Geopolitics & international affairs
Nearly 600 former senior Israeli security officials, including ex-directors of Mossad, Shin Bet, and the military, have appealed directly to Donald Trump to intervene against what they described as acts of terrorism by Jewish settlers in the West Bank. In a letter sent to the White House ahead of Trump’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy walked into the White House on Tuesday with two wars on his mind, and both of them now involve the United States. The Ukrainian president’s meeting with Donald Trump comes at a moment when the conflict in Ukraine and the US-Israeli war on Iran are physically converging. Last week, Ukraine struck an Iranian […]
Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, has put into words what many European defense officials have been thinking for months but rarely say out loud: Europe now needs Ukraine more than Ukraine needs Europe. Kubilius told Foreign Policy that Europe had been looking at how to support Ukraine and was now looking […]
The largest wildfire in modern French history is now nine miles from the center of Bordeaux, the mayor of the city has warned, as fire crews across southwestern France struggle to contain a blaze that has already burned 42,000 hectares and destroyed 240 homes. Bordeaux Mayor Thomas Cazenave said Monday that the city was preparing […]
Keiko Fujimori took office as Peru’s president on Tuesday, returning the country’s most powerful political family to power after 26 years and inheriting a geopolitical balancing act that will define her term. Fujimori, daughter of the late strongman Alberto Fujimori who ruled in the 1990s, won the June runoff by a fraction of a percentage […]
When Andy Burnham succeeded Keir Starmer as prime minister on July 20, he inherited a Labour Party deeply divided over Gaza. During the leadership campaign, Burnham did something Starmer never did: he apologized. Burnham said in a July 9 interview that Labour had not gotten it right on Gaza. He said Britain had been too […]
The United States is bombing Iran to destroy its nuclear enrichment capability. At the same time, the Trump administration has signed a civilian nuclear deal that may let Saudi Arabia, a country whose de facto ruler has said he would pursue a bomb if Iran got one, enrich its own uranium. The contradiction is so […]
The United Nations Human Rights chief says Israeli military operations in Lebanon may constitute war crimes, as the toll of civilian deaths and displacement continues to mount. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, concluded a two-day visit to Lebanon on Monday with a blunt assessment. He accused Israel of committing large-scale violations […]
Brazil’s presidential election in October is shaping up as a proxy contest between Washington and Beijing, and Donald Trump’s tariff policy may be handing his own side a loss. With less than three months until the vote, polls show incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a Beijing-friendly leftist, running neck and neck with his pro-Washington […]
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted multiple drones launched by Iran-backed militias from Iraqi territory on Monday, as a coordinated wave of attacks struck across the region. The Saudi defense ministry said the drones targeted petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province and the capital Riyadh. Jordan’s Royal Jordanian Air Force separately shot down two drones heading […]
