FOREIGN POLICY

FEBRUARY 13. 2026

Europe to America: ‘We Are Looking for New Partners’

FP’s all-star panel at the Munich Security Conference.

The Age of Defensive Democracy

What is at stake today is not whether democracy can spread but whether it can survive at all.

Charting China’s Winter Olympics Rise

How Beijing has navigated sports and soft power, from Lake Placid to Milan Cortina.

Park Chan-wook’s Murderous Comedy of Corporate Manners Is a Masterpiece

‘No Other Choice’ shows a man’s world collapsing—with deadly results.

The Problem With Representative Democracy

What if elections aren’t the be-all and end-all?

The Demise of the Washington Post Is a Global Problem

What Jeff Bezos’s actions signal to news outlets around the world.

Migration Can Provide the Manpower for European Defense

Creating a pathway to citizenship in return for military service will help Europe stand on its own.

Does Germany’s Trump Policy Make Sense?

Friedrich Merz has his own strategy for dealing with the U. S. president, but the verdict is not yet in.

The Human Toll of Trump’s Cuba Policy

Washington wants political change in Havana. Ordinary people are paying the price.

Arms Control Was Once Trump’s Signature Issue

What is needed in this multipolar nuclear era is a president with the vision of his younger self.

FEBRUARY 12. 2026

EU Don’t Need U. S. ?

Munich readies itself for a European defense renaissance.

The EU Lacks Market Competitiveness—and Its Leaders Know

But European officials remain divided on how best to address U. S. unpredictability and Chinese competition.

Jeffrey Epstein’s Relationship With High Society

Why the elites kept calling even after the sex crimes conviction.

‘All the President’s Men’ Is 50—and Still Remarkable

This film makes cold calling names from the phone book look as thrilling as Indiana Jones outsmarting the Nazis.