World Brief: Hamas considers a U.S. cease-fire proposal, the Shangri-La Dialogue kicks off in Singapore, and Ukraine accuses Russia of stalling peace negotiations. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/ham…

The wide-ranging scope of the Trump administration’s actions can give the impression that there’s no overarching plan—but taken together, they represent the most profound attempt to reshape the United States in living memory, writes Thomas Carothers. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/tru…

The Islamic Republic, like the monarchy that preceded it, views access to the full nuclear fuel cycle as a right. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/ira…

As adversaries grow their nuclear stockpiles and U.S. alliances fray, the possibility of a nuclear crisis is now greater than at any time since the end of the Cold War, Philip Sheers argues. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/27/tru…

As global trade fractures, it’s time to retire one of development’s most persistent—and misleading—slogans. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/glo…

The controversial reform will only entrench the ruling party’s power, not bring justice, Emiliano Polo writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/mex…

Netanyahu’s embrace of Trump’s Gaza Riviera plan has become a major obstacle to the release of hostages and a better path for Gaza, Dan Shapiro writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/tru…

If territorial control and partitioning becomes the new benchmark of power and success, any prior understandings between today’s great powers could be short-lived. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/28/sph…

In China, where long-standing hostility toward an imperialist United States persists, many social media users have nonetheless become enamored with Trump and his movement. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/chi…

As Putin’s stalling with Trump and actions on the battlefield make clear, he has no interest in a cease-fire, let alone an end to the war on anything but the Kremlin’s maximalist demands, Tetiana Kotelnykova writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/rus…

For decades, the NSC has been the nerve center for shaping U.S. foreign policy—serving as a conduit between the White House and federal agencies while advising the president on pivotal security and diplomacy issues. But under Trump, things have changed. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/nsc…

Pakistani Army chief Syed Asim Munir, widely considered the most powerful person in his country’s government, is now at the peak of his career, writes columnist Anchal Vohra. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/pak…

International students have long driven scientific innovation in the United States and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/tru…

Ahead of Sunday’s vote, only one thing is clear: Morena’s judicial reform was not meant to improve Mexico’s justice system, but rather to politically subordinate it, Emiliano Polo argues. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/mex…

In 1937, FDR gave a speech that ended up laying out the ideological basis for a revolution in U.S. strategic thought, Andrew Preston writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/fdr…

India should seize this moment to become a more reliable trading partner to the world than either China or the United States. But first, it must fundamentally overhaul its approach to trade policy, Sanjay Kathuria writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/ind…

Even powerful states must recognize the reputational consequences of repeatedly breaking the rules. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/rea…

Trump and his team are pursuing a cohesive vision to rewrite the values, norms, and goals central to the United States’ national identity, Thomas Carothers argues. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/tru…

Defying international standards and democratic best practices, Mexico has become the only country in the world where all judges are elected by popular vote. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/mex…

Understanding the political logic behind Russia’s cease-fire rhetoric helps explain the lack of progress toward actual de-escalation. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/29/rus…