Foreign Policy

The Biden administration rebuffed European pleas to lift some sanctions in its first weeks in office.

Corrupt local elites thwarted some engagement efforts of the past decade, Biden’s new special envoy wrote.

The decision will delay the global vaccine rollout, but officials say it is necessary to deal with a domestic surge in cases.

Netanyahu's focus on maintaining ultra-Orthodox support as the pandemic raged didn’t help him win, but it has left deep scars.

The country’s economic success has been accompanied by a slow descent into authoritarianism.

Trump tied American jobs to endless wars in the Middle East. Biden should link them to renewed diplomacy.

In announcing it would prioritize travelers who had received Chinese-made vaccines, Beijing sparked outrage in countries where those aren’t available.

Long sidelined by Islamabad, Moscow, and Beijing, New Delhi is finally taking a seat at the table.

The decline of Israeli democracy holds lessons for the United States.

Biden has named nominees for only 16 of over 300 top posts.

The migrants who fled the Syrian war now want real membership in their new home countries.

January’s Capitol riot has sharpened congressional focus on social media companies like never before, and regulation is coming.

The country is on the cusp of a second liberation—one that would end its relative isolation.

All across the Indo-Pacific arc, countries are beefing up their defenses.

Bilateral talks in Alaska are likely to be an airing of grievances, not an exchange of views.

Attacks on Chinese factories could force Beijing to take a stand on the military coup.

The decision to halt administration of AstraZeneca vaccines is unscientific, will derail the reopening, and could result in thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Decades of failed efforts to woo China explain the Biden administration’s tough talk ahead of Alaska meeting.

Dealing with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador could be the biggest thing the U.S. president does this year.

The anti-establishment bad boys of years past are changing their stripes—maybe.