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Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

Ethiopia Returns to Civil War
The Tigray People's Liberation Front, now allied with six other armed groups, hopes to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

6 Russian Words for a Country Sliding Into Authoritarianism
How ordinary people describe power, repression, absurdity, and life under Putin.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

‘Furious' Is an Angry Show for the World of Epstein and Trump
A tumultuous TV thriller delves into damage and revenge.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era
The famous thinker's new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here's How to Fight Back.
A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

Gulf States Are Hedging and Suffering
Neither appealing to Washington nor diversifying security partners nor back-channeling with Tehran is insulating the region from the consequences of war.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Carries Dangerous Proliferation Risks
Congress should add extra safeguards to prevent Riyadh from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Carries Proliferation Risks
Congress should add extra safeguards to prevent Riyadh from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

What Arab Israelis Really Think About Israel's Election
Ethnic Arabs could decide Israel's coming election—and its democratic future.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

Venezuela's Acting Leader Makes Her U.N. Debut
Delcy Rodríguez played stateswoman in New York—but gave no timeline for elections.

Foreign Policy
Sep 25, 2026

The Woman Remaking Brazil's Far Right
Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is playing a key role in her stepson's presidential campaign.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Netanyahu Faces an UNGA Walkout (Again)
The Israeli prime minister defended his country's actions in Gaza and Iran—and lashed out at Mamdani.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Trump and Xi Talked a Lot but Accomplished Little
The White House summit concluded with much fanfare but few breakthroughs.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People
Riyadh's bet on Trumpism has failed.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

China's Human Rights Crisis Hasn't Disappeared
Trump should raise the fates of imprisoned dissidents with Xi.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Can AI Be Regulated?
Frontier AI labs are calling for government oversight.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

The Law of the Sea Is in Trouble
The far right wants to abandon stranded seafarers.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Thank Goodness Europe Doesn't Have a Phone Number
U.S. policymakers like complaining about one of the sources of the European Union's strength.

Foreign Policy
Sep 24, 2026

Germany Is Officially Adrift
The German chancellor's power is ebbing at home—and the consequences will be global.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

Iran's UNGA Moment
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the U.S. government "terrorists."

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

Jaishankar Leads India's UNGA Delegation
New Delhi's top diplomat aims to push back against new U.S. tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

A $2.45 Billion Recovery Plan for Gaza
Trump claims to have brought peace to the territory. Now, he is trying to deliver it.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

What to Know About Djibouti's Refugee Crisis
The widening Houthi campaign along the Red Sea is further destabilizing the region.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

How to Create a Billion Jobs
World Bank President Ajay Banga explains how he's navigating a generational challenge.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

The World Needs to Know When AI Goes Wrong
Global reporting standards are a key step toward safety.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

The Iran War Might Be Somaliland's Chance for Recognition
The unrecognized republic is pitching itself as a strategic ally for Washington.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

Trump Wants to Ban Diesel Exports. It Won't Help.
Government interference in the world's largest oil-producing state would be counterproductive.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

What Machiavelli Would Say About Trump
The U.S. president offers a guide on how to be a very bad prince.

Foreign Policy
Sep 23, 2026

Malaysia's Top Crook Gets Leniency
Reformers who had pinned hope on Anwar to clean things up are enraged.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

A Tale of Two UNGA Speeches
U.S. President Donald Trump made threats, while outgoing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for peace and multilateralism.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Trump Threatens to ‘Annihilate' Iran in U.N. Speech
Such warnings—on the U.N. stage, no less—could be considered war crimes.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Xi Comes to Washington Armed With a Rare-Earth Card
Trump still doesn't have an answer to China's leverage.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

The West Is Sending Russia the Wrong Signals
Europe's fear of escalation is encouraging Putin.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Don't Expect Fireworks From the Trump-Xi Summit
Trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

How AI Fits Into Humanity's Troubling History
Like nuclear weapons, AI was born of human ingenuity. But its challenges are unique.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

How Canada Is Navigating Trump's Threats
A conversation with Foreign Minister Anita Anand.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

‘Scorpions in a Bottle': What the U.N. Can Do About AI Safety
A conversation with the multilateral institution's top tech envoy.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Washington Should Embrace Space Warfare
Space is already becoming militarized. The U.S. shouldn't let adversaries take the lead.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Japan's New CIA Could Be Takaichi's Trump Card
After decades of reticence, Tokyo is expanding its intelligence gathering abroad.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Will Inuit in Canada Turn to China?
Amid strained ties with Ottawa, some Indigenous leaders are suggesting that they may pursue new partnerships.

Foreign Policy
Sep 22, 2026

Trump's ‘Economic D-Day' Against Iran Risks U.S. Ties With China
The sanctions could trigger a trade war between Washington and Beijing.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

UNGA Convenes With Uncertainty on the Horizon
This year's high-level gathering takes place as the Guterres era approaches its end.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Trump Announces Deal for ‘Permanent Control' Over Greenland's Security
What will the agreement mean for NATO?

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Your 2026 UNGA Primer
The race for the new U.N. secretary-general, a Trump-Xi side quest, and runaway AI fears.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

How to Bring Peace to Sudan
The president of the country's Transitional Sovereignty Council argues that any solution must be homemade.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

It's Time to Update the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Countries committed to end poverty. They never accounted for forever wars.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Trump's Greenland Deal Is a Pyrrhic Victory at Best
Washington can still repair some of the damage done.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

The Real Reason Chinese AI Is Winning the Global South
Beijing is happy to let others build using its tools.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Nuclear Energy Is the Kremlin's Latest Leverage Over Washington
The United States has done little to end its dependence on Russia for enriched uranium.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

What Comes After the 1.5 Degree Era
A single global number asked the world to do everything everywhere all at once—and delivered too little.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Taiwan's Status Is Ambiguous. U.S. Policy Shouldn't Be.
It's time for the U.S. to embrace strategic clarity.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

How Flávio Bolsonaro Sees the World
Brazil's far-right presidential hopeful wants to step up ties with Washington. But like his father, he would struggle to spurn Beijing.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

To Win the Peace, Ukraine Must Cope With Vast Numbers of Veterans
Ukraine must "build the engine while it's driving the car," said Vitalii Kim, the country's new veterans' affairs minister.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Why Iran's Lego Clips Are Anything but ‘Stupid'
Marco Rubio should not dismiss this new and highly effective form of propaganda.

Foreign Policy
Sep 21, 2026

Barack Obama and the ‘Most Electable' Myth
The candidate perceived as the riskiest choice can sometimes offer the clearest path to power.

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 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

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

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.

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