How Israel, Tariffs, and Immigration Impacted 3 U.S. Midterm Races
Republicans’ historic defeat in the U.S. midterms made clear that voters are unhappy with President Donald Trump’s Iran…
Vance Blames Iran War for GOP Midterms Wipeout
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on Wednesday offered an extraordinarily frank assessment of why he believes Republicans got…
Iran War Shows U.S. Military Needs a New Basing Strategy
For a generation, the United States has relied on large military bases across the Persian Gulf to project…
FP Live: U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Trump’s Policies in Iran, Sudan, China, and Russia.
Last year, after it emerged that a private White House chat group about U.S. strikes on Yemen mistakenly…
Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran Risks U.S. Ties With China
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the launch of Operation Economic Outcast in late August—an “economic D-Day” campaign to…
UNGA 2026: Trump, Iran, China, AI, and the Secretary-General Race
Happy Monday, and welcome to the first pop-up edition of Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, coming to you from…
How Similar Is the Iran War to Vietnam?
One of the sturdiest conventions about human affairs is the notion that “those who cannot remember the past…
Iran-Suspected Hacks of U.S. Water Systems Hit 12 States
Cyber warfare is increasingly coming for U.S. water supplies. Water providers in at least seven U.S. states have…
To End the Iran War, Trump Needs to Defy History
When U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran in mid-June, he promised…
American Power Is Dangerously Overstretched by Trump’s Iran War
The war in the Persian Gulf has created global shock waves—by roiling the world economy, unsettling U.S. alliances,…
FIFA Faces Trump’s Iran Ban
On the morning of June 15, an airliner will leave Tijuana, Mexico, with Iran’s national men’s soccer team…
Why the U.S. Should Wind Down Military Aid to Israel
Cutting or ending U.S. military assistance and sales to Israel is all the rage these days. In April,…