The lingering challenges for the oil and natural gas markets (and a host of other commodities, from helium to fertilizer) boil down to three main issues: flows, stocks, and production.

There is a new sense of shock and dismay in Germany at Trump’s latest troop-withdrawal policy. Berlin now feels pressure to speed up recruitment, acquire key capabilities, and simultaneously search for ways to make up for its absence of deep-strike capabilities.

Malign actors are constantly transmitting signals that block airplanes’ navigational systems. Even worse, they are transmitting signals that distort those navigational systems, Elisabeth Braw writes.

What a very 1990s scandal says about corruption during the second Trump administration.

Critics fear that the campaign could further strain already tense relations between some European politicians and the United States, Sam Skove writes. The negative perception of the U.S. is such that even many European populists have turned away from Trump.

The baked-in damage to oil and gas production will take months to undo.

Under the second Trump administration, Washington’s policy has undergone a radical shift.

Across the world, signals crucial for safe air and sea travel are being disrupted.

A new book traces the dollar’s journey from Saxon miners in the early 1500s to Bolivian silver mines later that century to the greenbacks in wallets today.

Magyar’s electoral approach reflects an evolving populist conservatism that is taking root in Britain, France, Italy, and elsewhere.

Given the strained relationships between the United States and its contiguous neighbors, analysts say that it is unlikely that all three countries will agree to extend the deal.

Two new books on Istanbul, Suzy Hansen’s “From Life Itself” and Alexander Christie-Miller’s “To The City,” aim to capture the reality of a changing city.

From diet soda to the semiconductor industry and beyond, the impact of the Iran war will be felt around the world long after the strait reopens.

With the Strait of Hormuz still effectively closed and insecurity still high in the Red Sea, Syria is proposing to serve as a more direct land-based alternative.

Even as the Quad partners work to repair the damage, they will never restore the partnership to its pre-Trump trajectory, argues Arzan Tarapore.

Acknowledging the existence of a war between the United States and Iran is a substantial legal problem for Trump.

The United States and Iran might be edging closer to an agreement for ending the war. Columnist Adam Tooze takes a look at the economics of the potential deal.

Netanyahu learned to win not by moving to the center, but through destroying the social legitimacy of crossing over to the other side.

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This week in FP’s Latin America brief: Mexico and the European Union update their trade agreement, a Brazilian drug gang travels to Ukraine to get smart on drones, and exiled Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado plans her return.

Nearly three months into the Iran war, no commodity is insulated from the conflict’s cascading supply chain effects.

A recent court decision marks another major escalation in the government’s campaign against Turkey’s opposition.

The Iran war is beginning to feel a bit like Groundhog Day, with nearly the same series of events happening over and over again.

The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and resulting price spikes are worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.

Inflation is soaring, basic goods are scarce, fuel is gone, and Cuba’s aging power grid is nearing collapse.

Why does Trump do the things he does? In our latest collection, FP contributors tackle the most urgent question in the world—and attempt to discern a through line in the U.S. president’s actions on the world stage. Take a look:

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is on a roll against European regulation.

Over three decades, Netanyahu fundamentally reshaped Israeli society and the electoral logic driving its politics.

Israel and the United States made a colossal blunder when they started the war.

The expansion of U.S. operations in Nigeria’s northeast, the epicenter of the country’s insurgency, has been welcomed by Nigerians and politicians fed up with insecurity.

While some NATO leaders have ripped into Trump for his leadership style and decision-making, not everyone in the alliance views him as a problem.

As close as Beijing and Pyongyang are on paper, relations between the two behind the scenes are often tense.

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Rubio’s visit underscored a disconnect in U.S.-India relations: Washington is not sufficiently concerned about the large trust gap between the two capitals.

The Trump administration’s cavalier AI policy is meeting its most serious challenger: the first American pope.

The Iran Freedom Congress faces a long road ahead in its bid to represent the diverse, fractious Iranian opposition.

Last week, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced that the country will force all exports of selected raw materials to be conducted via a single state-owned enterprise.

Iran exposed, in the starkest possible terms, the limits of U.S. deterrence as a protective shield for its Gulf partners.

A $14 billion arms deal with Taiwan is the latest casualty of Trump’s attempts to find a new equilibrium with China.

The summit was disappointing for the United States at both the strategic and tactical levels.

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Israel can afford to pay its own way.

For most Moroccans, Abd el-Karim remains a symbol of national unity and steadfast resistance to European imperialism.

Harold Bloom’s correspondence bears an unmistakable political relevance, one centered on his distinct understanding, and cultivation, of friendship.

The immense progress that had been made in the 1960s tackling the problem of systemic racism within the electoral system has lost massive ground.

Europe is preparing for a future that doesn’t leave them so helplessly at the mercy of the United States.

“Atropia,” a new film that’s part rom-com and part war on terror satire, takes on the disconnect between Americans and the not-so-long-ago wars fought in their name.

The latest Ebola outbreak underscores a central flaw with the global preparedness model.

While there are valid concerns about the influence of Modi’s BJP party over key institutions, including the judiciary and media, checks and balances persist—at least for now.