Foreign Policy

Maduro’s autocratic regime is going after María Corina Machado because she is fearless and incorruptible. She needs Washington’s support.

Big buyers of Iranian oil such as China are seen as unlikely to cut purchases to zero, but sanctions will still send crude prices higher.

European officials worry that Trump could roil yet another international summit.

As schools become targets, young Afghans are living and working on the streets — and the government isn’t doing much to protect them.

Global oil markets are controlled by Russia and Saudi Arabia — despite America’s shale boom.

A temporary Taliban truce, despite the opportunity it presents, doesn’t mean peace is about to break out anytime soon.

But some analysts say it’s a small price to pay for the possibility of peace with North Korea.

As the United States retreats from the world, Moscow and Beijing seek to gut U.N. programs, cut staff.

Turks will vote to elect not only a president but also a parliament—a first in the country’s history.

Turkey is leveraging tradition to expand its power in Europe — but the history cuts both ways.

Tracking the growing global fleet of stealth fighters.

On our podcast: A Senate investigator who exposed the agency’s torture secrets tells his story.

Overhauling Foggy Bottom was once a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s reforms. Where did those plans go?

Mainstream establishment parties across the continent have been replaced by populists offering easy and empty answers.

The Chinese president is briefed on the Singapore summit during the North Korean leader’s third state visit.

Ramzan Kadyrov is using sports diplomacy to bolster his image.

The one thing that's clear about Erdogan's re-election bid is that everything is unclear.

The oil cartel vowed to add 1 million barrels a day to markets. It won’t add quite that much.

Calling for elections in the absence of stable institutions while competing for diplomatic and economic influence won’t rebuild the country — it will destroy it.

A battle is brewing over the transfer of F-35 fighter jets.