Foreign Policy

The White House wants to portray Iran’s military as defeated, but U.S. intelligence shows otherwise.

Certain outcomes to the U.S. war in Iran now seem more likely than ever.

Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus” asks whether an AI-led society would really be that bad.

Former FM’s terms for ending the war leave out the states that absorbed the most damage.

An undercover journalist travels the Volga to catch a glimpse of life under Putin.

Plus, more international fiction releases in April.

Test yourself on the week of March 28: Energy markets react to the Iran war, Russia expels a diplomat, and the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict intensifies.

The Iran war is torching the products that make the world go around.

It has been one month since missiles struck a school in the Iranian port town.

As Islamabad positions itself as a mediator in the Iran war, New Delhi is sidelined.

Trump is trying to rerun the first Gulf War, badly, in an international system that won’t allow it.

The Iran war has led the region’s leaders to recalibrate their economic policies.

Western tariffs accelerated its transformation into a sophisticated extension of China’s industrial policy.

A prime-time Trump speech offered few clues.

U.S. operations in Iran risk draining limited U.S. stocks.

Trump has demanded that other countries bear the responsibility of “taking” the strait.

The Iran war has punctured—though not completely popped—the region’s tech bubble.

Blocked fertilizer shipments plus La Niña spell trouble for farmers around the world.

The Iran war has confirmed how little Washington cares for its ally’s welfare.

A renewed occupation could play to the guerrilla group’s strengths.