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Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

The U.S.-Europe Divide on How to Hurt Moscow
The White House believes that tariffs are the best strategy, but Brussels maintains that direct sanctions are more effective.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

All the Queen's Gossips
Two new books explore the tangled world of royal gossip and real crimes.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over
And it cannot be revived by China, Europe, post-Trump America, or the global south.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

The Coup That Started in a WeWork
A new documentary about the time a small band of misguided Americans attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Why Did Britain Send an Epstein Pal to Washington?
Labour cronyism produced Mandelson's disastrous appointment.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

The Man Who Made the U.N. Cool
A new biography of U Thant shows how his peacemaking abilities helped the United Nations grow and flourish—for a time.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Brazil's Historic Conviction
Can the country's democracy heal from the Bolsonaro era while resisting U.S. intimidation?

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Trump's Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains
The United States can't build the powerful technologies on its own.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Are Scam Compounds the Real Cause of Thailand-Cambodia Fighting?
Intense strikes targeted "pig butchering" syndicates on the border.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Elissa Slotkin's War Plan for the American Middle Class
A former CIA analyst-turned-senator thinks the Democratic Party needs a new vision focused on the economy.

Foreign Policy
Sep 12, 2025

Israel's Gaza Disengagement Worked Far Too Well
Leaving Gaza in 2005 wasn't a failed bid for peace but a catastrophically successful effort to freeze the peace process.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting Coup
The ruling is a watershed moment in Brazilian history—and one that could further upend relations with the United States.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Israel's Regional War
The Israeli military has now bombed several countries in addition to its assault on Gaza.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Poland Pursues Stronger Military Agenda After Russian Drone Incursion
Several Eastern European nations have also closed their borders with Russia and Belarus.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

The ICC Needs a Chief Prosecutor
Allegations against the court's head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Labour Is Surrendering Britain to the Mob
The government is siding with the far right on asylum—and opening the door to Reform U.K.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

China and Russia Are Winning the Hypersonic Missile Race
But the United States is catching up, with new weapons set to come online soon.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

The Perils of Irresponsible Reporting on Russia's War
Clickbait coverage is the Kremlin's friend. Just ask the Estonians.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

A Pragmatic Endgame for the Russia-Ukraine War
A clever map trick, Ukrainian self-defense, and European Union membership should form the core of a face-saving deal.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Iran's Foreign Policy Is Changing in Real Time
Tehran's foreign policy debate is heating up—and moving in unexpected directions.

Foreign Policy
Sep 11, 2025

Khamenei Thinks He Can Ride This Out
Russia and China can buy Tehran time but not a deal.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

Poland Shoots Down Russian Drones, Invokes NATO's Article 4
This is "the closest we have been to open conflict since World War II," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

Ethiopia Debuts New Mega-Dam
The project grants Addis Ababa control of the Nile River and threatens water supplies downstream.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

Europe's Delusions Over What It Means to Deter Russia
Leaders are afraid to tell voters what it will take to defend their continent.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

Russia Just Attacked NATO. Again.
One can only hope that Trump will draw the right conclusion: Coddling Putin leads to disaster.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

Outlawry in the Caribbean
Trump's execution of drug strugglers by drone is barbaric even by 19th-century legal standards.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

The Top 10 Trump Administration Foreign-Policy Mistakes
So far.

Foreign Policy
Sep 10, 2025

My Theory Says Sanctions on Russia Won't Work. So Why Do I Want Them Anyway?
The inventor of the sanctions paradox stress tests it 25 years on.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Israel's Strategic Declaration
By striking Qatar, Netanyahu has foresworn negotiations and expanded the battlefield.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Nepal Protests Expose Depth of Public Anger
The situation in Kathmandu remains tense after Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's resignation.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

No New World Order Here
China's military parade was just another display of a long-standing relationship.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Congress Has Only Itself to Blame for the War Department
Years of neglected oversight have led to unrestrained presidential authority.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Nepal's Gen Z Reckoning
Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns amid deadly anti-government protests.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Why Israeli Support for Settling Gaza Is Rising
The far right has normalized the idea of expelling Palestinians.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

China's Appetite for Rosewood Is Causing Chaos in Africa
Beijing should act to rein in a $2 billion industry.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Sudan, Congo, and You
From soda to sports, global consumers are implicated in Africa's most deadly conflicts. This also creates an avenue for change.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Europe and the U.S. Still Haven't Choked Off Russia's Energy Riches
The Russian economy may be wobbly, but it is still funding a deadly war with oil and gas sales.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Trump Has a Cluster-Bomb Approach to Policy
The collateral damage from the ICE raid on a Hyundai plant is yet another example of Trump's counterproductive strategy.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Europe Has Found Its True Language
The State of the Union has become a yearly ritual that breathes life into the EU.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Israel Escalates War Against Hamas With Doha Strike
Qatar decried the strike as a violation of international law.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.' Became a Civil Rights Struggle
Washington has long existed in a constitutional gray zone unlike those of other comparable democracies.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Ankara's New Syrian Headache
Toppling Assad didn't solve Turkey's problems—it made them worse.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Trump's Speedboat Attack Crossed All the Lines
The killing of 11 people went beyond any strike in the war on terror.

Foreign Policy
Sep 09, 2025

Stop Trying To Make Somaliland Happen
The U.S. should not legitimize another fragile rupture in an unsettled region.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

France Descends Toward Another Government Collapse
François Bayrou loses a confidence vote, becoming Paris's fourth failed prime minister in less than two years.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

Trump's War on Crime Is a War on Democracy
Democrats should fight back against the president's militarization of law enforcement before it's too late.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

Is It Time for Emmanuel Macron to Resign?
French politics has been plunged into utter dysfunction, with no clear way out.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

Introducing the Fall 2025 Print Issue
The end of development.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

How Big Finance Ate Foreign Aid
Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the '90s to pariahs today.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

The Development Economist Who Wasn't
Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

The Problem With the Global South's Self-Help Push
Poorer countries have become more integrated but not necessarily more united.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

Africa Is Now Calling the Shots
Governments, civil society, and the private sector are reimagining development away from external interventions.

Foreign Policy
Sep 08, 2025

The End of Development
The West's aid model was always a mirage. It's time for a realistic alternative.

Foreign Policy
Sep 07, 2025

How Russia Distorts the Past
Memory politics shape Putin's influence at home and abroad.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

Putin: Foreign Troops in Ukraine Would Be ‘Legitimate Targets'
Moscow insists that peacekeepers are unnecessary because Russia would abide by a future peace deal.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

The Economics of the U.S. Open
The origins of tennis still shape the sport—including how much players earn at the major tournaments.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

The East-West Contest With No End
The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it's still playing out today.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Aug. 30: Guyana votes, Indonesian students protest, and U.S. forces strike a Caribbean boat.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

‘Dhadak 2' Is About Love, Death, and Caste in India
A new film shatters the Bollywood fantasy around romance and family.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

The Novels We're Reading in September
From a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

Bananas, After the Strike
Labor strife, climate shocks, and Chiquita's uneasy return mark a new chapter for Panama's banana industry.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

Putin and Xi Have Different Plans to Live Forever
What a fixation with immortality says about two aging autocrats.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

Trump Is Squeezing U.S. Farmers on All Sides
The president's chaotic agenda is making business even harder for one of his key voter bases.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

Qué Sharaa, Sharaa
With concrete steps, Washington can keep Syria's future on track.

Foreign Policy
Sep 05, 2025

The Battle of Narratives on the Thai-Cambodian Border
The recent conflict has shifted domestic politics in both countries.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Trump's New War on ‘Narcoterrorists'
The U.S. military adds bombing alleged drug traffickers to its ever-growing list of duties.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Trump's Caribbean Strike Polarizes Region
Venezuela's frayed ties with old allies have left it isolated in responding to U.S. force.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

26 Countries Commit to Deploying Troops to Ukraine Postwar
Kyiv maintains that security guarantees are vital to ensure Russia adheres to a future peace deal.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Indonesia Is Bracing for More Violence
Corruption and police brutality have created a public ready to riot.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

How Much Aid Is the U.S. Still Giving Ukraine?
Despite President Donald Trump's claims that Washington is no longer funding the war, the reality is more complex.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Putin's Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis
Greater sanctions pressure could finally bring Moscow to the negotiating table.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Kashmir's Politicians Don't Speak Kashmiri
The next generation of Kashmiri leaders is entering politics without fluency in the local language.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Israelis Need to Recognize the Humanity of Gazans
The unspeakable suffering of Palestinians has echoes of the persecution of the Jewish community.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Deploying U.S. Vessels to the Caribbean Is a Show of Force
The Trump administration is reprioritizing security in the Western hemisphere.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

How Israel's Strikes on the Houthis Will Change Yemen
For years, the group has relied on the perception that it is untouchable.

Foreign Policy
Sep 04, 2025

Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy Enters Uncharted Waters
The sinking of a small boat the U.S. president said was carrying drugs violated traditional procedures.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

China's Military Parade Sends a Pointed Message to the West
President Xi Jinping is flaunting Beijing's weapons development and close ties with other autocratic leaders.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

What the Modi-Xi Meeting Was Really About
The Indian leader's visit to China caps a nearly year-long effort to ease bilateral tensions.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

Xi's Pablum and Power
China's real message was on display in its military parade, not the empty pageantry of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

Is Trump Pushing India Into China's Arms?
How New Delhi is navigating U.S. tariffs and a shifting geopolitical reality.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

The U.S. Is Inching Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
The Trump administration's Latin America policy is more hawkish than many realize.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

How to Make Snapback a Success
The clock is ticking for a new nuclear deal with Iran.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

Who Will Wield All Those Shiny New Weapons?
As defense spending rises and production ramps up, allied armies struggle to fill the ranks.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

Modi, Lee, and Trump's Nobel Prize Obsession
What India's and South Korea's dealings with Washington tell us about real and imagined U.S. peace initiatives in Asia.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

Prigozhin's Ghost Haunts Africa Corps
The Wagner Group is no more but Moscow is peddling the same false promises.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

What Caused Botswana's Public Health Emergency?
The declaration comes amid a downturn in the diamond market and U.S. foreign aid cuts.

Foreign Policy
Sep 03, 2025

China's Military Is Now Leading
The parade which proved the regional military balance has irrevocably changed.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

Xi's New World Order
By touting Beijing's military and diplomatic might, Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes to shift away from the U.S.-led global system.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

Putin Pays Homage at Xi's Summit
Beijing is rapidly eclipsing Moscow's role in Central Asia.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

Washington Has One Chance to Help Disarm Hezbollah
As Lebanon moves to confront the country's most dangerous militia, U.S. support will be vital.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

Trump Is Treating America Like an Emerging Market
Trump's economic program has damaged many weaker economies and makes even less sense for the United States

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

How Jamaica Bucked a Regional Trend to Reduce Gang Violence
Elsewhere in the Caribbean, homicide rates are going up—and U.S. intervention isn't helping.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

How Fear Killed Liberalism
Political anxieties have piled up and put an end to an era of public optimism.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

Ethiopia Could Still Avert the Next War With Eritrea
Keeping the Pretoria Agreement in a comatose state should not be seen as an end in itself.

Foreign Policy
Sep 02, 2025

The World Wanted a Plastics Pollution Treaty, but the U.S. Had Other Plans
What happened in Geneva this month bodes ill for future global environmental agreements.

Foreign Policy
Sep 01, 2025

Why FDR's Court-Packing Plan Was Nothing Like What Trump Is Doing
Critics warned the president was making a dangerous power grab with fascist echoes.

Foreign Policy
Sep 01, 2025

Why the Global South Won't Quit Russia
For rising states with expanding ambitions, three great powers are preferable to two.

Foreign Policy
Sep 01, 2025

The Coming Ecological Cold War
Decarbonization isn't just about technology and markets—it's a geopolitical revolution.

Foreign Policy
Sep 01, 2025

The Question of Israel's Right to Exist is a Red Herring
Israel's critics should be talking instead about regime change.

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