Foreign Policy

We’re in a new world disorder. No matter your politics or where you live in the world, it’s clear that the United States has altered the trajectory of global order. “The World After Trump” imagines where this new trajectory leads: foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine/?…

The overwhelming military power of the United States may lead the White House to believe that, as Trump himself put it, “I can do anything I want” with Cuba, write @WMLeoGrande and @peterkornbluh. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/cub…

Xi has abandoned the equilibrium in which elite immunity kept court politics from sliding back into Maoist purges. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/chi…

Putin’s visit to China shows that Russia is getting sucked deeper into a profoundly unequal relationship, argues Dimitar Bechev. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/rus…

To thwart competitors and secure new transport corridors, Abu Dhabi has set its sights on Damascus. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/20/syr…

The United States is the epicenter of the global disorder. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/tru…

U.S. military aid to Egypt has failed to deliver a meaningful return on investment, advance U.S. interests, or meet the principled and strategic standards embedded in U.S. laws, argue Seth Binder and Kristina Biyad. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/20/egy…

Just days after breaking the ice with Trump in Beijing, Xi is turning to more perennial partners. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/xi-…

The drumbeats of possible U.S. war against Cuba just got noticeably louder. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/21/cub…

World Cup bookings are already lagging behind expectations, and industry professionals are fretting over a possible “washout,” writes columnist @ccaryl. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/21/tru…

Russia’s economy isn’t collapsing, says columnist @adam_tooze. But it is no longer growing at the clip that it was earlier in the war. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/21/rus…

Ukraine has been increasingly and publicly sour on U.S. mediation, even as its military efforts start to make gains against Russia, writes FP’s @samuelskove. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/20/ukr…

After Ebola outbreaks in the 2010s, it seemed clear that more investment in African public health infrastructure was needed, writes columnist @hofrench. What has followed under Trump has been precisely the opposite. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/afr…

Putin came back empty-handed from his visit to Beijing, underscoring the growing asymmetry in Russia and China’s relationship. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/rus…

India may be less liberal now, but it remains democratic. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/wes…

As Colombians prepare to vote in first-round presidential elections on May 31, political debate has focused largely on public insecurity. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/col…

China will take the Quad’s increasing marginalization as further evidence that a broad-based Asian security coalition led by the United States is unlikely to ever gain traction, writes @globalsarang. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/qua…

Georgia’s battered civil society is trying its best to protect stray dogs from government exterminations. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/21/geo…

The indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro is an ominous warning that the Trump administration is ready and willing to abandon diplomacy in favor of military operations in its quest for regime change. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/22/cub…

Hezbollah’s fate will be decided by the Amal Movement’s calculations about its own future. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/20/leb…

Inflation is rising and fault lines are widening due to history’s biggest energy shock. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/20/tru…