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Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

What to Make of China's Trade Surplus
The imbalance raises questions about the global economy and Trump administration policy.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

What Happens to China's Surplus Men?
The one-child policy's gender imbalance has spawned desperate bachelors, dubious gurus, and a rising manosphere.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

The Nvidia Chip Deal Is a National Security Disaster Waiting to Happen
Trump's latest proposal would cede the United States' AI advantage.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

Soccer Still Has Some Explaining to Do
Re-read today, Franklin Foer's 2004 classic inadvertently suggests where globalization went wrong.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

A Tale of Two Asylum-Seekers
"Souleymane's Story" interrogates the fictions we tell ourselves about what makes an acceptable migrant.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

Russia Sees the Former Soviet Union as a ‘Fiefdom,' Moldova's Foreign Minister Says
The foreign minister also said if anyone can bring peace to the region, it's U.S. President Donald Trump.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

U.S. Diplomats Take Trump to Court Over Mass Firings
The U.S. Foreign Service officers union seeks an injunction to prevent nearly 250 terminations.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

Germany Loves to Hate Friedrich Merz
Germany's chancellor is doing far better than everyone seems to think.

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Dec 12, 2025

Pakistan's 27th Amendment Upends Its Nuclear Command
A constitutional reform throws restraint, deterrence, and regional stability into question.

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Dec 12, 2025

The Welfare State Saved Capitalism. Now It Can Save European Democracy.
A growing skepticism of social spending risks undermining a post-war pillar of Europe's stability.

Foreign Policy
Dec 12, 2025

USMCA Deal Comes up for Review
Trump has kept Canada and Mexico guessing about whether he will renew the trade agreement.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

The Challenges of Providing Humanitarian Aid
Organizations working in Gaza and Sudan say their jobs have become harder than ever.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Trump Ramps Up the Pressure on Maduro
The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker near Venezuela marks a new escalation in the White House's regime-change ambitions.

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Dec 11, 2025

Trump Accelerates U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela
The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker near Venezuela marks a new escalation in the White House's regime-change ambitions.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Putin Has Already Won
He's exposed fatal divisions in the "West" even as Russians still back his Ukraine invasion.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Putin's Already Won
He's exposed fatal divisions in the "West" even as Russians still back his Ukraine invasion.

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Dec 11, 2025

Trump's National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for the Demise of the West
The White House's agenda may not be coherent, but it is deeply dangerous.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Two Cheers for the National Security Strategy
Trump's new document gets much right and a few things wrong.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

The Geopolitics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are investing capital right when the world values geopolitical swing states.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Russia's Blackout Warfare Needs a U.S. Counter
Deterring Moscow's assault on Ukraine's energy will pay off across Europe.

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Dec 11, 2025

Nuclear Policy Must Learn to Live With Disagreement
From climate to AI, other fields have bridged deep divides.

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Dec 11, 2025

3 Lessons China Learned From the United States
America's greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture. It was the template for global power itself.

Foreign Policy
Dec 11, 2025

Three Lessons China Learned from the United States
America's greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture. It was the template for global power itself.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

200,000 Flee Congo After Trump's ‘Historic' Peace Deal
Why the Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

Where Do U.S.-India Ties Stand?
Officials still seem to be working toward a trade deal, but it won't be a silver bullet.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

How Far Will Trump's Pressure Campaign Against the ICC Go?
The White House wants the court to alter the Rome Statute so Trump and his officials can't be prosecuted.

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Dec 10, 2025

Trump's Pressure Campaign Against the ICC Reaches New Heights
The White House wants the court to alter the Rome Statute so Trump and his officials can't be prosecuted.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

The Muslim Brotherhood Still Isn't a Terrorist Organization
Naming it one will only bolster repression in the Middle East and the United States.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Says There's No Cease-Fire in Gaza
"There is no peace without the end of the occupation," Albanese said.

Foreign Policy
Dec 10, 2025

Promises on Pause in Kashmir
Critics say the region's leader hasn't delivered on his defiant campaign rhetoric.

Foreign Policy
Dec 09, 2025

U.S. Farmers Aren't Out of the Woods Yet
Trump's bailout offers temporary relief, but trade war pain remains.

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Dec 09, 2025

Zelensky Defies U.S. Pressure to Cede Territory to Russia
The White House has suggested that Moscow will likely win the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Dec 09, 2025

Dirty Air Threatens India's Global Power
How New Delhi's pollution has become a more fundamental crisis.

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Dec 09, 2025

A Bad Week for Washington's China Hawks
Trump's overtures to Beijing deal a blow to U.S. hard-liners.

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Dec 09, 2025

Trump Threatens Mexico With Tariffs Over Water
Drought has dried up Mexico's water supply, much to the chagrin of Texas farmers—and Trump.

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Dec 09, 2025

France Didn't Lose the Sahel—Everyone Did
Blaming Paris for Mali's problems won't solve them. A collective European response is needed.

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Dec 09, 2025

Vietnam Tries to Escape the U.S.-China Trap
Hanoi has been quietly expanding partnerships beyond the Indo-Pacific.

Foreign Policy
Dec 09, 2025

Why Richard Nixon Killed National Child Care
The president's veto had to do with mounting opposition to his policy of detente.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Congress Moves to Restrain Trump in Annual Defense Policy Bill
The National Defense Authorization Act would limit Hegseth's ability to reduce U.S. troops in Europe and Asia, among other measures.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Deadly Clashes Upend Thailand-Cambodia Cease-Fire
Regional leaders warn that the decades-long feud could trigger widespread instability across Southeast Asia.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Why Indonesia's Not Out of the Flood Zone
The waters may have let up, but an aid crisis continues.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

The Only War the White House Is Ready for Is Culture War
The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a moral and strategic disaster.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

What the 2025 National Security Strategy Means for Asia
The MAGA revolution in U.S. foreign policy brings good news and bad.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Trump's New Corollary
The President's invocation of the Monroe Doctrine is rhetorically satisfying but carries real risks.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Mexican Climate Activists' Ambitions Are Crumbling
President Claudia Sheinbaum has eroded a key legal tool used to ensure environmental justice.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Hillary Clinton: ‘Congress Has Abdicated Its Responsibility'
The former U.S. secretary of state on Trump's foreign policy, Americans' shifting views on Israel, and the fight for women's rights.

Foreign Policy
Dec 08, 2025

Trump's Pivot to Pakistan
The South Asian nation has deployed a combination of flattery and strategy to get Washington on its side.

Foreign Policy
Dec 07, 2025

A World of Cons, Crooks, and Culprits
Where scam industries are thriving around the globe.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Trump's New National Security Strategy Goes Full ‘America First'
The long-anticipated plan aims to selectively impose the U.S. president's worldview around the globe.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Xi, Macron Seize Symbolic Victories in Unorthodox Summit
Both China and France hope to strengthen their images on the world stage amid growing isolationism.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Biden's Long Shadow Over Ukraine
His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

When the Democratic Recession Comes Home
Michael McFaul wants more democracy promotion. Is now the time?

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

A Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Women in Taiwan
"Left-Handed Girl," Taiwan's Oscar hopeful, offers a multifaceted view of women learning to live beyond shame.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

A Jekyll and Hyde for the Manosphere
"The Things You Kill" explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

A Jekyll and Hyde for the Manosphere Crowd
"The Things You Kill" explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Nov. 29: A disease outbreak ends in Congo, Trump pardons a former Honduran president, and the latest from Israel-Palestine.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Does Europe Finally Realize It's Alone?
Washington's new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Trump Has Many Options if the Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs
A weak Congress means a deep toolbox for the president.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

Trump Is Threatening His Own World Cup
Ongoing immigration raids risk the success of the global sporting event.

Foreign Policy
Dec 05, 2025

An AI Bust May Not Be All Bad News
The boom makes it hard for competitors to step away from a treadmill of continuous acceleration.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

Election Drama Heats Up in Honduras
The country is the latest target of Trump's partisan interventions.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

Pete Hegseth's Bad Week
The defense secretary is under scrutiny for a series of questionable decisions.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

Modi Walks a Tightrope Between Putin and Trump
This week's meeting with Putin will test how well India can balance ties with Russia and the United States.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

Silicon Valley Wants Disaster Bunkers. Norway Wants ‘Preparedness Friends.'
Norwegians are pioneering better models of catastrophe preparation.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

Africa Was the Biggest Loser of China's COP30 Triumph
Decisions about the continent's future are being made in foreign capitals.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

West Bank Violence Threatens Trump's Gaza Peace Plan
Rights groups say the Israeli government is complicit.

Foreign Policy
Dec 04, 2025

The U.S. Can't Talk to Its Neighbors Anymore
What the postponement of the Summit of the Americas reveals about regional relations.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

The New Wealth of Nations
How instrumental capital is reshaping the world.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

U.S. Suspends All Immigration Requests From 19 ‘High-Risk' Countries
Critics say the mandate is evidence of the Trump administration's xenophobic policies.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

U.S. Issues Sweeping Immigration Crackdown on 19 Countries
Critics say the mandate is evidence of the Trump administration's xenophobic policies.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

Mali's Junta Is the Architect of Its Own Disasters
Blaming foreign intervention is easy—but mistaken.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

Putin Heads to New Delhi
The visit comes at a somewhat precarious moment for India-Russia relations.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

China's Military Machine Shouldn't Run on American Chips
The GAIN AI Act would have given U.S. buyers priority in the global AI race.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

Was Guinea-Bissau's Coup a Sham?
Major African politicians are claiming that Africa's latest putsch was staged.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

Ukraine Can Only Rely on Itself
In any peace deal with Russia, security guarantees from outsiders won't guarantee much.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

Netanyahu Is Still Following the Same Failed Gaza Strategy
Two years of war have brought tactical changes and immense suffering, but the political status quo endures.

Foreign Policy
Dec 03, 2025

What Is the Filibuster Good For?
A term originally used to describe pirates is now synonymous with U.S. congressional dysfunction.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Republicans Criticize Hegseth for Deadly Caribbean Double Strike
Bipartisan lawmakers are demanding congressional probes into the defense secretary's handling of a deadly boat strike.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Deadly Fire Highlights Hong Kong's Predicament
The tragedy confirmed to many locals that the city's freedoms have vanished.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Trump's Favorite Role? Foreign-Policy Czar.
In diplomacy, the U.S. president always seems to follow his own transactional view of human affairs.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Putin's Threats Against Europe Undermine Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
Moscow remains opposed to surrendering its territorial ambitions.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Putin Meets With Witkoff, Kushner to Discuss Ukraine Peace Plan
Moscow remains opposed to surrendering its territorial ambitions.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

The Minerals That Drive Trump's Global Agenda
From Canada to Pakistan, an interest in critical minerals is a through line in the White House's foreign policy.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Trump's Venezuela Fixation Is Not About the Oil
There are lots of reasons why the Trump administration is angling for regime change in Caracas, but heavy oil isn't one of them.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Can Pakistan Adapt to Climate Disaster?
Three years ago, the country became a poster child for climate justice. Now, it faces a steep learning curve to secure the funding it needs.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Why China Did Not Do a ‘Kissinger' to Split Europe From America
Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus.

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Dec 02, 2025

Why China Didn't Do a ‘Kissinger' to Split Europe From America
Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus.

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Dec 02, 2025

Malaysia's Borneo Election Spells Trouble for Anwar
"Sabah for Sabahans" undermines the country's precarious ethno-political balance.

Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2025

Malaysia's Borneo Election Spells Trouble for Anwarjos
"Sabah for Sabahans" undermines the country's precarious ethno-political balance.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

Trump Intensifies Pressure Campaign on Venezuela
But as the legality of U.S. boat strikes comes into question, the White House's regime-change ambitions may be curbed.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

Trump Considers Expanding Military Operations to Venezuela
But as the legality of U.S. boat strikes comes into question, the White House's regime-change ambitions may be curbed.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

Tech's Tarnished Halo
How Silicon Valley's declining image is dimming America's light.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

American-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous
The arrogance that led to Iraq now threatens catastrophe in Venezuela.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

U.S.-Led Regime Change Is Usually Disastrous
The arrogance that led to Iraq now threatens catastrophe in Venezuela.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

The Uncomfortable Truth About Climate AI
Military technologies used to address climate threats are often the same ones used for more nefarious purposes.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

The End of Ending AIDS
As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

Israel Is Wondering if America Is Still on Its Side
Shifts in U.S. policy and public support have Israelis searching for answers.

Foreign Policy
Dec 01, 2025

Is Cambodia's Scam Industry Too Big to Fail?
New sanctions on the world's wealthiest criminal could threaten the Hun dynasty.

Foreign Policy
Nov 28, 2025

What Happens to Russia's Ethnic Minorities After the War?
Mistreatment, exploitation, and Russia's own history suggest a precarious postwar future.

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