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Pope Francis Is Ready to Take On MAGA

yesterday 10

Foreign Policy

Theo Zenou

South Korea Has More Leverage Over China Than You Think

South Korea Has More Leverage Over China Than You Think

According to conventional wisdom, South Korea is caught between its long-term ally, the United States, and its largest trading partner, China....

yesterday 10

Foreign Policy

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Attacking Government Workers Has Long Been a Presidential Pastime

Attacking Government Workers Has Long Been a Presidential Pastime

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisor Elon Musk are hellbent on cutting down the size of the federal...

yesterday 2

Foreign Policy

Julian E. Zelizer

Rwanda Keeps Getting Away With Sowing Chaos in Congo

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Milain Fayulu

Brazil’s Slow-Burning Economic Crisis Might Be the U.S. Future

Brazil’s Slow-Burning Economic Crisis Might Be the U.S. Future

Halfway through his third (nonconsecutive) term, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is dealing with significant economic trouble....

yesterday 0

Foreign Policy

Stan Veuger

What History Teaches Us About Today’s Foreign-Policy Woes

What History Teaches Us About Today’s Foreign-Policy Woes

We often hear that our world is in permanent crisis—or, as FP columnist Adam Tooze puts it, a polycrisis. Various disasters, from climate extremes...

previous day 10

Foreign Policy

Chloe Hadavas

China Condemns U.S. ‘Coercion’ Over Panama Canal

China Condemns U.S. ‘Coercion’ Over Panama Canal

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Panama leaving China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a U.S. executive order sanctioning the...

saturday 10

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Ecuador Holds Election With Security Crisis on the Ballot

Ecuador Holds Election With Security Crisis on the Ballot

It has been a year since Shirley Tobar’s husband, a security guard at a mall in Guayaquil, Ecuador, was killed amid an outbreak of violence in the...

saturday 6

Foreign Policy

Carolina Loza León

Britain’s Machiavellian Answer for Trump

Britain’s Machiavellian Answer for Trump

Look in a thesaurus for a synonym for “tumultuous,” and they all apply to Peter Mandelson’s career: “rollercoaster” may be one, “checkered” may be...

07.02.2025 10

Foreign Policy

John Kampfner

Why Trump’s Return Spells Trouble for Sisi

The return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House has sent ripples of concern through Cairo since November as Egyptian President Abdel...

07.02.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Mahmoud Salem

America’s Economic Warfare Is Sowing Its Own Demise

America’s Economic Warfare Is Sowing Its Own Demise

Economic sanctions may take a backseat to tariffs in President Donald Trump’s vision for the United States, but they are and will remain a...

07.02.2025 4

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

The Best International Films at the Oscars

The Best International Films at the Oscars

It is time, once again, for the Academy Awards, an annual exercise in comparing apples to oranges and declaring one superior. This year’s telecast...

07.02.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Jordan Hoffman

What in the World?

What in the World?

Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. 1. The president of which Latin American country announced on Sunday that it...

07.02.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Syd Kuntz

The Novels We’re Reading in February

The Novels We’re Reading in February

This month, we’re reading novels set against the backdrop of rising authoritarianism and right-wing extremism in Europe, from two siblings...

07.02.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Chloe Hadavas

In Washington, Trump and Modi Could Build on Rapport

In Washington, Trump and Modi Could Build on Rapport

On the campaign trail last year, U.S. President Donald Trump referred to India as a “big abuser” of trade ties, despite the bonhomie that he...

07.02.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Sumit Ganguly

Elon Musk Is America’s Cecil Rhodes

Elon Musk Is America’s Cecil Rhodes

Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it anymore: a cartoon of the British businessman Cecil Rhodes, published in the Dec. 10, 1892, edition of ...

07.02.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Caroline De Gruyter

Will Trump Make Gaza or Greenland the 51st State?

Will Trump Make Gaza or Greenland the 51st State?

It’s Debatable: The Stimson Center’s Emma Ashford and the Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig debate pressing issues for policymakers. Matt...

07.02.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Emma Ashford

Trump’s Brinkmanship Is Changing Mexico

Trump’s Brinkmanship Is Changing Mexico

Ongoing reports and analysis Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Mexico thwarts U.S. tariffs for now,...

07.02.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Catherine Osborn

Trump’s Tariffs Are an Unconstitutional Power Grab

Trump’s Tariffs Are an Unconstitutional Power Grab

Ongoing reports and analysis After announcing sweeping new tariffs on the United States’ top three trading partners, U.S. President Donald Trump...

07.02.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Inu Manak

Sudan’s New Model for Aid Distribution

Over the last two years, international organizations like the United Nations and the World Health Organization as well as various human rights...

07.02.2025 6

Foreign Policy

Kelsey Norman

Deference to Passports Puts Dissidents at Risk

Deference to Passports Puts Dissidents at Risk

For nearly four centuries, international relations have been anchored by the sovereign powers enshrined in the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia. Mutual...

07.02.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Alena Popova

How Trump’s Tariff Policy Will Shape the World

How Trump’s Tariff Policy Will Shape the World

Prefer to listen? To hear this entire conversation, and more episodes in the weeks ahead, follow Ones and Tooze wherever you get your podcasts....

07.02.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Cameron Abadi

How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology

How Gaza Shattered the West’s Mythology

What does the global polarization over the Israel-Hamas war and its causes say about our political discourse? Pankaj Mishra joins FP Live to...

07.02.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Pankaj Mishra

How Israel Deceived the U.S. and Built the Bomb

How Israel Deceived the U.S. and Built the Bomb

Iran’s nuclear activities have been on the front pages for years although it remains unclear precisely how close Tehran is to building its first...

07.02.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Avner Cohen

Netanyahu Remains Unpopular at Home—This Is How He Could Win a Coming Election

Netanyahu Remains Unpopular at Home—This Is How He Could Win a Coming Election

The Gaza cease-fire that took effect on Jan. 19 brought Israeli domestic politics back to the fore—and helped remind people just how vulnerable...

06.02.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Noam Sheizaf

What Trump’s Gaza Plan Means for the World

What Trump’s Gaza Plan Means for the World

What does the global polarization over the Israel-Hamas war and its causes say about our political discourse? Pankaj Mishra joins FP Live to...

06.02.2025 4

Foreign Policy

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

Can India and China Turn the Corner?

This year, India and China will mark the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relationship, which is characterized by a mix of collaboration and...

06.02.2025 40

Foreign Policy

Fahad Shah

What Israel Wants in Gaza

What does the global polarization over the Israel-Hamas war and its causes say about our political discourse? Pankaj Mishra joins FP Live to...

06.02.2025 2

Foreign Policy

John Haltiwanger

Trump Doubles Down on Gaza Displacement Idea

News, analysis, and background. MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at plans made by Israel and the United States...

06.02.2025 4

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

Trump’s Real Estate Envoy to the Middle East

A common theme of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term and his three runs for the White House has been hostility toward the so-called “expert...

06.02.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Steven A. Cook

Trump Has the Whole Global Trade System in His Sights

Trump Has the Whole Global Trade System in His Sights

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war officially began on Tuesday with fresh tariffs on China and...

06.02.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Bob Davis

The Big Questions Facing Trump’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund

The Big Questions Facing Trump’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund

Ongoing reports and analysis In the midst of shutting down USAID, making a deal to send American prisoners to El Salvador, and outlining a...

06.02.2025 40

Foreign Policy

Rishi Iyengar