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Is the U.S. Ready for War With China?

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN Imagine China launching an invasion of Taiwan, and the...

yesterday 1

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Franz-Stefan Gady

Plush Power

Plush Power

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN It is just possible that posterity will mark Oct. 13...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Bobby Ghosh

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World

In a new PBS biography of Henry Kissinger, viewers learn how growing up in an observant Jewish household in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Julian E. Zelizer

What in the World?

Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. 1. The United States on Saturday said it had “credible reports” that Hamas...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Drew Gorman

Is Bolivia Ready for Paz?

Is Bolivia Ready for Paz?

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Bolivia elects a new president, Uruguay legalizes euthanasia, and...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Catherine Osborn

‘A House of Dynamite’ Isn’t Explosive Enough

For almost as long as there have been nuclear weapons, there have been movies agonizing about the tortured class of professionals tasked with...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Megan Dubois

Even Doomsday Will Divide Us

Even Doomsday Will Divide Us

On Sept. 23, days before Durga Puja, the biggest annual carnival for Bengalis, the city of Kolkata experienced a shocking cloudburst. In just a few...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Somak Ghoshal

Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths

Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths

The current trade confrontation between the United States and China may look like a repeat of the episode from earlier this year: Washington has...

yesterday 1

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Alasdair Phillips-Robins

Indian Farmers Struggle as Climate Change Warps Landscape

An hour away by car from the busy Indian port city of Visakhapatnam, the countryside is changing rapidly. Vast stretches of what once were paddy...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

James Moules

For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset

For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset

Exactly 80 years ago, on Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations Charter entered into force. But the U.N. is limping through its birthday in a state of...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Heba Aly

Trump’s Anti-Worker Foreign Policy

Trump’s Anti-Worker Foreign Policy

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump’s domestic policies have been painful for the United States’ workers. His foreign policy...

yesterday 1

Foreign Policy

Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez

U.S. Sanctions Major Russian Energy Companies

U.S. Sanctions Major Russian Energy Companies

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday levied sanctions against Russia’s two...

previous day 20

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Sam Skove

The Deep Roots of Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Violence

The Deep Roots of Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Violence

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Afghanistan and Pakistan reach a fragile cease-fire after a deadly spate of...

previous day 10

Foreign Policy

Michael Kugelman

How to Fight Putin on the Information Battlefield

How to Fight Putin on the Information Battlefield

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his offensive against Europe. After...

previous day 4

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Peter Pomerantsev

Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom

Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom

As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street on...

previous day 2

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Jake Bittle

Nobody Is Sure How Bolivia’s New President Will Govern

Nobody Is Sure How Bolivia’s New President Will Govern

Two decades of leftist rule in Bolivia came to an end on Oct. 19, when voters chose Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, to be the country’s next...

previous day 3

Foreign Policy

Nick Aspinwall

The Difficult Art of Bibi-Sitting

The Difficult Art of Bibi-Sitting

MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. U.S. President Donald Trump’s flurry of diplomacy continues, with the White...

previous day 6

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John Haltiwanger

The EU, U.S. Hit Russia Where It Hurts

The EU, U.S. Hit Russia Where It Hurts

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

previous day 3

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Alexandra Sharp

Three Key Questions About Trump’s War Against Drug Boats

Ongoing reports and analysis U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term has been typified by unorthodox moves that have stretched the limits of...

previous day 3

Foreign Policy

John Haltiwanger

Will Trump’s Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?

Will Trump’s Russia Oil Sanctions Finally Sway Putin?

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic After refusing to pressure Russia for nine months, U.S. President Donald Trump has...

previous day 3

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Pakistan’s Year of Diplomatic Miracles

Pakistan’s Year of Diplomatic Miracles

It’s hard to say which is a bigger achievement for Islamabad’s diplomacy: U.S. President Donald Trump’s shift toward Pakistan or the buzz over the...

previous day 9

Foreign Policy

Robert A. Manning

China Can’t Keep Its Hands Clean in Myanmar’s Scam Cities

China Can’t Keep Its Hands Clean in Myanmar’s Scam Cities

This summer, I stood at the Thailand-Myanmar border, looking across the Moei River, at a new city in Myanmar recently constructed on land that just...

previous day 2

Foreign Policy

Benedict Rogers

India Warily Welcomes the Taliban

When Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, met with his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S....

previous day 2

Foreign Policy

Harsh V. Pant

Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently talked about taking over Greenland and Canada, but it’s unclear if he was actually serious about it....

wednesday 1

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Ravi Agrawal

The Embarrassing Demotion of Europe

The Embarrassing Demotion of Europe

When the head of the largest military alliance in the world calls the president of the United States “daddy,” you’d be forgiven for thinking...

wednesday 2

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John Kampfner

Drawing a Line in the Sky

The skies over Eastern Europe have become a testing ground for NATO’s resolve. In September 2025, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated...

wednesday 20

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Michael Williams

Rutte Holds a Last-Minute Meeting With Trump on Russia-Ukraine

Rutte Holds a Last-Minute Meeting With Trump on Russia-Ukraine

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a surprise meeting between NATO...

wednesday 3

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Alexandra Sharp

Trump Faces MAGA Backlash for Argentina Bailout

Trump Faces MAGA Backlash for Argentina Bailout

Ongoing reports and analysis Supporters and allies of U.S. President Donald Trump are loudly reminding him that the first “A” in MAGA stands for...

wednesday 1

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Keith Johnson

South Africa Unveils New Energy Policy

South Africa Unveils New Energy Policy

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: South Africa’s government endorses a new energy policy, Nigerians protest the...

wednesday 1

Foreign Policy

Nosmot Gbadamosi

Giorgia Meloni’s Winning Streak

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office this week. She finds herself in enviable political shape, with the country’s...

wednesday 1

Foreign Policy

Michele Barbero

Japan Elects Sanae Takaichi as First Female Prime Minister

Japan Elects Sanae Takaichi as First Female Prime Minister

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Japan’s first female prime minister, U.S. efforts to bolster the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal,...

21.10.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Alexandra Sharp

The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing

The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing

For more than a year, another catastrophic war between Eritrea and Ethiopia has appeared imminent. Seasoned experts and some political figures have...

21.10.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Michael Woldemariam

China Announces Military Purge Ahead of Fourth Plenum

China Announces Military Purge Ahead of Fourth Plenum

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China announces a purge of military leaders, the Chinese Communist Party’s...

21.10.2025 1

Foreign Policy

James Palmer

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: ASEAN’s summit makes Kuala Lumpur a geopolitical hub, Laos considers...

21.10.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Joseph Rachman

Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Inherits a Shaky Office

Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Inherits a Shaky Office

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader, Sanae Takaichi, has become the country’s first female prime minister, partnering with a small...

21.10.2025 3

Foreign Policy

William Sposato

Women’s Rights Are Winning

You’ve seen the headlines: Genocide. Famine. War. Climate catastrophe. Inflation. The far right ascendant. Democracy in decline. For women in...

21.10.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Lyric Thompson

Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump

Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump

Ongoing reports and analysis It’s been more than eight months since U.S. President Donald Trump shocked the world by halting virtually all U.S....

21.10.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Rachel Oswald

Raila Odinga Embodied the Spirt—and Contradictions—of Kenyan Democracy

Raila Odinga Embodied the Spirt—and Contradictions—of Kenyan Democracy

The death of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and most enduring opposition figure, closes a defining chapter in the nation’s political...

21.10.2025 2

Foreign Policy

Maurice Oniang’O

A Trump-Putin Budapest Summit Is Unlikely to Lead to a Breakthrough

Understanding the conflict three years on. More on this topic Less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would be meeting...

21.10.2025 3

Foreign Policy

Sam Skove

Trump Goes After Colombia—and Risks Weakening the Fight Against Drugs

Trump Goes After Colombia—and Risks Weakening the Fight Against Drugs

Ongoing reports and analysis Relations between the Trump administration and Colombia took their fourth turn for the worse this year over the...

20.10.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals

The Countries Courting Trump With Critical Minerals

Ongoing reports and analysis Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became the latest leader to use critical minerals as a fast-track into U.S....

20.10.2025 8

Foreign Policy

Rishi Iyengar

Europe’s Unlikely Capital of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

Europe’s Unlikely Capital of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

MORE ON THIS TOPIC NAPLES, Italy—During the final match for the scudetto, Italy’s most coveted soccer prize, in May, supporters of SSC Napoli...

20.10.2025 10

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Stefania D’Ignoti

Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump’s Trade Attacks

Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump’s Trade Attacks

Speeches by heads of government are seldom worth a read, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address at the Council on Foreign Relations on...

20.10.2025 4

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Agathe Demarais

U.S. Intelligence Is Being Blinded by Trumpian Politics

Since 1997, the U.S. intelligence community has published the unclassified “Global Trends” report every four years to assess different scenarios...

20.10.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Joshua Busby

Trump Should Be Wary of Partnering With Pakistan

Trump Should Be Wary of Partnering With Pakistan

U.S.-Pakistan relations are undergoing a significant shift in President Donald Trump’s second term, which seemed to begin in the spring—shortly...

20.10.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Sumit Ganguly

Europe Is At War

Europe Is At War

Russia’s intensifying incursions into European airspace are often described as acts of hybrid war. The implication is that while conventional war...

20.10.2025 3

Foreign Policy

Michael Kimmage

Reliable Not Reckless

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 posed a blunt test for Washington—one that many said it failed. For example, Michael...

20.10.2025 1

Foreign Policy

Lauren Sukin

Trump, Albanese Sign Major Critical Minerals Deal

Trump, Albanese Sign Major Critical Minerals Deal

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the White House’s new critical minerals partner, the first major test of the Israel-Hamas...

20.10.2025 3

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Alexandra Sharp

Can India Continue to Rise Without Its Region?

Can India Continue to Rise Without Its Region?

There has been an eerie similarity to recent developments in South Asia. The Generation Z-led protest movement that ousted Prime Minister K.P....

19.10.2025 3

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Chietigj Bajpaee

The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor

The Air Traffic Controller Showdown That Haunts American Labor

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to lay off federal workers during the government shutdown. In contrast to previous presidents who have furloughed...

19.10.2025 6

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Julian E. Zelizer