Foreign affairs

One of the most important outcomes of the recent summit in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is s ...

Americans have a colorful expression for a president who is already entering the last stage of his mandate or is in a weak political position - and f ...

The Donald Trump administration headed into its meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in October 2025 with confidence, claiming that it has the leve ...

The idea of a complete military victory is tempting, but dangerous. This is what Russian President Vladimir Putin was initially counting on when he l ...

The United States appears poised to pull a significant portion of its military forces out of Europe. The Trump administration's National Security Str ...

For China, Northeast Asia remains a weak spot in its bid to secure its immediate borders, writes Zheng Jiyong for Foreign Affairs. "Tensi ...

The specter of succession looms over Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, 73, has built a powerful personalist regime, but one that has no real p ...

Although the war in Ukraine has exposed the numerous weaknesses of the Russian army, the future of European security remains at risk. In his extensive ...

The first year of Trump's second term has shown - if any further proof were needed - that the days when allies could count on the US to maintain w ...

Venezuela is once again on the brink of a historic turning point. After years of economic ruin, institutional collapse, and political polarization, th ...

In a new analysis published in Foreign Affairs, former National Security Council and CIA expert Jonathan Qin examines the policies of Chinese leader ...

Artificial intelligence is shaping up to be one of the most impactful technologies of the 21st century — with the potential to transform economi ...

Vladimir Putin has been at the helm of Russia for a quarter of a century — a time in which he has built a specific social contract: internal ord ...

To hope to one day coexist peacefully with Russia, Western leaders, led by the Europeans, must urgently restore the channels of communication that hav ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump took office in early 2025, many in Washington expected a quick resolution to the war in Ukraine, writes Foreign Affai ...

After decades of self-confidence and military dominance, the United States faces a world of great powers that demands a return to classical strategic ...

An analysis of the latest developments in the war in Gaza and its possible outcomes, prepared by the military analyst of the most widely read Israeli ...

We present the analysis of Tanisha Fazal, a professor of political science at the University of Minnesota and author of "The Death of the State: ...

The moment of truth for Europe. Under this title, Foreign Affairs published an analysis by Wolfgang Ischinger, president of the Munich Security Confer ...

Neither Russia nor Ukraine has sufficient resources to achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield. But despite the heavy losses they will suffer, a ...