Foreign Policy is a global affairs magazine offering diverse perspectives on issues shaping nations and the world. The war in the Persian Gulf has created global shock waves—by roiling the world ...

Military strength plays a crucial role in shaping a nation's geopolitical influence, security posture, and strategic capabilities. Every year, the Global Firepower (GFP) Index evaluates the military ...

Missile technology has steadily reshaped the balance of military power around the world over the course of the last century. Advances in rocket design and guidance systems allowed nations to strike ...

A small number of private technology firms now build the infrastructure on which both military power and the public’s perception of reality depend. Drawing on a 2025 wargaming experiment at the U.S.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sandy Carter, CEO at EQUS.ai, Top 10 Microsoft MSN AI Entrepreneur The next military advantage will not come from bigger ships, ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the Department of War (DOW) to work directly with coal-fired power plants on new long-term power purchasing agreements, arguing the ...

Eighty years after World War II, Germany and Japan—once defined by constitutional restraints on military power—are rebuilding their armed forces as the international order grows increasingly uncertain ...

The newly released 2026 Index of U.S. Military Strength finds that threats to U.S. vital interests are “high,” but America’s military power to counter the threats is only “marginal.” The threat facing ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Arctic’s growing importance has reached the point that acquiring Greenland has become a key demand for the second Trump administration amid concerns about Russian and Chinese ambitions in the ...