Foreign Policy in Focus

If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific precedent not only for other territorial grabs but also other attacks on democracy.

Vladimir Putin is the Franco of today, and Ukraine must become the graveyard of Putinism.

India’s economic and energy production model is not a threat to the world, but it is a threat to India itself, particularly its most marginalized people.

There’s no “national interest” worth risking nuclear conflict. But urgent diplomacy and humanitarian aid — and Russia’s own antiwar movement — could stop the suffering.

Russia’s aim is to create a frozen conflict in Ukraine, but time is not on Putin’s side.

The region faces a choice between top-down “green growth” and bottom-up efforts to transform economies.

The “Freedom Convoy” in Canada wants to spread its anti-government, antisocial, and ultimately self-defeating messages far and wide.

Imagine that the current attacks on experts and expertise morph into a full-blown MAGA Cultural Revolution in 2025.

When the world’s largest consumer of fossil fuels teams up with one of the world’s largest suppliers, the planet is the biggest loser.

The European security order has broken down. The conflict around Ukraine is a symptom of this larger problem.

In the past, crises with Russia have led to landmark agreements. The Biden administration should take that opportunity today.

The Biden administration’s first year was a major course correction after Trump. But U.S. foreign policy needs transformation, not restoration.

Foreign agent laws in Russia, El Salvador, and elsewhere threaten the entire international edifice of laws and institutions that support the right to dissent.

Even small increases in the price of gas can generate protests, like in Kazakhstan. But actually, we’re not paying anywhere near enough for gas.

Can those who advocate hitting the brakes on economic growth get their message across before it’s too late?

One year after the January 6 insurrection, is the United States on the verge of break-up?

The coup attempt turned into a road map for the national GOP. Whether democracy survives is up to us.

Russia is a leading carbon emitter and exporter. But change is afoot inside the country.

Here’s what Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv can do to avoid the next world war.

There’s one place in the world where the Green New Deal is a policy reality. But is it living up to its hype?