Foreign Policy

On our podcast, how a country scores two goals in the soccer tournament and finds redemption.

With or without a trade war, Chinese foreign direct investment to the United States won’t stop tumbling anytime soon.

Rawail Singh believed in a peaceful future for Sikhs like him in his homeland — and died for it.

The debate over whether to build an official memorial to Sarajevo's Romeo and Juliet, murdered in 1993, exposes the pain and peril of dwelling on the past.

A new act gives more maternity leave — and reinforces the same old patriarchal values.

The U.S. military has been trying — and failing — to buy a simple counterinsurgency aircraft for more than 10 years. Here’s what went wrong.

Trump must stick to his word and tell Russia to stop violating a critical cease-fire.

A corruption scandal involving the country’s top club and the national team’s captain has enraged Croatian fans.

The corrupt establishment is dead; long live the corrupt establishment.

The United States wants Russia to help oust Iranian troops from Syria.

It’s reassuring to think authoritarian governments depart with their leaders. It’s also wrong.

U.S. backing of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could be enabling the disaster.

Don’t expect Mexico’s new president to radically shift the country’s approach to foreign policy.

President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on protests has driven the country to the brink. If the violence escalates, it could spark a refugee crisis and destabilize all of Central America.

López Obrador won’t reverse the country’s historic oil opening — but he won’t expand it, either.

The Navy is investigating the latest in an alarming string of incidents that left pilots disoriented and shaken.

The Middle East's wars are turning cities into Stalingrads.

Even Donald Trump can't push Tokyo into Beijing's arms.

The end of economic isolation hasn’t brought a financial windfall or more freedom. Instead, the regime is as strong as ever while ordinary people suffer.

Donald Trump’s trans-Atlantic policy is a contradiction in terms.