Foreign Policy

Global market shocks spark calls for a regional power grid and emergency fuel stockpile.

Test yourself on the week of May 2: The U.S. announces a drawdown in Germany, Taiwan’s president concludes a foreign visit, and Sudan lobs accusations at Ethiopia.

How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.

An expert in diplomatic gift-giving describes the use and abuse of official presents.

What the latest Orwell adaptation says about our politics.

Courts keep taking a skeptical view of the executive branch’s overreach.

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have led regular people to rally around the flag—for now.

BYD’s landmark sales fuel debate over working conditions and the country’s relationship with China.

The White House ignores the threat of far-right groups.

Despite promising peace, Israeli-Gulf cooperation paved the path to war with Iran.

British voters are expected to abandon the Labour Party for nonmainstream alternatives.

The Chinese leader isn’t willing to give anybody else power.

Cutting-edge U.S. models are too expensive for much of the world.

Used to outwitting his enemies, the Russian leader is running out of room for maneuver.

After years of quiet encroachment by ordinary people, the Islamic Republic reclaims the urban landscape.

A reported memorandum would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and lay the framework for future nuclear talks.

India’s ruling party got a boost from four state elections this week—and unseated a longtime rival.

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, Beijing is pushing back on Washington.

Iran shows that the delusions that caused Iraq and Afghanistan persist.

Officially or not, Washington is now breaking the taboo and talking about its ally’s bombs.