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Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic War is always about choosing one risk over another. For almost three years, Europe has...
It is often assumed that far-right parties do well in areas with many new immigrants. This is supposedly because housing prices rise, traffic jams...
Democrats have fallen far behind in the communications race. The world of the media is changing rapidly, and Republicans are many steps ahead of...
On Friday, in an early morning social media post, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a clear threat to the European Union: make up for the...
It’s Debatable: The Stimson Center’s Emma Ashford and the Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig debate pressing issues for policymakers. Emma...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Trump’s team considers recalibrating U.S. Venezuela policy ahead...
Have feedback? Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts. 1. Which world leader arrived in India on Sunday for several days of meetings...
About $2 trillion will have been invested in clean energy by the end of this year, according to the World Energy Outlook, published the...
KIRUNA, Sweden—The Sami people, one of Europe’s last Indigenous populations, have inhabited northern Sweden for thousands of years, maintaining...
One year since the Oct. 7 attack MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the conditions for an Israel-Hamas truce...
After a decade of ascendancy in the Middle East, leaders in Tehran are facing a moment of reckoning. With the Assad dynasty over in Syria, Iran has...
Addis Ababa’s main avenues are getting a facelift. The Ethiopian capital is adding maroon bike lanes, tree-lined verges, and new storefronts in...
Less than a week after Washington ratcheted up its chip export controls, Beijing responded with a pointed escalation on Dec. 9: an antitrust probe...
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has created a power vacuum, with various factions vying for dominance in a country shattered by over a decade...
Until South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol disastrously attempted to seize dictatorial power, there was at least one silver lining in the impending...
Even in a year of high-profile Chinese cyberattacks, the Salt Typhoon campaign has stood out. The attack, by a Chinese government-linked hacking...
Dead soldiers, caked in blood and dirt, litter the ground. Their body armor has been torn off, and their guns lie strewn on the road. In the...
As a blizzard swept Ottawa in February 1984, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau decided to take a walk. The next morning, he woke up...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Just a note that the newsletter will be taking the next two weeks off for the holidays....
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how the incoming Trump administration is approaching U.S.-Canada relations, allegations that...
With one foot out the door, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new climate goal for the United States that aims for sharper...
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visits India in his first...
The Indigenous iTaukei people have called Fiji home for thousands of years. But now, one of their villages, Vunidogoloa—on the coast of the...
The price of bitcoin went over $100,000 for a few hours on Dec. 5, peaking at $103,400. The financial press can’t resist constructing a...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this year: Great powers scramble for African infrastructure, elections spur democratic...
Iran faces cascading challenges, ranging from the collapse of Bashar al-Assad in Syria to the weakening of its “axis of resistance”...
No sooner had ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s plane touched down in Moscow than a debate erupted inside the Beltway about what the...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump suggests a pathway for U.S.-China relations...
Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the assassination of a senior...
On Dec. 8, when opposition forces stormed the gates of Sednaya, the infamous Damascus prison dubbed Syria’s “human slaughterhouse,” the...
Jubilant rebels bloodlessly entering the capital, a president in flight, a stunned foreign patron negotiating the evacuation of its forces—this...
News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict MORE ON THIS TOPIC Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel’s interests...
Artificial intelligence is changing the structure of our global economy, but it’s unlikely that everyone will benefit. Advocates for AI celebrate...
U.S. President Joe Biden combined two of his passions during his much-delayed trip to Africa last week: U.S. foreign policy and trains. At the...
Whoever occupies the U.S. presidency at any given time can make a tremendous difference in the outcome of major global crises. For a clear sense of...