At Political Rift, we don’t watch history unfold โ€” we document the fractures as they rip through the global stage.

Foreign Policy

Examines how nations project power, negotiate influence, and respond to conflict beyond their borders. These articles explore decisions made on the global stage and the consequences they carry at home and abroad.

Below is a selection of Foreign Policy analysis, focused on the strategies, alliances, and pressures that shape international political outcomes.

  • Collapse of Global Alliances: When Allies Turn Away

    Collapse of Global Alliances: When Allies Turn Away

    Collapse of Global Alliances: When Allies Turn Away They smiled for the camerasโ€”then fractured decades of trust What does it mean when long-standing allies stop answering the call? The โ€œSpecial Relationshipโ€ Is Over Once the backbone of Western diplomacy, relationships like the U.S.โ€“U.K. alliance are unraveling. Trade deals fizzle. Military coordination lags. Behind polished statements, Read more

  • Trust Shattered on the World Stage

    Trust Shattered on the World Stage

    Trust Shattered on the World Stage Once, treaties were sacred and alliances were promises sealed by history. In 2025, trust itself is the most endangered currency in global affairs โ€” a resource squandered faster than it can be rebuilt. Political Rift traces how shattered confidence across continents is leaving a world stage littered with broken Read more

  • Diplomacy with a Fuse

    Diplomacy with a Fuse

    Diplomacy with a Fuse Handshakes once sealed peace. Today, they hide detonators. Diplomacy in 2025 doesnโ€™t defuse conflicts โ€” it lights the fuse. Political Rift traces how every backroom deal, every public ceasefire, and every televised summit now smolders with hidden charges โ€” waiting to explode. Diplomacy: From Handshakes to Countdown Once, diplomacy was a Read more

  • Alliances Fractured, Treaties Torn

    Alliances Fractured, Treaties Torn

    Alliances Fractured, Treaties Rewritten For decades, American foreign policy rested on alliances built to withstand crises and treaties designed to stabilize a volatile world. Those agreements were not perfect, but they created predictability in global affairs. By 2025, that architecture shows visible strain, shaped by domestic politics, economic pressure, and shifting global power. Alliances rarely Read more

At Political Rift, we don’t watch history unfold โ€” we document the fractures as they rip through the global stage.