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Order Without Order

Order Without Order

Foreign & Public Diplomacy It has become popular to describe our current era as post-Western or perhaps post-American. The problem isn’t...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Parag Khanna

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open’

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open’

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the current status of the Strait of Hormuz, the reauthorization...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Ukraine Has a Plan to Build Back Better

Ukraine Has a Plan to Build Back Better

KYIV, Ukraine—Long before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Viktor Riabokin was thinking about housing. Riabokin, a Ukrainian entrepreneur...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Diana Kruzman

What in the World?

What in the World?

This week started with a war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV. Have you looked beyond the baffling AI-generated images...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Drew Gorman

South American Crime Groups Are Going for Gold

South American Crime Groups Are Going for Gold

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yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Gene kuleta

The Iran War Comes for the ‘King of Chemicals’

The Iran War Comes for the ‘King of Chemicals’

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yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Christina Lu

Did London’s Dirty Money Really Kill a Teenage Fantasist?

Did London’s Dirty Money Really Kill a Teenage Fantasist?

One of the most frustrating experiences for a journalist is when a story turns out to be less than it seemed. A rise in deaths has a banal statistical...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

James Palmer

Trump’s Awful Week

Trump’s Awful Week

Middle East and North Africa Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we can finally report that Team SitRep has 100 percent canine...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

John Haltiwanger

What Would Trump Do If Putin Struck Europe?

What Would Trump Do If Putin Struck Europe?

Russian President Vladimir Putin, always paranoid about enemies, may be feeling cornered this spring. His army is at a standstill in Ukraine, despite...

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

David Ignatius

The Man Who Represents Post-Clerical Iran

The Man Who Represents Post-Clerical Iran

Middle East and North Africa The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as being run by something...

previous day 2

Foreign Policy

Menahem Merhavy

Ukraine’s Success Still Needs Troops More Than Robots

Ukraine’s Success Still Needs Troops More Than Robots

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previous day 1

Foreign Policy

Luke Mcgee

5 Things I Wish I Knew About Iran

5 Things I Wish I Knew About Iran

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previous day 2

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Daniel Byman

Republicans Twiddle Their Thumbs on Iran as Democrats Seethe

Republicans Twiddle Their Thumbs on Iran as Democrats Seethe

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previous day 3

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Rachel Oswald

Pope Leo Blasts ‘Tyrants’ in Thinly Veiled Critique of Trump

Pope Leo Blasts ‘Tyrants’ in Thinly Veiled Critique of Trump

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the Vatican taking aim at the White House, a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, and...

previous day 1

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Peru’s Political Thriller

Peru’s Political Thriller

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Peruvians vote in presidential elections, Mexico makes moves to...

previous day 2

Foreign Policy

Catherine Osborn

Can the Arctic Council Survive?

Can the Arctic Council Survive?

Bad luck seems to follow the Arctic Council around. Less than a year before U.S. President Donald Trump roiled Europe with escalating threats to seize...

previous day 3

Foreign Policy

Gloria Dickie

Only Peace Can Make a New World Order

Only Peace Can Make a New World Order

It has become a refrain among analysts that we have entered a new world order, with the law of the jungle replacing the old international rules-based...

previous day 4

Foreign Policy

Caroline De Gruyter

Xinjiang’s Repression of Uyghurs Has Evolved, Not Ended

Xinjiang’s Repression of Uyghurs Has Evolved, Not Ended

In early 2023, several years after the winding down of the campaign of mass internment that ran from 2017 to 2019, local authorities in the Uyghur...

previous day 4

Foreign Policy

Adrian Zenz, Opinion Contributor

Magyar’s Big Plans for Budapest

Magyar’s Big Plans for Budapest

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at planned pro-Europe reforms in Hungary, the prospects of an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in...

wednesday 3

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Pakistan Keeps Pushing for Peace

Pakistan Keeps Pushing for Peace

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Pakistan remains at the center of U.S.-Iran...

wednesday 4

Foreign Policy

Michael Kugelman

Sudan’s Forgotten War Enters Its Fourth Year

Sudan’s Forgotten War Enters Its Fourth Year

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: New actors in the Horn of Africa get involved in Sudan’s civil war as it...

wednesday 3

Foreign Policy

Nosmot Gbadamosi

Why Xi Is Kneecapping His Own Top Men

Why Xi Is Kneecapping His Own Top Men

After nine months of anticipation, the fate of Ma Xingrui, a onetime high-flyer in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is finally clear. On April 3,...

wednesday 4

Foreign Policy

Deng Yuwen

Why Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 Security Doctrine Has Failed

Why Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 Security Doctrine Has Failed

On April 11, as a tenuous cease-fire took hold between the United States and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video claiming...

wednesday 4

Foreign Policy

Marc Lynch

Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports?

Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports?

After debating whether it was about regime change, nuclear weapons, or the defanging of regional proxies, the United States and Israel’s war with...

wednesday 6

Foreign Policy

Alexander Wooley

Prabowo’s Russian Roulette

Prabowo’s Russian Roulette

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia’s president visits Moscow even as he signs a U.S. defense...

wednesday 5

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Cheap Drones Complicate the Gulf’s AI Boom

Cheap Drones Complicate the Gulf’s AI Boom

The war in Iran has ended the illusion that Gulf data centers can be treated as insulated commercial assets. In the very early days of the conflict,...

14.04.2026 3

Foreign Policy

Yasir Atalan

How to Navigate a Rogue America

How to Navigate a Rogue America

Is the United States acting like a rogue state? Stephen Walt, a Harvard University professor and FP columnist, has been making the case in these pages...

14.04.2026 6

Foreign Policy

Ravi Agrawal

On Iran, China Softens Its Approach

On Iran, China Softens Its Approach

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China takes a relatively muted approach as the...

14.04.2026 2

Foreign Policy

James Palmer

Israel, Lebanon Hold Rare U.S.-Mediated Peace Talks on Hezbollah

Israel, Lebanon Hold Rare U.S.-Mediated Peace Talks on Hezbollah

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at negotiations to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon,...

14.04.2026 3

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Keep Humans in the Loop

Keep Humans in the Loop

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14.04.2026 3

Foreign Policy

Nicholas Grossman

The Price Israel Is Paying for Its Wars

The Price Israel Is Paying for Its Wars

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14.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

David E. Rosenberg

Europe Is Looking for Its Own Hormuz Fix

Europe Is Looking for Its Own Hormuz Fix

Just as a two-week cease-fire between the United States and Iran kicked in last week, Europeans rushed to meet partners in the Persian Gulf in a...

14.04.2026 7

Foreign Policy

Anchal Vohra

Trump Always Skips the Hard Part

Trump Always Skips the Hard Part

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14.04.2026 5

Foreign Policy

Suzanne Nossel

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost

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14.04.2026 5

Foreign Policy

Thomas Carothers

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats

Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats

On April 7, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief as U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran. Oil prices...

14.04.2026 4

Foreign Policy

Benjamin Farley

The Rural World Won’t Go Dry Without a Fight

The Rural World Won’t Go Dry Without a Fight

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14.04.2026 2

Foreign Policy

Peter Schwartzstein

How Iran Helped Bring Ronald Reagan to Power

How Iran Helped Bring Ronald Reagan to Power

If war with Iran becomes the issue that fractures the MAGA coalition, the historical irony would be considerable. Iran’s central role in Republican...

14.04.2026 4

Foreign Policy

Julian E. Zelizer

Beyond Floppy Disk Economics

Beyond Floppy Disk Economics

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14.04.2026 5

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Mariana Mazzucato

Tehran Can’t Count on Hormuz

Tehran Can’t Count on Hormuz

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13.04.2026 5

Foreign Policy

Bobby Ghosh

U.S. Military Imposes Blockade on Iranian Ports in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Military Imposes Blockade on Iranian Ports in Strait of Hormuz

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports as well as key elections in Hungary, Peru, Canada, and...

13.04.2026 4

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Spanish Immigration Is Different

Spanish Immigration Is Different

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13.04.2026 3

Foreign Policy

Michele Barbero

How to Prevent 9 Million Deaths

How to Prevent 9 Million Deaths

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13.04.2026 3

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Rajiv J. Shah

Pressed by Russian Drones, Ukraine Turns to Ground Robots

Pressed by Russian Drones, Ukraine Turns to Ground Robots

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13.04.2026 3

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Sam Skove

What Really Happened in Islamabad—and What Trump Is Trying Now

What Really Happened in Islamabad—and What Trump Is Trying Now

Foreign & Public Diplomacy “There you have it, the meeting went well,” declared the Great Narrator a few hours after Saturday’s marathon,...

13.04.2026 10

Foreign Policy

David Ignatius

How the Pentagon Can Manage the Risks of AI Warfare

How the Pentagon Can Manage the Risks of AI Warfare

The U.S. military struck more than 13,000 targets in the war on Iran, and used artificial intelligence to help plan operations. AI tools were used to...

13.04.2026 3

Foreign Policy

Paul Scharre

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost

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12.04.2026 5

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Thomas Carothers

America’s Problem With Diplomacy Predates Trump

America’s Problem With Diplomacy Predates Trump

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10.04.2026 10

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Emma Ashford

The Iran War’s Agriculture Shock Isn’t Over Yet

The Iran War’s Agriculture Shock Isn’t Over Yet

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10.04.2026 10

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Christina Lu

U.S.-Iran Peace Talks May Collapse Before They Even Begin

U.S.-Iran Peace Talks May Collapse Before They Even Begin

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at new stressors to planned U.S.-Iran peace talks, a rare meeting...

10.04.2026 9

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Alexandra Sharp

Where Do the Gulf States Go From Here?

Where Do the Gulf States Go From Here?

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10.04.2026 6

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Steven A. Cook