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Has Trump Finally Turned on Putin?

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we dare anyone to start a third party to disrupt the Haltiwanger-Iyengar dichotomy. (Elon...

yesterday 30

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John Haltiwanger

France and U.K. Sign Key Deals on Migration, Nuclear Weapons

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at France and Britain’s migration and nuclear weapons deals, U.S. tariff threats against Brazil,...

yesterday 3

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Anusha Rathi

What in the World?

Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. 1. Poland reinstated border controls with which two countries on Monday?...

yesterday 2

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Drew Gorman

Can America Fix Its Fertility Crisis?

yesterday 10

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Jodi Enda

How to Lose Friends and Alienate Partners

yesterday 2

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Erin Mcfee

Superman the Interventionist

yesterday 1

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Jordan Hoffman

What Determines the Value of Art?

The estimated size of the global art market in 2024 was $57.5 billion. That represents a decline of about 12 percent from the previous year, with...

yesterday 1

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Cameron Abadi

When the Threat Is Inside the White House

If our nation’s spies are the infantry of our ideology, as John Le Carré once observed, Tom Sylvester is an unknown soldier who became a four-star...

yesterday 1

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Tim Weiner

Britain’s Palestine Action Ban Is a Dangerous Overreach

The British direct action activist group Palestine Action is now banned in the United Kingdom after a High Court judge refused to grant an...

yesterday 1

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Oz Katerji

Bring Back the Spirit of Bandung

In recent years, the Western public discussion has been full of laments over the collapse of the so-called rules-based international order...

yesterday 1

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Galip Dalay

Empress Farah Pahlavi and the Myth of the Secular Shah

The aesthetics are compelling. Black and white photos of a Tehran University lecture hall with men and women seated side by side wearing the best...

yesterday 1

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Perin E. Gürel

Trump’s Copper Tariffs Are the Wrong Fix

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump’s second trade blitzkrieg this week, after resuscitating his plan to enact sweeping...

previous day 4

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Keith Johnson

Do Trump and Bibi Have a Longer-Term Middle East Strategy?

This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his third official visit to Washington since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in...

previous day 4

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Ravi Agrawal

Iran Policy Has Gone Postmodern

One of my colleagues who often has a way with words described the recent debate about bomb damage to Iran’s three main nuclear sites as...

previous day 6

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Steven A. Cook

Trump Appears to Move off Regime Change Approach to Cuba

Ongoing reports and analysis Ever since the MAGA movement engulfed the U.S. Republican Party, it has harbored two competing foreign-policy...

previous day 3

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William M. Leogrande

Israel and Syria Should Prioritize Security Cooperation

Analysis and updates “I want to swim in Lake Tiberias,” then-Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad told U.S. President Bill Clinton in March 2000, just...

previous day 5

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Ahmad Sharawi

The Dam That Sparked a South American Spying Scandal

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN Stretching for 5 miles across the Paraná River between...

previous day 2

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Laurence Blair

What the Critical Minerals Race Means for Women

The race for critical and rare-earth mineral dominance is escalating, underscored by the Trump administration’s recent agreement with Ukraine....

previous day 2

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Jessica Anania

What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in...

wednesday 10

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Nosmot Gbadamosi

Third Parties in America Usually Fail. Can Elon Musk Change That?

Ongoing reports and analysis The on-again, off-again feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk is on again—and the world’s...

wednesday 7

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Rishi Iyengar

What the Dollar’s Decline Reveals About America

How low can the dollar go? The world’s reserve currency has declined by more than 10 percent in 2025, its worst start to a year in five decades....

wednesday 5

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Ravi Agrawal

Russia Fires Record Barrage of Drones, Missiles at Ukraine

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Russia’s latest attack on...

wednesday 3

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Christina Lu

How the Dalai Lama’s Succession Could Shape India-China Ties

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The issue of the Dalai Lama’s succession presents a challenge for...

wednesday 2

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Michael Kugelman

Coup Leaders Are Rewriting Their Playbook

On April 12, 2025, the world watched as Gabonese citizens cast their ballots in the first presidential election since the fall of the Bongo...

wednesday 10

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Salah Ben Hammou

The Philippines May Turn Its Back on the U.S. Again

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is currently the front-runner to win the country’s next...

wednesday 2

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Derek Grossman

Closing NATO’s Indo-Pacific Gap

The much-anticipated NATO summit in The Hague in late June accomplished its core objectives: securing a 5 percent defense pledge, managing U.S....

wednesday 1

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Lynn Kuok

Iran’s Collapse Could Cause a Nuclear Security Nightmare

Analysis and updates On June 22, U.S. President Donald Trump asked, “[I]f the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why...

wednesday 3

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Eric Brewer

China Should Invite Trump to Its Military Parade

Imagine this: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin stand on either side of Chinese President Xi Jinping atop Beijing’s...

wednesday 1

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Deng Yuwen

Why North Korea’s Done Hedging

For decades, U.S. policy toward North Korea has hinged on the hope that engagement and negotiation—particularly the promise of sanctions relief and...

wednesday 10

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Sangsoo Lee

How China Got Its Name

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. Last month, we published a brief history of China’s language Romanization—and why Americans in particular...

08.07.2025 1

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James Palmer

Trump Ups the Ante on Trade Threats

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. trade threats, French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the United Kingdom, and deadly...

08.07.2025 8

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Anusha Rathi

Israel Is Sowing Chaos to Secure Displacement in Gaza

MORE ON THIS TOPIC Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, “We’re working with the...

08.07.2025 4

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Rob Geist Pinfold

Iran Can Already Build a Dirty Bomb

There is an ongoing debate about just how much of a setback Iran’s nuclear program experienced during its recent conflict with Israel and the...

08.07.2025 2

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Anchal Vohra

The News Cycle Is No Excuse for Ignoring Gaza

MORE ON THIS TOPIC The first thing I learned about the world on Sunday morning was that Israeli airstrikes had killed dozens of Palestinians on yet...

08.07.2025 5

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Howard W. French

It’s Official: America Can’t Be Trusted

Ongoing reports and analysis On June 25, U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, during the...

08.07.2025 3

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Christian Caryl

The State Department Overhaul Is Long Overdue

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan for overhauling the State Department’s 300-plus bureaus and offices has...

08.07.2025 4

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A. Wess Mitchell

USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands

In February, the ambassadors to the United States of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau met with U.S. officials to...

08.07.2025 2

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Jen Kirby

In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play it Safe

This year’s BRICS leaders’ summit was relatively subdued compared with recent meetings of the bloc, which underwent a rapid expansion and recently...

08.07.2025 30

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Oliver Stuenkel

Everything We Still Don’t Know Ahead of Trump’s Big Tariff Week

This may be crunch week for U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the global trading order, with a self-imposed July 9 deadline to reach...

07.07.2025 10

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Keith Johnson

Netanyahu’s Third White House Visit Brings Higher Stakes

MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the White House, the...

07.07.2025 6

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Alexandra Sharp

Strikes on Iran Validate North Korea’s Nuclear Sprint

Analysis and updates Since the late 1960s, the United States and its allies have supported a robust nonproliferation regime to prevent the spread...

07.07.2025 30

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Robert E. Kelly