Foreign Policy

A dozen wealthy donor states press the United Nations Development Program to investigate allegations that funds were misappropriated from a Russia climate program it managed.

“The China Nightmare” lays out the risks of a surprisingly fragile state.

The Faroe Islands have a history of trading with everyone who will buy their fish. With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers.

Sudden reforms in the ethno-federal state system have drawn comparisons to the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

Some leaders are breaking ranks with the majority of world leaders in the hopes that Trump will somehow cling to power.

A new administration points to a resolution of some thorny bilateral disputes—but could threaten Moon Jae-in’s cherished rapprochement with the North.

Preoccupied with domestic challenges and an impending contest with a populist rival, France’s government will benefit from the defeat of the far-right across the Atlantic.

U.S. defense cooperation with India is one thing Democratic and Republican administrations agree on.

In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.

Bolsonaro needs Trumpism to rally his base, but he might need Biden’s America even more.

An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.

The abrupt news after Trump’s electoral defeat follows months of tensions between the U.S. president and his secretary of defense.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are ready to flow into U.S. tech—if both sides can agree where.

Biden will inherit a tax system rigged to deepen inequality. He’ll need corporate America’s help to fix it.

Trump was a much weaker potential autocrat than others have faced.

Trump is still president for the next 71 days. And he has begun making it harder for a President Biden to undo his Iran policies.

From Cairo to Riyadh, autocrats are nervous about what a Biden administration might mean for their relationship with Washington.

In today’s Democratic Party, inheriting Obama’s economic legacy may be a burden, not a benefit.

The country is treating the outcome of the U.S. election as an opportunity—and a potential threat.

Biden will shift focus in the Middle East, but Israeli-Arab normalization will continue.