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Trump’s Trade Threats May Have a Silver Lining for Europe

Among the many countries targeted by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats—a net that he recently widened to include all the BRICS...

05.12.2024 1

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

It’s One of Trump’s Most Controversial Promises. This Is How He Might Carry It Out.

Tweet Share Share Comment This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy , the magazine of global politics and...

26.11.2024 7

Slate

Keith Johnson

Baltic Cable Outages Raise Questions—and Tensions with Moscow

A pair of undersea data cables in the Baltic Sea mysteriously stopped working in the last two days, and the first reaction from Germany and Finland,...

21.11.2024 8

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Trump’s Early Picks Worry John Bolton

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has flooded the zone with nominations for key national security positions that raise questions even among longtime...

14.11.2024 7

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Could Trump Rekindle Diplomacy With North Korea?

Now that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has a Russian dance partner that actually delivers for him, will U.S. President-elect Donald Trump be able...

14.11.2024 30

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Trump Wants to Make America Pay Again

06.11.2024 7

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Another ‘Stop the Steal’ Could Weaken America Abroad

Stay informed with FP’s news and analysis as the United States prepares to vote. Forget for a moment all the potential foreign-policy implications...

30.10.2024 5

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Why North Korea’s Deployment of Troops to Russia Really Matters

Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic The deployment of 10,000 or so North Korean troops to Russia marks a sharp escalation and...

23.10.2024 8

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Can BRICS Finally Take On the West?

One of the more remarkable developments over the last 25 years is that an investment banker’s arbitrary acronym for a quartet of emerging market...

21.10.2024 60

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Ukraine Faces a Double Threat if Russia Takes Pokrovsk

Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic The latest Russian offensive in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, threatens to finally topple...

11.10.2024 9

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

The Middle East Crisis Has Finally Shaken Oil Markets

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict MORE ON THIS TOPIC All eyes are on the scale and scope of Israel’s promised response to...

04.10.2024 8

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

North Korean Shells Fuel Russia’s War—and Kim’s Ambitions

Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic Top Ukrainian defense officials and U.S. diplomats agree about one thing: North Korean...

03.10.2024 5

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

The U.N. Resolution at the Heart of the Israel-Lebanon Conflict

News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict MORE ON THIS TOPIC What ended Israel’s last invasion of Lebanon in 2006—and made the latest...

02.10.2024 8

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Europe Yearns to Be an Indo-Pacific Player 

After years in search of a geopolitical identity, Europe is aiming to become a much bigger player in one of the most contentious spaces in...

20.03.2024 30

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

John Bolton’s Biggest Fears About Trump 2.0

For five decades, John Bolton has been a fixture in the foreign-policy firmament of Republican administrations—an uber-hawk, a “bull in a china...

06.03.2024 10

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Europe Edges Closer to ‘Plan B’ for Using Frozen Russian Money

Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic The United States is still pushing to seize outright all the frozen Russian Central Bank...

05.03.2024 10

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

How Pirates Kick-Started India’s Navy Into Action

The unexpected and dramatic resurgence of piracy off the east coast of Africa has galvanized the Indian Navy into playing a dominant security role in...

14.02.2024 20

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

The Houthis’ Next Target May Be Underwater

In the midst of the 12-week campaign by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen to disrupt the critical shipping corridor of the Red Sea, a new worry is...

08.02.2024 20

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Why Biden’s LNG Pause Has Allies Worried

The Biden administration’s “pause” on future approvals for the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) has enraged Republicans, spooked...

02.02.2024 30

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

Why the Red Sea Crisis Hasn’t Hit Energy—Yet

The monthlong spate of attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea has certainly spooked shipping companies, which have...

18.01.2024 6

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

This Is a ‘5-Alarm Fire Right Now’

Viewed from Washington, there’s currently one big war going on in Ukraine, another war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza that could get bigger, and...

12.01.2024 7

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

5 News Stories That Made a Splash

The year's best stories The year is winding down not unlike how it began, with a stalemate in Russia’s war in Ukraine, a human rights nightmare in...

29.12.2023 7

Foreign Policy

Keith Johnson

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