Foreign Policy

Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants.

The PLA has emerged from the darkness of 1989 to reclaim the hearts of the masses.

The 2016 race has in many ways become about the military, but in ways no one predicted.

Brazil's Olympics have been off to a messy start, and it seems like they're only getting worse.

Beijing has lashed out at neighbors and the U.S. after losing in a landmark international tribunal.

Aleppo Burns, Do Hackers Heart Clinton?; Tehran Critics; And Lots More

Warsaw may have finally thrown a wrench into the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Moscow's controversial plan to double down on its dominance of Europe’s energy supplies.

The tech giant to offer up to $200,000 for developers who find flaws in its mobile operating system.

Vitaly Mutko may be responsible for one of the worst scandals in Olympic history. Here’s why he still has his job — for now.

From key international alliances to endorsing the GOP’s biggest players, the Republican nominee and his vice presidential pick split this week.

The former Slovenian president wins his share of plaudits and criticism, but faces several daunting obstacles in his race to succeed Ban Ki-moon.

The man overseeing the North Korean delegation was not in Kim Jong Un's good graces last year.

Humayun Khan was a devoted patriot. But if he wasn't a devout Muslim, he might not have become a hero.

The United Nations said Thursday diplomats are working overtime to secure a humanitarian pause in the bloody fighting occurring in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and that a deal could emerge in the coming “days.”

Barack Obama is contemplating a revolutionary — and exceedingly dangerous — change to U.S. nuclear policy.

As Turkey’s purge picks up speed, a graveyard on the outskirts of Istanbul has some worried about what’s to come.

In an interview with FP, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist talk NATO, Turkey's failed coup, and dealing with Russia in the Baltic.

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Retired senior military officers should not let political parties trade on their service in uniform by becoming high-profile partisan endorsers of presidential candidates.

A Japanese lawyer was caught in Thailand after years on the run -- and a fair amount of plastic surgery.