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Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza in Renewed Military Campaign

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Alexandra Sharp

The Campaign to Mainstream the Houthis

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Fatima Abo Alasrar

Somehow, the Abraham Accords Are Alive and Well

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Anchal Vohra

The Long Shadow of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

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Anagha Subhash Nair

Why Disinformation Surged During the India-Pakistan Crisis

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Michael Kugelman

White South Africans Enter the U.S. as Refugees

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Afrikaners touch down in Virginia as refugees, a federal judge temporarily...

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Nosmot Gbadamosi

Elon Musk Was Donald Trump’s Useful Idiot

Ongoing reports and analysis What did Elon Musk actually hope to achieve at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)? Late last month, a...

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Gideon Lichfield

Why Khamenei Is Betting on Trump

Since mid-April, diplomacy between Tehran and Washington has shifted into overdrive. After a seven-year freeze, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah...

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Alex Vatanka

Birthrates Are Plunging Everywhere—but Not in Israel

Much of the developed world’s population has begun to shrink, or soon will, for the simple reason that women are having so few babies. Among...

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David E. Rosenberg

Washington’s Energy U-Turn Is Good News for Africa

Ongoing reports and analysis Amid the shock, condemnation, and derision that have met the Trump administration’s early steps on the international...

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Ted Nordhaus

OnlyFans Performers Can’t Get Justice

The Full Story is a partnership between The Fuller Project and Foreign Policy. Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a...

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Polina Bachlakova

Trump’s Aid Freeze Is Undermining His Immigration Policy

Ongoing reports and analysis When Yelitza Pimental boarded a bus with her husband and four children last November in Caracas, Venezuela, she hoped...

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Christina Noriega

Modi Has Changed India’s Military Doctrine

It was widely understood that India would respond militarily to what it called a Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack that occurred on April 22 in...

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Anchal Vohra

Trump’s Brain Drain Will Be Europe’s Gain

Ongoing reports and analysis French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a conference at Sorbonne University in early May aimed at attracting U.S....

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Daniel B. Baer

How Trump Can Reset His Failed Ukraine Policy

Ongoing reports and analysis Far from ending the war in 24 hours as he repeatedly promised, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy has been a...

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Philip H. Gordon

In India, Controversial Law Threatens Muslim Property

The Indian Parliament—led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies—passed a controversial bill last month that...

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Tarushi Aswani

Trump Champions ‘Golden Age of the Middle East’ During Saudi Arabia Visit

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East priorities, the fragile cease-fire between India and...

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Alexandra Sharp

U.S.-China Trade Deal Defies Expectations

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: U.S.-China talks lead to a 90-day tariff rollback, Chinese-made fighter jets are...

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James Palmer

Social Media Companies Now Work for Governments—Not Users

As tensions between India and Pakistan rose and then fell dramatically in recent days, the Indian government used the nation’s digital governance...

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Aliya Bhatia

AI-Generated Law Isn’t Necessarily a Terrible Idea

On April 14, Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that the United Arab Emirates would begin using artificial...

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Bruce Schneier

Uruguay’s José Mujica Aimed to Change the World

José Mujica woke up on Feb. 15, 2005, prepared to make history. That afternoon, the Uruguayan former leftist guerrilla was due to be sworn in as a...

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Guillermo Draper

Trump Isn’t Following the Script on Israel

MORE ON THIS TOPIC The only thing more certain than the sun rising in the east and setting in the west is that a Republican president will always...

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Emma Ashford

China’s Economic Officials Are Trying to Speak Like Human Beings

When Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang told reporters in Geneva that “a good meal is worth the wait,” it was a moment that stood...

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Lizzi C. Lee

Why This Is the Best Time to Sanction Russia

Ongoing reports and analysis For a brief moment, it seemed as though U.S. President Donald Trump were finally willing to get tough on Russia. In an...

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Christian Caryl

PKK to Disband, End Insurgency in Turkey

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an end to the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, an easing of the U.S.-China trade war, and future...

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Alexandra Sharp

Trump Mistakenly Thinks Japan Is a Soft Target

Get audio access with any FP subscription. Subscribe Now ALREADY AN FP SUBSCRIBER? LOGIN TOKYO—The Trump administration has good reasons to put...

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William Sposato

Bosnia’s Paradoxical Peace Rests on a Flawed Constitution

This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the most paradoxical contemporary peace treaty: the U.S.-brokered Dayton Agreement....

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Jasmin Mujanovic

The Post-World War II System Was Always Fragile

Ongoing reports and analysis It has been 80 years since World War II ended. That historic moment brought celebration, euphoria, and collective...

monday 10

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Julian E. Zelizer

How the Oct. 7 Attack on Israel Sank the Palestinian Cause

MORE ON THIS TOPIC In the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, one could be forgiven for believing that the Palestinian issue had...

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Aaron David Miller

Biased AI Models Are Increasing Political Polarization

Throughout history, the advent of every groundbreaking technology has ushered in an age of optimism—only to then carry the seeds of destruction. In...

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Sinan Ulgen

American Shipbuilding Needs Allies

Ongoing reports and analysis Among the slew of executive orders signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in his first 100 days in office is a promise...

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Jonathan D. Caverley

Japan’s Support for Women’s Equality Doesn’t Extend to Domestic Reform

In October 2024, the United Nations’ top gender equality body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, published a report...

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Ming Gao

U.S. and China Announce Big Tariff Rollback

Ongoing reports and analysis Trade talks between the United States and China in Geneva this weekend yielded a surprisingly significant...

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Lili Pike

Trump Heads to the Gulf With Deals on the Table

Ongoing reports and analysis There are many ways in which U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term in office has diverged from his first. His...

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Rishi Iyengar

Is American Soft Power Finished?

“Traditionally the test of a great power was its strength in war. Today, however, the definition of power is losing its emphasis on military force...

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Chloe Hadavas