Foreign Policy
September 2026
Would Better U.S.-China Ties Harm India?
Washington and New Delhi have more to focus on than Beijing
It is imperative that the government devise a cautious and balanced strategy that encourages parents to take greater responsibility for their children while also creating an enabling environment in which young people can prepare for a better future,
We face two risky paths: hobble on with slow growth and risk unrest, or rush recklessly into import-led growth to court a dollar crisis and unrest,
U.S. Forces Leave Behind a Power Vacuum in Iraq
Washington’s adversaries, including Iran and the Islamic State, are likely to take advantage of the pullout
We believe Iraq is still not fully ready to take over the security file at this time,
Every pilot that is going to be flying into Israel, we are going to know the pilots’ identities, know who they are, and do some type of security check,
At this early stage, the underlying reasons and motives behind this event are unknown and remain subject to a formal investigation,
We could look at what [former Chancellor of the Exchequer] George Osborne has said about a customs union, we could look at what the Liberal Democrats said at their conference about the single market, or we could go all the way,
Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal, including nuclear weapons, in order to defend its territory should Nato countries undertake any attempt aimed at isolating the Kaliningrad Region from the rest of the country,
Putin knows that he can never win [against] NATO,
How Far Can Russia Probe NATO’s Collective Defense?
For many in Latvia, the Baltic nation of just over 1.8 million people, the dangers of Russia’s war in Ukraine are increasingly real
Ethiopia’s Return to War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa
We are in the situation of full-blown war now,
The world of 2026 cannot remain captive to the distribution of power in 1945,
Nigeria’s development contradictions will not be resolved by one man’s industrial vision, however genuinely impressive,
For more than half a century, Niger’s uranium has lit the cities of Europe, while our cities have remained in darkness. That injustice is now over,
Trump Unleashed
There is reason to believe that once the U.S. midterm elections have passed, President Donald Trump will escalate against Iran
The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
Is a Confrontational Approach With Iran Necessary?
Lula Bets Big on Defense Ahead of Election
Brazil’s leftist leader has unusually put military spending at the heart of his campaign
I want to ask the left-wing people,
We are not thinking about making the submarine just because it is beautiful to make,
Brazil does not fit in anyone’s backyard,
Populism’s New Rallying Cry Is ‘Expropriation’
She wears a dark red shirt and a black bomber jacket
It could be one of the biggest economic experiments ever in Germany,
I’ve always said: If the Left enters government, socialization will happen too,
This is about nuts-and-bolts urban policy, and it packs enormous explosive potential,
How Far Will the Canada-EU Lovefest Go?
Both Ottawa and Brussels have good reasons to improve ties, but the EU will need to become more flexible
Everyone Got Pete Hegseth Wrong
The secretary of defense is now the most influential senior official in the Trump administration
Why Have Indonesia’s Fires Gotten So Bad?
Spain’s Housing Reform
You know, we get along with China, we get along with people, and we make good deals,
Was Xi’s U.S. Visit a Bust?
In the U.S.-China relationship at present, nothing might be better than something
Is Egypt’s Diplomacy Clever or Clumsy?
Regional wars have required Cairo to maneuver between competing demands
Mike Waltz on Trump’s Global Strategy
Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Likely to Fail in Court (Again)
While the latest batch of tariffs appears to rest on sturdier legal ground than the two that were struck down, they, too, will likely be ruled out of bounds by the U.S. Court of International Trade
We’re just doing it all again—first it was the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, then it was Section 122 of the 1974 law. It is beyond anything contemplated by the statute,
In short, the Section 301 tariffs appear to be a thinly disguised pretext for reimposing the President’s IEEPA tariffs under the guise of dealing with forced labor, after all too often sham ‘investigations,
Don’t Ban Diesel Exports
As inventories run dry and the Iran war continues to disrupt transit routes, oil has surged back to more than $100 per barrel
Let’s not send out the diesel.”
The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election
Even rigged elections used to be an outlet for discontent
Why Nobody Can End the War in Ukraine
What Xi Actually Thinks of Trump
This has nothing to do with the failure of the delegations to release a joint statement, or even the large discrepancies between each side’s readout of their meetings
The U.S. and China Agree to Slash Tariffs
Two men in dark blue suits shake hands outdoors against a red background, with two other people partially visible behind them
Trump’s offer to sell weapons to China will be unsettling to American partners at the pointy edge of China’s spear,
The results go beyond what we could have hoped for,
How Trump Is Sparking a Slovenian Website Boom
For most of the past year, Slovenia’s official web domain registrar has recorded just around a thousand new registrations a month
The final price for domain holders depends on the policy of the individual registrar, and Register.si has no influence on it,
AI is now called superintelligence. Register your.si domain,
In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence—SI,
The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence … sound fake, and it is not fake. It’s actually amazing,
Brazil Has No Answers for Its China Problem
What guides our diplomacy is the interest of the Brazilian producer and worker, not sympathy or antipathy toward this or that government.”