FOREIGN POLICY

MARCH 23. 2026

George H. W. Bush Won His Middle East War and Still Lost At Home

When voters sense the president is more focused abroad than on the economy, they punish him for it.

A Better Trans-Atlantic Relationship Is Entirely Possible

How Europe and the United States could end up in a healthier alliance.

What Would an Abundance Foreign Policy Look Like?

Turning a popular idea from the American left outward.

MARCH 22. 2026

Robert Mueller III, a Public Servant Who Became a Political Target

He served his country for decades but ultimately fell afoul of U. S. President Donald Trump.

MARCH 20. 2026

Iran Intensifies Strikes on Gulf Energy Facilities

The White House has convinced Israel not to attack South Pars gas field again—so long as Tehran does not target Qatar.

Investors Are in Denial About the Economic Impact of the Iran War

The damage to energy infrastructure in the Gulf will have enduring impact.

The Follies of Predicting War

A new book debates who wins wars and why.

Why U. S. Victory in Iran Would Be Bad for Washington—and the World

The possibility of Trump imposing his personal whims on another nation is even more frightening than U. S. failure.

What Trump May Do if He Loses in Iran

The president’s go-to playbook in the face of defeat would be especially dangerous in the context of war.

Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics

From Ukraine to Iran, Elon Musk’s service has become an arbiter of foreign policy.

How to Get Money for Cold Sports in Warm Places

Winter Olympic success brings funding hopes to Southern Hemisphere athletes.

Sex, Liberation, and Obsession in 1970s Istanbul

“The Museum of Innocence” is a nostalgic and unnerving adaptation of Orhan Pamuk’s work.

Italy’s Referendum Could Be Meloni’s Biggest Test Yet

The Iran war has raised the stakes of the vote for the prime minister.

Continuity Under Fire

Why the Gulf’s grand strategies will not change.