Foreign Policy

Tehran insists that it has sole authority over the waterway. Washington isn’t convinced.

Tampering with the Federal Reserve’s independence proved to be a bridge too far.

An intense El Niño threatens to compound trade and energy pain.

European countries are hoping that Erdogan can keep Trump from causing chaos.

How Washington shaped global policy toward sex and prostitution.

How the United States remade the global environment from 1776 to today.

Europeans are gaming out their future defense, and it’s unthinkable without Kyiv.

But it’s not too late for the continent to claim some technological independence for itself.

Trump could be confident his war in Iran would not touch the daily lives of most voters.

Washington said Tehran violated the cease-fire.

How the war has shifted Iran’s relationship with its proxies.

A new exhibition examines how Western art and colonial aggression made each other possible.

Test yourself on the week of June 20: Colombia votes, Starmer resigns, and Rutte meets with Trump.

It’s the latest Latin American country to elect a Trump-backed leader.

The Gulf region has shown it’s ready to carry the diplomatic burden of managing Iran.

Should one company—and one person—have this much power?

Trump urges defense manufacturers to speed up weapons production after the Iran war.

The president has taken unprecedented steps to end a policy of exclusion, but suspicions remain.

Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.

With thousands of people missing, the death toll is expected to rise.