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In the Middle East, a Cold War Redux?

In the Middle East, a Cold War Redux?

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN News, analysis, and background. MORE ON THIS TOPIC Last...

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Steven A. Cook

Europe’s ‘Peace Through Strength’ Hypocrisy

Europe’s ‘Peace Through Strength’ Hypocrisy

Europe’s vision for ending the war in Ukraine might fairly be summed up as “peace through strength.” The question now is whether that’s...

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Anchal Vohra

What in the World?

What in the World?

Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. 1. Who won the most votes in the first round of Bolivia’s presidential...

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Drew Gorman

Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’

Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Bolivia’s elections boot the socialist ruling party, the United...

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Catherine Osborn

This Isn’t India-China Rapprochement

This Isn’t India-China Rapprochement

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi traveled to New Delhi this week, marking the first visit of a high-level Chinese official to the Indian capital...

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Sumit Ganguly

Passing the Baton in Europe

Passing the Baton in Europe

Ten years from now, the United States should have no significant troop presence in Europe. Realists are in broad agreement that the United States...

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Emma Ashford

Why Climate Visa Lottery Schemes Are Not the Answer

Why Climate Visa Lottery Schemes Are Not the Answer

In July 2025, an astonishing 8,750 people of Tuvalu’s approximately 9,470 residents registered for a visa to Australia through the Falepili...

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Yvonne Su

What ‘Jaws’ Teaches Us About America—Fifty Years On

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Julian E. Zelizer

How Many Peace Deals Has Trump Actually Brokered?

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Rishi Iyengar

The Future of the Dollar Lies Within

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Theodore Bunzel

From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway

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Ben Buckland

Why the Donbas Matters to Putin So Much

Why the Donbas Matters to Putin So Much

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic At a summit in Alaska last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told...

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John Haltiwanger

Trump Sanctions More ICC Officials

Trump Sanctions More ICC Officials

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at expanding U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, Chinese President Xi...

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Christina Lu

Trump Is Penalizing 1.4 Billion People for the Actions of 2 Companies

Trump Is Penalizing 1.4 Billion People for the Actions of 2 Companies

Ongoing reports and analysis In recent days, senior members of the Trump administration have made a strange accusation against India. Writing in...

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Syed Akbaruddin

Trump Might Sell Out Taiwan—Here’s How to Prevent It

Trump Might Sell Out Taiwan—Here’s How to Prevent It

Ongoing reports and analysis As U.S. President Donald Trump conducts his chaotic Ukraine diplomacy, characterized by a seeming unwillingness to...

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Philip H. Gordon

Switzerland Is Having an Economic Identity Crisis

It should have been a match made in heaven: Switzerland refines a third of the world’s gold supply; U.S. President Donald Trump, in his first six...

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Jessi Jezewska Stevens

China’s Decarbonization Is So Fast Even New Coal Plants Aren’t Stopping It

China’s Decarbonization Is So Fast Even New Coal Plants Aren’t Stopping It

While headlines around the world have focused on China’s continued coal use, the actual story is much more complex. Behind those numbers is a...

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Deborah Seligsohn

Trump Is Inching Toward a Major Strategic Blunder in Myanmar

Trump Is Inching Toward a Major Strategic Blunder in Myanmar

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump’s fixation with securing access to rare earth minerals is creating the conditions for a...

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Derek Grossman

Germany’s Israeli Dogma Lives On

Germany’s Israeli Dogma Lives On

For the past few years, it has been a condition for anyone who seeks to become a German citizen to explicitly recognize Israel’s right to exist....

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John Kampfner

Why the Nuclear Taboo Is Stronger Than Ever

Why the Nuclear Taboo Is Stronger Than Ever

Eighty years ago in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, more than 200,000 people were killed in ways that nearly defy imagination:...

20.08.2025 2

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Charli Carpenter

A Guide to Censorship in China

A Guide to Censorship in China

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. I spent many years working inside Chinese media, both state-owned and private, and I find that many people...

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James Palmer

Can India and the U.S. Repair Their Relationship?

Can India and the U.S. Repair Their Relationship?

On July 30, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a baseline tariff of 25 percent on Indian exports, along with “a penalty” for buying oil and...

20.08.2025 1

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Rudra Chaudhuri

Pakistan Grapples Again With Deadly Flash Floods

Pakistan Grapples Again With Deadly Flash Floods

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Flash floods in northern Pakistan kill nearly 400 people, the Trump...

20.08.2025 4

Foreign Policy

Michael Kugelman

Why Has Korea’s Stock Market Gone Wild?

Why Has Korea’s Stock Market Gone Wild?

Since Lee Jae-myung won South Korea’s presidential election on June 3, the Korean stock market has been on a tear. On June 2, the Korea Composite...

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Foreign Policy

S. Nathan Park

Israel Calls Up Reservists Ahead of Gaza City Offensive

Israel Calls Up Reservists Ahead of Gaza City Offensive

MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel’s preparation to enter Gaza City, NATO’s discussions about security...

20.08.2025 3

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Claire Schnatterbeck

How to Halt the Flow of Weapons Arming Mexican Cartels

How to Halt the Flow of Weapons Arming Mexican Cartels

Ongoing reports and analysis The U.S. State Department’s recent designation of five Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)...

20.08.2025 3

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William M. Leogrande

Is Ukraine the Future of Asia?

Is Ukraine the Future of Asia?

Ongoing reports and analysis When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, then-Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned that the war...

20.08.2025 7

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C. Raja Mohan

Congo’s Peace Negotiations Fall Through

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Fighting ramps up in eastern Congo as peace talks fall through, Mali’s junta...

20.08.2025 1

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Nosmot Gbadamosi

Israel Weighs Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

Israel Weighs Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the terms of the latest Gaza cease-fire proposal, a flurry of European diplomacy for Ukraine,...

19.08.2025 10

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Christina Lu

World Leaders Debrief Trump’s Meetings With Zelensky and Putin

World Leaders Debrief Trump’s Meetings With Zelensky and Putin

Ongoing reports and analysis The initial meetings are over. Now the meetings about the meetings have begun.  Nearly three dozen leaders met...

19.08.2025 4

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Rishi Iyengar

China Is Worried About Dollar-Backed Stablecoins

The power to control access to money is no longer the exclusive privilege of the sovereign. Increasingly, the rules governing how money is created,...

19.08.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Zongyuan Zoe Liu

Trump Has No Idea How to Do Diplomacy

The combination of that weird summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin and the only slightly less bizarre gathering of NATO leaders in Washington, was...

19.08.2025 20

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Stephen M. Walt

China Can’t Unify Its Own Markets

China Can’t Unify Its Own Markets

At Summer Davos, Chinese Premier Li Qiang dismissed Western claims that China is flooding the world with excess supply, quipping that China isn’t “...

19.08.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Lizzi C. Lee

Russia and Ukraine Are as Far Apart as Ever

Ongoing reports and analysis If nothing else, Donald Trump doesn’t shy away from high stakes meetings. Always supremely confident in his own...

19.08.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Ivo H. Daalder

7 Lingering Questions After the Trump Ukraine Summit

7 Lingering Questions After the Trump Ukraine Summit

Ongoing reports and analysis After a strange, made-for-television summit in Washington on Monday meant to bring Russia’s escalating war on Ukraine...

19.08.2025 6

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster

Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster

Ongoing reports and analysis Remember when U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Russia would face “severe consequences” if it didn’t agree...

19.08.2025 3

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Christian Caryl

Trump, Zelensky Strike Optimistic Tone at White House Talks

Trump, Zelensky Strike Optimistic Tone at White House Talks

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Ukrainian and European leaders’...

18.08.2025 10

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Alexandra Sharp

How Much of Ukraine Does Russia Control?

How Much of Ukraine Does Russia Control?

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in...

18.08.2025 3

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John Haltiwanger

Grading Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy

Grading Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic U.S. President Donald Trump is personally undertaking a flurry of diplomatic moves to...

18.08.2025 4

Foreign Policy

Ravi Agrawal

Key Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelensky

Key Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelensky

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN Ongoing reports and analysis The scene was familiar—U.S....

18.08.2025 3

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Rishi Iyengar