The year’s best stories

In 2025, FP’s readers kept coming back to stories about U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy moves since his return to office and his administration’s effects on the world. They also gravitated toward essays that examined the post-Cold War era, what has succeeded it, and what the geopolitical landscape looks like now.

These are 10 of 2025’s most read stories, as measured by website traffic among subscribers.

In 2025, FP’s readers kept coming back to stories about U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy moves since his return to office and his administration’s effects on the world. They also gravitated toward essays that examined the post-Cold War era, what has succeeded it, and what the geopolitical landscape looks like now.

These are 10 of 2025’s most read stories, as measured by website traffic among subscribers.

By Adam Tooze, Sept. 8

Two of FP columnist Adam Tooze’s print magazine articles are among this year’s most read. In this first one, Tooze examines development economics at a time of crisis for our Fall 2025 issue, reviewing the recent history of global development and competing visions for its future.

By Nils Gilman, Feb.........

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