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Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

Russia's Parliamentary Elections Offer Rituals, Not Results
Polling shows that United Russia is all but certain to maintain its power.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

Will Russia Ever Be ‘Normal'?
Empires inevitably decline, and Putin's project will be no exception.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

In War, Trump and Putin Are Much Alike
Washington is emulating Moscow's ways of fighting wars—and helping it in the process.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

Chinese Literature Is Undergoing a Vibe Shift
Beijing long promoted novels about working-class travails. What happens when authors point fingers at the state?

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

Emily Wilson Chooses Her Words Carefully
The Homeric scholar's new book on translation is bitingly smart.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

How Americanness Overcomes Islamophobia
In Rozina Ali's new book, four families grapple with the post-9/11 shift.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

The Houthi Advance Is About More Than Just Iran
The Saudi-Emirati rivalry is driving moves across the region.

Foreign Policy
Sep 18, 2026

What the BRICS Summit Meant for Brazil
One year after hosting the event, is the country still shaping the bloc?

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

Trump's Risky Hack-Back Plan
The U.S. president wants tech companies to go on the cyber-offensive. Will it work?

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

By Nearly Every Metric, the U.S. Is Losing the Iran War
"It's irrefutable that the U.S. failed in its main strategic goals," one expert said.

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

Sweden's Right-Wing Reckoning
What was expected to be an easy election win resulted in a narrow victory for the left.

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

The Lives Built on Colombia's Peace Deal Are at Risk
The new president is unsettling the combatants who laid down their arms a decade ago.

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

How Do You Dismantle a Propaganda Machine?
Peter Magyar is on a mission to restore Hungarians' faith in public media.

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

China, Not Iran, Is Trump's Real Foreign-Policy Debacle
In 19 months, Washington has lost ground to Beijing on every conceivable front.

Foreign Policy
Sep 17, 2026

What's the Matter With Eastern Germany?
German far-right populism traces back to reunification—but historians disagree about why.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Modi and Xi's Meeting Caps a Detente
Despite the thaw, India-China rivalry remains inevitable.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

The EU's 28th State?
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floats making Canada the bloc's first associate member.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

The Fed Bucks Trump and Raises Interest Rates
War-fueled inflation remains too high, the U.S. central bank said, requiring the first hike in three years.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

What's Behind Nigeria's Military Spending Spree
Ahead of January elections, Bola Tinubu is pulling out all the stops to stem insecurity.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Russia Purges Its Last Anti-War Politicians
Ahead of the first State Duma elections since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, few are left to speak for peace.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Trump, God, and the Struggle for the Chin State
The MAGA movement has been a source of hope and headaches for Myanmar's Christian diaspora and the rebels they support.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Georgia's Government Is Using Civility as an Excuse to Crush Critics
New policies against online "vulgarity" target free speech.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Why Existential AI Fears Have Hit a Crescendo
And the complicated geopolitics of slowing down the technology's development.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

The Next Trump-Kim Summit Could Be About North Korea's Future Ruler
Kim Jong Un may be ready to introduce his daughter on the global stage.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

Lebanon's New Amnesty Law Shows Sunnis' Growing Power
How regional developments helped Lebanese Islamists get out of jail.

Foreign Policy
Sep 16, 2026

A Bumpy Peace Election in the Philippines
On a majority-Muslim island, federalists are sparring with Islamists.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Trump and Xi Won't Find Common Ground on AI Safety
The leaders have fundamentally different ideas about the technology and how to regulate it.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Are Drone Incursions Europe's New Normal?
NATO suspects that Russia is behind the latest airspace violation in Lithuania.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Trump Picks the Wrong Beef Before Midterms
The president's plan to tame soaring beef prices has alienated a key constituency.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Are Chinese Firms Handing the United States Data?
AI competition may be an unwitting weakness for Beijing.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Brazil's Election Won't Fix Its Biggest Problems
Slow growth and corruption have dogged the right and the left.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

How Al-Shabab Beat the Peacekeepers
Three missions and billions of U.S. dollars later, the al Qaeda affiliate is stronger than ever in Somalia.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

Only China, India, and Russia Can End the Iran War
Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf.

Foreign Policy
Sep 15, 2026

The United States Must Prepare for More Than One Russian Future
Managing the Ukraine conflict is just the beginning of negotiations.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

Fresh Houthi Strikes Inject New Uncertainty Into Iran War
As oil prices rise, planned regional talks hit a snag.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

Why My Kyiv Visit Worried Me So Much
FP's editor in chief on the mood in Ukraine—and what it means for the future of war.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

Civilians Need Better Protections in the Drone Age
Hunting noncombatants from the sky is growing disturbingly common.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

The Laws of War Must Change for the Drone Age
Hunting civilians from the sky is growing disturbingly common.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

Trump Is Killing ‘Strategic Ambiguity' Over Taiwan
It was once unclear how Washington would defend Taipei—now it's doubtful it will help at all.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

Trump Has Killed ‘Strategic Ambiguity' Over Taiwan
It was once unclear how Washington would defend Taipei—now it's doubtful it will help at all.

Foreign Policy
Sep 14, 2026

How Congress Empowered Presidential War-Making After 9/11
Its effects continue to shape national security policy today.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Why AfD Appeals to So Many Germans
The far-right party surges in a regional election.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Who Wears the BRICS Crown?
India and China compete to shape the bloc's agenda moving forward.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Sept. 5: A German state votes, Philippine police make a high-profile arrest, and Nigeria appoints a new military commander.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

The United States of Propaganda
Few Americans have the vocabulary to describe what's making them miserable.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Discarding an Old Map and Seeing Africa With Fresh Eyes
The continent offers solutions to some of the West's most vexing problems.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

A War Reporter's Antidote to Nihilism
In a new book, Sally Hayden considers how journalists can puncture the detachment of the privileged.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Don't Blame Ukraine for High Gas Prices
Kyiv's energy war on Russia may hurt on the margins, but the real culprit is Trump's war on Iran.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Why 9/11 Baffles Us 25 Years Later
It's the strategic disaster that keeps on giving.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Israel's Soft Power Is Its Hard Power
The Israeli government's greatest source of diplomatic influence is the popularity of its military equipment.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2026

Jamaica's Reparations Push
The country is asking the U.K. to consider compensation for the harms of slavery.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

What Makes a Good Counterterrorism Strategy?
Three top experts on the terror threat 25 years after 9/11.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

The Bab el-Mandeb Problem
Houthi control of a Red Sea port brings Tehran closer to claiming another critical waterway.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

The ‘Super-Terrorist' We Still Can't Escape
Carlos the Jackal left behind a violent, celebrity-obsessed world.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

The Paradox of Prabowonomics
Indonesia is experiencing 5 percent growth, but not everyone is feeling it.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

The Political Cost of Sending Korean Forces to Hormuz
By pressuring Seoul to support his Iran war, Trump is weakening a vital alliance.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

Scientists Saved Us From Catastrophic Risk Before
Track-two science diplomacy can provide vital safeguards on AI.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2026

Top Signs You're Heading for a Quagmire
Failed wars are predictable, if you know what to look for.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

Iran Launches Massive Attack on Global Shipping
Such assaults put the Strait of Hormuz under growing pressure as global crude prices skyrocket.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

What India Gets Out of BRICS
Ahead of the group's leaders' summit, New Delhi is pulling out the stops.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

Why Germany Isn't Punishing Russia Harder
Domestic politics constrains Berlin's ability to respond to an attempted drone attack.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

How Could Iran Happen? An Autopsy.
The president's war on the "deep state" led directly to his debacle in the Middle East.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

German Democracy, as We Knew It, Is Over
A far-right state election victory is ushering in the end of the country's postwar political system.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

Southeast Asia's Subtle Shift on Taiwan
An erratic United States and a rising China have the region recalibrating.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

Introducing the Fall 2026 Print Issue
How to survive in a world without rules.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

How to Survive in a World Without Rules
Self-help is becoming more vital in a vicious world.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

How to Write Better Rules for Global Finance
The importance of a "common good" compass.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2026

A New Engine of Development
The era of easy growth is over, but rich and poor countries can still join forces.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Why Is China's Officer Corps So Sprawling?
Not every People's Liberation Army general commands troops.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Berlin Is Shedding Light on the Gray Zone
Are European countries finally ready to publicly call out Russian sabotage?

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Are Yemen and Saudi Arabia Returning to All-Out War?
Houthi strikes risk adding a new front to the Iran conflict.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Can Trump Make Americans Mine Again?
The United States lacks the people to power its critical mineral ambitions.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Europe Needs a Real Policy on Israel-Palestine
As U.S. opinion shifts, Europe has an opportunity to be a player, not just a payer.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

South Korea Should Help Defend Ukraine's Skies
Seoul can prove itself a genuine partner to Europe, not just an opportunist.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

The U.S. and China Don't Need an AI Grand Bargain
The countries can cooperate—even without trust or consensus.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

The World's Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order
A proposal for a new international system that is at once centralized and regionalized.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Iran's Regional Strategy Is Never Coming Back
Iran's long-running security strategy hasn't survived the current war.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

Iran's Proxy Strategy Is Never Coming Back
Iran's long-running security strategy hasn't survived the current war.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2026

The Republican Origins of Medicare for All
A plan that a GOP senator proudly championed in 1970 is today seen as radical.

Foreign Policy
Sep 07, 2026

25 Years After 9/11, What Are We Failing to Imagine Now?
The counterterrorism community struggles with how technology might be applied to novel use cases.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

Milei Renews Argentina's Falklands Push
Buenos Aires is taking advantage of fraying ties between the United States and Britain.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

What Was the War on Terror?
A defining period in U.S. foreign policy has ended, but it remains misunderstood.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

The Conservative Case for International Law
Why the U.S. right should rediscover the virtues of a global legal order.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

The Novel Imagining Life After a Second Civil War
Emily St. John Mandel explores what follows U.S. collapse, plus more fiction in September.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

What 6 Different Versions of This Sex Comedy Say About the Countries That Made Them
Trust the French to add a wild twist.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

Why the United States Should Recognize Somaliland
U.S. allies won't love it, but American interests come first.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

Soccer's Favorite Strongman
José Mourinho's lessons on how to influence people (and not win friends).

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2026

Venezuelans Aren't Happy With the U.S. Oil Deal
Critics have decried the opaque agreement as oligarchic and colonialist.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

Peace in Sudan Can Only Flower After a Weapons Embargo
The case for the White House's Security Council resolution on Sudan, made by two senior administration officials.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

The USS Abraham Lincoln Is a Troubling Metaphor
Like the Iran war itself, the carrier's deployment lasted far longer than Trump expected or planned.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

A Gold Rush in Venezuela?
The curious case of a job posting and how global firms are tentatively exploring Trump's call to pursue mining opportunities.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

The Fallout of Russia's Failed Drone Attack on Germany
European nations join Berlin in punishing Moscow for an alleged unsuccessful attack on Leipzig airport.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

China Isn't Scared of Trump's Squeeze on Iran
Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

Turkey's Kurdish Peace Process Is Not About Erdogan
The government's negotiations with the PKK will succeed because they are driven by geopolitical threats rather than domestic concerns.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

Would Another War Help Netanyahu Win Reelection?
Some Israelis worry that he might manufacture a security crisis ahead of the vote.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2026

Ukraine's Mood Swing
Public sentiment is turning against Zelensky amid corruption concerns and years of war.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2026

Iran Accuses U.S. Military of a War Crime
Renewed fighting has taken a deadly turn after a month without major military action.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2026

Nepal's Disaster Demands a Regional Response
The glacier collapse and floods that followed show why neighboring states must cooperate to reduce future threats.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2026

How U.S. Allies Can Resist Washington's Bullying
The attack on the ICC offers a chance for solidarity on shared values.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2026

Rivals Circle an Out-of-Touch Prabowo
The emergence of pro-presidential thugs on the streets of Jakarta is a sign of the times.

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