The U.S. president will remain disruptive on the global stage, but he is losing his coercive powers.

A proposal for a new international system that is at once centralized and regionalized.

FP Collections: There’s no going back to the way things were before the Iran war. A downloadable PDF for subscribers.

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Nixon’s theory on the power of unpredictability didn’t account for an actual madman adversary.

A lot of things have gone horribly wrong—and it’s not over yet.

The U.S. president has a history of following other world leaders—or his gut—instead of his own intelligence officers and experts.

U.S. operations in Iran risk draining limited U.S. stocks.

In a widely anticipated speech at the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described concerns about a shared "Western civilization" as reason…

U.S. president toys with NATO leaders in call for “immediate negotiations to discuss the acquisition of Greenland.”

Maduro’s exit doesn’t mean the end of his regime.

It’s time for one of our regular Ask-Me-Anything episodes. How is the world navigating Trump’s second term? What trends does FP’s team see as the main geopolitical drivers? Questions from subscribers ...

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President Trump has imposed new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies. This comes on the heels of Trump delaying his meeting with Russian President Putin. Also, the Wall Street Journa...

Join us at AU for the launch of Distinguished Professor and UNESCO Chair Amitav Acharya's new book "The Once and Future World Order."

Spokesperson: Doha strikes “a paradigm shift for the whole region.”

Emma Ashford on how Washington should navigate a “post-unipolar” world.

President Trump and Russian President Putin greeted each other on a red carpet today and rode off together to the summit. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, Editor-in-chief of Foreign Po...

Russian and Ukrainian envoys ended their peace talks in Istanbul this week after only an hour. But while diplomacy may not be advancing, will geopolitics swing the outcome of the conflict? Will U.S.…

The dollar declined after the news that U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to impose reciprocal tariffs on multiple countries. It suggested global investors were losing faith in the dollar—and in the…

Biographer Edward Luce on the life and legacy of former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Leaders lack public approval to make good on their promises on defense spending.

Leaders from the 32 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will convene at The Hague in late June to tackle the alliance’s greatest challenges. From the security of Ukraine to the threat…

Generation Z, or Zoomers, are coming of age at a historically turbulent time. What do they think about world affairs, from the rise of China to the challenge that AI might pose to their prospects? Kyl...

China’s salami-slicing in the South China Sea is eroding U.S. credibility.

President Trump continues his trip to the Middle East as he tries to strike deals for the U.S. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Iran. Foreign Policy Editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal and The Insider Ed...

A brief synopsis of this week's show

According to many legal experts, U.S. President Donald Trump is challenging judicial constraints on executive power, even risking a constitutional crisis. This may be new in the United States, but it…

The Trump-Zelensky shouting match is a reminder that international diplomacy was never meant to be carried out in front of billions of eyes.

Are human rights at a modern low point? One can certainly make that case, with conflict on multiple continents, refugee crises, and the rise of authoritarianism. Kenneth Roth was the executive directo...