Pakistan’s Peacemaking Is a Setback for India As Islamabad positions itself as a mediator in the Iran war, New Delhi is sidelined.

Islamabad has cast itself as a neutral mediator between Washington and Tehran.

Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm Trump is trying to rerun the first Gulf War, badly, in an international system that won’t allow it.

If Trump is looking for a rerun of the 1991 Gulf War, he is likely to be disappointed.

The Next Global Food Crisis Has Already Begun Blocked fertilizer shipments plus La Niña spell trouble for farmers around the world.

The foundation of tomorrow’s food supply is rapidly deteriorating.

U.S.-South Korea Relations Are at Breaking Point The Iran war has confirmed how little Washington cares for its ally’s welfare.

The U.S.-South Korea alliance is close to rupturing, and Washington is at fault.

The Energy Shock Hits Latin America The Iran war has led the region’s leaders to recalibrate their economic policies.

The global energy shock has hit Latin America, bringing with it both economic pressures and heated political conversations.

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

China’s Belt and Road Initiative hasn’t just returned; it has also been fundamentally repurposed.

Why Jet Fuel Is the Real Harbinger of the Energy Crisis The Iran war is torching the products that make the world go around.

The price of jet fuel has more than doubled in the month since the war began to more than $195 a barrel as a global average.

Why Trump’s Speech Was So Worrying Certain outcomes to the U.S. war in Iran now seem more likely than ever.

Trump’s rashness and inconsistency have likely led governments worldwide to further reconsider the soundness of a U.S.-led global order. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/03/t...

Outsource AI Risk to the Right People Nuclear history shows the importance of keeping skeptics in the room when thinking about safety.

Nuclear history shows that the scientists who built a transformative technology repeatedly failed to control it.

How Hezbollah Stands to Benefit From an Israeli Invasion A renewed occupation could play to the guerrilla group’s strengths.

As Israel moves to occupy parts of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah appears to be calculating that a war of attrition would play to its strengths, writes columnist Anchal Vohra.

America’s War Machine Runs on Tungsten—and It Could Run Out U.S. operations in Iran risk draining limited U.S. stocks.

The U.S. war machine is reliant on a powerful metal that you’ve likely never heard of: tungsten.

Will the Iran War Evaporate the Gulf’s AI Oasis? The Iran war has punctured—though not completely popped—the region’s tech bubble.

The Gulf states’ investments in U.S. tech have continued apace even during the war.

Is Germany’s Postwar Consensus on Israel in Peril? The political left has become simultaneously more mainstream and more radical.

German support for Israel is no longer insulated from the shifting tides of public opinion.

How Algeria Is Navigating the War in Iran Algiers has historically close ties with Tehran—but it may benefit from the ongoing war.

The war in Iran has put Algeria in an awkward position, as it balances its strategic alignment with Iran while also benefiting from soaring energy prices as a critical gas supplier to the West.

What’s Next for the Iran War? A prime-time Trump speech offered few clues.

In a rare prime-time address about the Iran war’s progress, Trump offered few definitive answers to the American people and the rest of the world.

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The uncertainty of our current moment means there are now widely divergent futures that international leaders could create. In “The World After Trump,” five thinkers examine the possible trajectories.

Afghans Fear for Safety as War Returns As the world watches Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan clash.

With wars on all sides, Afghans are facing more danger and soaring prices. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/01/a...

Nepal’s New Leaders Go on the Offensive Former officials were arrested over the weekend in connection with a crackdown on protesters last year.

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office on Friday, and his new government has wasted little time following through on its pledge to pursue governance reforms and curb corruption.

Waiting for the War to End in Tehran For Iranians under fire, surges of patriotism and criticism of the government.

The residents of Tehran find themselves caught between political conviction and the realities of war.

Trump’s Iran War Is a Dilemma, Not a Debacle Each of Washington’s imperfect options comes with trade-offs and uncertainties.

The United States has many options, but each comes with trade-offs.

Xi’s Innovation Paradox Recent mandates show the Chinese leader wants both loyalty and creativity from officials.

This week in FP’s China Brief: The Chinese Communist Party announces new rules for local officials, the Trump-Xi summit is postponed until May, and Beijing introduces a de facto drone ban.

Five Scenarios for a U.S. Ground War on Iran A vexing geography offers no clean entry point.

In a potential ground war, the U.S. will need to either accept limited impact or invite uncontrollable escalation. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/31/s...

Does Iran’s Future Look Like Cuba, Syria, or North Korea? The Gulf and Israel are pursuing rival strategies toward Iran, but neither is likely to get what they want.

The Gulf states want Iran contained, not collapsed. But neither the United States nor Israel centers Arab Gulf security in its decision-making, writes H.A. Hellyer.

The Islamic State Sahel Threat Is Transnational Jihadism’s global hub is shifting, and its reach expanding.

The Islamic State Sahel Province is emerging as a hub for external operations that threaten both Western interests in Africa and, increasingly, the West itself.

Iran Flexes Its Cyber Chops Hackers linked to the regime are escalating attacks against the United States and Israel as the war rages.

The breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s email was the latest salvo in a tit-for-tat cyber exchange over the past week.

Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Condemn Others to Repeat It History has always been misused, but Washington’s Iran rhetoric is uniquely egregious.

Trump and his administration are appropriating history’s most painful lessons as decoration for their bad ideas. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/31/t...

Fuel Shortages Raise Stability Risks in Myanmar After a string of political victories, the military regime might now grapple with fresh upheaval.

A fresh economic crisis could undermine the still-fragile regime’s ability to project an image of normalcy. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/31/m...

What the State Department Got Wrong With the Iran War Evacuations Ex-diplomats point to a lack of qualified senior staff and a breakdown in trust.

Former State Department employees pointed to a lack of experienced personnel in key positions across the region as one likely explanation for the late evacuations in the Iran conflict, reports FP’s Sam Skove. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/31/i...

What a U.S. Operation to Get Iran’s Uranium Would Look Like It’s even more complicated than capturing a Venezuelan president.

Former U.S. officials and top military and nuclear experts expressed grave concerns over the potential dangers of a mission to remove Iran’s highly enriched uranium. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/01/u...

A Complacent America Shrugs Off New War Technologies From the president on down, many Americans still do not grasp the implications of drones and other threats.

The lack of public attention to drone incursions over U.S. military bases has vast implications, writes columnist Christian Caryl.