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Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Is the AI Economy a Bubble?
Economist Jared Bernstein warns that revenues simply aren't catching up with sky-high valuations.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

We've Forgotten What ‘Soft Power' Is
Internationalists are mourning the loss of soft power. Do they even know what that means anymore?

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Netanyahu Orders Immediate Strikes on Gaza
The fragile cease-fire is once again at risk of collapsing as Israel accuses Hamas of violations.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Why There's No Easy Button to End the Russia-Ukraine War
Economic carrots and sanctions aren't powerful enough to compensate Russia for giving up its maximalist aims.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

How Turkish Arms End Up in African Conflicts
Ankara's engagement on the continent has generated violence, not stability.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Central Europe Has Compassion Fatigue
Nearly four years of hosting Ukrainian refugees is fueling a resentful backlash.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

The Lessons of ‘A House of Dynamite'
Kathryn Bigelow's latest movie offers insights for an increasingly dangerous world.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

Democratic Peace Theory, R.I.P.
The rise, and potential fall, of a mainstay academic theory.

Foreign Policy
Oct 28, 2025

How Trump Can Avoid ‘Owning' Gaza
Expanding U.S. strategic ambiguity with both Israel and the Gulf states is the best bet for regional progress.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

The Trump Trade Tracker
The latest global picture on Trump's tariff regime—including who has managed to cut a deal.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

A Bridge Divided
Do expanding internal border controls within the Schengen zone compromise the European project?

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

For Syrian Refugees, U.S. Aid Cuts Have Been Devastating
Many face a tough choice—remain in squalid camps or return to a troubled homeland.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

Trump, Takaichi Seek New Trade, Security Opportunities to Counter China
After signing several trade deals at the ASEAN summit, the U.S. president is turning his attention to Washington's East Asian partners.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

Who Is Messing With Airplane GPS Worldwide?
A wave of global interference threatens air safety.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

How Trump's White House Renovation Differs from Truman's
Both projects attracted public scrutiny and criticism, yet the contrast in approach is telling.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More
Contrary to Trump's claim, diversifying the supply chain won't drive down prices.

Foreign Policy
Oct 27, 2025

How to Make AI More Useful
The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Canada Seeks New Trade Partners in Asia After Trump's Blowup
Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to decrease Ottawa's dependence on Washington.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Is the U.S. Ready for War With China?
U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Plush Power
How Labubu dolls became China's first contemporary cultural export.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

‘A House of Dynamite' Isn't Explosive Enough
Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

It's (Still) Henry Kissinger's World
A new documentary argues Nixon's secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Trump's Anti-Worker Foreign Policy
By cutting U.S. support for labor rights around the globe, Washington is hurting workers at home and abroad.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Even Doomsday Will Divide Us
Megha Majumdar's "A Guardian and a Thief" interrogates how the have-nots get by in a climate catastrophe.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Indian Farmers Struggle as Climate Change Warps Landscape
Once-thriving crops are poorly adapting to new temperatures.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Is Bolivia Ready for Paz?
The conservative president-elect has an economic crisis in his inbox.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths
China's complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.

Foreign Policy
Oct 24, 2025

For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset
Going back to first principles has until recently spooked many diplomats.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

The Difficult Art of Bibi-Sitting
The Trump administration is working to uphold the fragile Gaza cease-fire.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

The EU, U.S. Hit Russia Where It Hurts
Sweeping sanctions packages aim to curb funding for Moscow's war effort.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

Will Trump's Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?
The threat to Moscow's oil earnings is huge. But will it be enough?

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

Pakistan's Year of Diplomatic Miracles
Islamabad has pulled off repeated coups—but can they last?

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

Three Key Questions About Trump's War Against Drug Boats
Experts believe the operation is about regime change in Venezuela.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

India Warily Welcomes the Taliban
A diplomatic visit highlights the cautious engagement between New Delhi and Kabul.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

China Can't Keep Its Hands Clean in Myanmar's Scam Cities
Ties between organized crime syndicates and Chinese intelligence run deep.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

How to Fight Putin on the Information Battlefield
The West can't fully adopt Russia's methods—but it should study them.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

Nobody Is Sure How Bolivia's New President Will Govern
Latin America's right has welcomed centrist Sen. Rodrigo Paz's victory.

Foreign Policy
Oct 23, 2025

Suriname's Coming Oil Boom
Can the carbon-negative country enrich itself without harming the planet?

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

U.S. Sanctions Major Russian Energy Companies
The move follows a U.S. decision to cancel plans for a peace summit in Budapest.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

The Deep Roots of Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Violence
It's not just terrorism concerns driving tensions.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

Rutte Holds a Last-Minute Meeting With Trump on Russia-Ukraine
Ahead of the meeting, the NATO chief stoked the U.S. president's ego and brushed off concerns about a lack of progress in cease-fire talks.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

South Africa Unveils New Energy Policy
The continent's largest emitter aims to cut coal and invest in nuclear and gas.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President'
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin on the end of the American myth of limitlessness.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

Trump Faces MAGA Backlash for Argentina Bailout
Billions for Buenos Aires, and support for Argentine farmers, is not sitting well in the U.S. heartland.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

Giorgia Meloni's Winning Streak
Love her or hate her, Italians aren't used to this kind of stability.

Foreign Policy
Oct 22, 2025

Drawing a Line in the Sky
How to build NATO unity and capability in the face of Russian airspace violations.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

A Trump-Putin Budapest Summit Is Unlikely to Lead to a Breakthrough
The United States and Russia's positions are too far apart for a successful meeting, analysts and diplomats say.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Trump-Putin Budapest Summit Crumbles
Analysts and diplomats were already skeptical that the meeting would happen.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Japan Elects Sanae Takaichi as First Female Prime Minister
The ultraconservative is expected to move the country further to the right.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump
After drastic cuts, some aid workers are advocating a more pragmatic approach to dealing with Trump 2.0.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Raila Odinga Embodied the Spirit—and Contradictions—of Kenyan Democracy
How the country's most relentless opposition leader became a statesman of compromise.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Raila Odinga Embodied the Spirt—and Contradictions—of Kenyan Democracy
How the country's most relentless opposition leader became a statesman of compromise.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

China Announces Military Purge Ahead of Fourth Plenum
It's the first of many possible personnel changes during this week's party meeting.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Japan's First Female Prime Minister Inherits a Shaky Office
Sanae Takaichi may not get a chance to implement her hard-line conservatism.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Women's Rights Are Winning
Around the world, high-profile setbacks have inspired overlooked progress.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing
Changing dynamics in Tigray could erode the current balance of uncertainty.

Foreign Policy
Oct 21, 2025

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN
Timor-Leste's president said it was easier to get into heaven than the Southeast Asian bloc.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals
Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the U.S. president.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

The Embarrassing Demotion of Europe
How the continent became a second-class citizen on the global stage.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Trump, Albanese Sign Major Critical Minerals Deal
The agreement aims to counter China's near monopoly on supply chains.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Trump Goes After Colombia—and Risks Weakening the Fight Against Drugs
Cutting U.S. assistance to Bogotá will make it harder to stop record flows of cocaine.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Europe's Unlikely Capital of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement
How Naples became a bastion of pro-Palestinian activism on the continent.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Trump Should Be Wary of Partnering With Pakistan
Despite a recent boost in ties, history shows that Islamabad is a fickle friend in South Asia.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Europe Is At War
Putin sees Ukraine as part of a larger struggle with Europe. Europeans should, too.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

U.S. Intelligence Is Being Blinded by Trumpian Politics
Tulsi Gabbard has killed a key report for covering climate change.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Reliable Not Reckless
Why Washington's Measured Support for Ukraine Reassured the World

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Reliable, Not Reckless
Why Washington's measured support for Ukraine reassured the world.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump's Trade Attacks
Ottawa's latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington's victims around the world.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

Can India Continue to Rise Without Its Region?
New Delhi can only ignore the neighborhood's political volatility for so long.

Foreign Policy
Oct 20, 2025

The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor
A defining moment for Reagan was also a turning point in the decline of unions.

Foreign Policy
Oct 19, 2025

What Is Trump's Latin America Policy?
Making sense of the latest U.S. moves in Venezuela and beyond.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

U.S. Tomahawks Become New Flash Point in Trump-Zelensky Talks
Where once the White House appeared inclined to sell the weapons to Kyiv, Trump seems to be reconsidering.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

The Road Ahead for Palestine
Former negotiator Diana Buttu on the need for accountability—from Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

From Gutenberg to the Deutsche Mark, the Long History of the Frankfurt Book Fair
The world's largest annual book event gets underway.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

The Rise of Durian Diplomacy
In Asia, soft power rests on a divisive, spiky fruit.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

7 Books That Reveal How Kremlin Decision-Makers Think
Don't read these new titles on Russia's wars before bedtime.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

The Forgotten Beginning of the End of History
Alexandre Kojève was one of the most influential 20th-century thinkers. How can we make sense of him today?

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Oct. 11: Peruvians protest, Madagascar's government falls, and the latest from the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

Peru's Political Churn Isn't Over Yet
Even after the president's impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

Trump's Panama Port Predicament
The deal to sever China's ties to the Panama Canal could boost its influence elsewhere in the region.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

Welcome to the Era of Mutually Assured Disruption
Washington and Beijing both believe they can manage the chaos. Neither can.

Foreign Policy
Oct 17, 2025

Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here's why you should be paying attention.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Albanese Is Finally Getting His Trump Meeting
AUKUS and critical minerals will dominate the agenda for the Australian prime minister's White House visit.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Timor-Leste Adds a New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Competition
Southeast Asia's freest democracy is joining ASEAN and could shift the balance of power.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Lecornu Survives Two No-Confidence Votes—at a Price
Bargaining with the president's pension reform plan may not secure the support that Paris needs to pass a budget.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

What's the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

What the Protracted Shutdown Means for the U.S. Economy
Trump is using the crisis to target his political enemies.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

How the U.S. Failure in Iraq Haunts Trump's Gaza Plan
The American-led trusteeship will command no legitimacy among Palestinians.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Russia's Oil Earnings May Get Clobbered by OPEC
Big supply increases this year threaten a global oil glut that could knock the Kremlin's budget out of whack.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.
Allowing Islamic State prisoners to languish in detention is a dangerous radicalization risk.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

It's Time to Stop New START
Putin's proposed arms control extension is good for Russia and China, but bad for America.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Ukraine Needs More Drones
Tight cooperation with Beijing and Tehran is giving Moscow an edge on the critical weapons.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

What We Can Learn From Trump's Success in Gaza
In diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance.

Foreign Policy
Oct 16, 2025

Why Won't the UAE End the War in Sudan?
An independent inquiry has established the complicity of external actors.

Foreign Policy
Oct 15, 2025

Hamas Returns Wrong Hostage to Israel, Testing Fragile Gaza Cease-Fire
Israel has threatened to withhold humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza over Hamas's slow return efforts.

Foreign Policy
Oct 15, 2025

The U.S. Is in a ‘Particularly Authoritarian' Moment
Trump is treating the military like a "private army," political scientist Nicholas Grossman warns.

Foreign Policy
Oct 15, 2025

As the War in Gaza Winds Down, the West Bank Is a Flash Point
If Trump wants peace, he must block Israel's annexationist policies.

Foreign Policy
Oct 15, 2025

Trump's Foreign Policy Is Not as Successful as You Think
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that the Gaza deal proves Trump's diplomatic chops.

Foreign Policy
Oct 15, 2025

Taliban Foreign Minister Spends the Week in India
The trip marks the culmination of a remarkable turnaround in ties.

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