal group chat that appears ...
There’s no telling yet what long-term damage U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance’s bullying of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may have done to the trans-Atlantic alliance. European ...
