Both sides argued that the wrong ruling would have dire consequences for international relations. The justices left them guessing.

Democracies have the right to act in their own defense—even if that means some people temporarily have to go without tweeting.

Can a nation’s sovereign immunity extend to a foreign financial institution? One bank accused of fraud and money laundering sure hopes so.

Politicians’ lives weren’t at risk, but the yellow-and-green swarm of government buildings on Sunday was the latest evidence that many Brazilians never cared much for democracy in the first place.

Two years in, how well has Biden kept his 2020 promises on foreign policy?

The Islamic Republic’s theocratic elite are on the ropes.

This was the year the Saudi strongman was supposed to become a pariah. Instead, he’s gotten away with murder.

The best chance to end hostilities in the war-torn nation has fizzled out, leaving proponents of peace to wonder what went wrong.

Any discussion of the region’s future shouldn’t give short shrift to the possibility of new nations emerging from under Putin’s yoke.

Businessman Gilbert Bigio is facing penalties for his alleged involvement with the violence that’s engulfed the country during Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s corrupt reign.

Should taking up arms for the United States protect one from being kicked out of it? The House just said yes. Now it’s up to the Senate.

The GOP is planning probes next year of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. Is there room for a real reckoning—or just partisan point-scoring?

Sanctions were conceived as an alternative to war. But they may have made the world more violent.

Officials from the war-torn nation estimate that as many as 2.8 million residents have been forcibly relocated to Russia since the invasion began.

Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Divorce” offers a model for dealing with America’s irreconcilable differences.

Iran’s players made a bold protest statement the other day. But like it or not, on the pitch, they represent national glory in which the regime wants to bathe.

The economic punishments meted out on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have produced mixed results—and a rough reckoning for foreign policy thought leaders.

The showing by Itamar Ben-Gvir’s racist, nationalist party portends a hard-right turn. And meanwhile, on the left …

Meet Europe’s new far right, the same as the old far right.

The candidate of the left has establishment backing for Sunday’s vote. But below the level of the presidency, signs are more ominous.