A Nuclear Condominium Can Help Washington and the Gulf Prevent an Iranian Bomb
The recent snapback of international sanctions marks the formal—and final—end to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. That deal,…
Trump, Netanyahu Agree to U.S.-Led Peace Plan to End Israel-Hamas War
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a U.S.-led peace proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war,…
Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech Overshadowed by Push for Palestinian Statehood
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at dwindling global support for Israel’s war in Gaza, South…
Alawites Wait for Justice After March Massacres
Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic image showing a burned body. TARTUS GOVERNORATE, Syria—In early March, militias associated with…
Can Trump Bring Peace to Congo?
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: The Trump administration oversees a peace plan between…
Erdogan’s Geopolitical Aggression Is Less Unique in a World With Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu
Since January, many observers have warned that U.S. President Donald Trump is traveling down the same autocratic path…
Iran Faces Snapback Sanctions As Khamenei Thinks He Can Ride This Crisis Out
For years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and ultimate powerbroker, has been insisting to his people that…
The Fall of Assad Created New Challenges for Turkey in Syria
When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled late last year, it looked like a golden opportunity for Turkish…
Concrete U.S. Support Can Help Syria’s Transition, Fight the Islamic State, and Contain Iran
Later this month, Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa will appear before the U.N. General Assembly—the first Syrian leader to do…
The Time for a Paradigm Shift Is Now
West Asia stands at a perilous inflection point. The horrors unfolding in Gaza, the recent aggression directed at…
Netanyahu Has Made Israel a Revisionist Power With Trump’s Tacit Support
On July 16, Israel dramatically escalated its military intervention in Syria. During internecine fighting between Druze, Bedouins, and…
What Nigeria’s Rejection of Trump’s Deportation Plans Means for Geopolitics
As Eswatini becomes the second African country after South Sudan to accept third-country migrants deported by the United States, Nigeria…