Benjamin Franklin was America’s first diplomat and undoubtedly its best. Yes, there have been other stalwarts, such as George Kennan and Richard Holbrooke (a former editor of this magazine). But ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The third installment of the Doha process underscores a conundrum about engagement with the Taliban, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Among the many disruptive economic policies former U.S. President Donald Trump is promising to pursue if he returns to the White House next year—a list that includes massive tax increases ...
As Europe was waking up to news of U.S. President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week, one top Eastern European diplomat made an oblique historical reference. “It’s important to ...
Since Chinese President Xi Jinping removed presidential term limits in 2018, foreign commentators have warned of the perils that would sooner or later come about due to something they have ...
NATO has turned 75. When its leaders meet in Washington in July, they will celebrate the fact that it has endured so long. But an alliance needs to do more ...
History has finally caught up with Europe. In hindsight, the continent’s long period of relative peace from 1945 to 2022 was an aberration. In any European capital today, the mood ...
From the opening bell of Thursday night’s presidential debate, the first of two ahead of the 2024 U.S. election in November, U.S. President Joe Biden seemed off. His voice was ...
Former President Bill Clinton once said that Americans prefer “strong and wrong” over “weak and right.” If he’s correct, then an overwhelming majority of his fellow citzens will have settled ...
One candidate lied repeatedly, and the other could barely make his way through a single sentence. Each man mocked the other as unfit for world leadership and then bizarrely, as ...
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