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Personnel Cuts Leave USAID With Skeleton Crew to Monitor Nearly $1 Billion of Aid Programs in Iraq

After a drawdown of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad earlier this year, the Trump administration ordered another cut in response to threats from…

Foreign Policy · Dec 18, 2020

One Year After Mass Protests, India’s Muslims Still Live in Fear

Modi’s party is expected to further polarize state electorates along religious lines in 2021.

Foreign Policy · Dec 18, 2020

Washington Needs a Cybersecurity Overhaul

When they enter office, Biden and Harris must make up for lost ground.

Foreign Policy · Dec 18, 2020

Betrayed by Their Leaders, Failed by the West, Arabs Still Want Democracy

The Arab world is trapped in a state of permanent revolution.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

Bellingcat Can Say What U.S. Intelligence Can’t

Open-source investigations enable officials and lawmakers to discuss Russian skullduggery without exposing sources and methods of U.S. intelligence

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

Tunisia’s Decade of Democracy

Ten years after the Arab Spring, Tunisians are discovering that political reform alone isn’t enough.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

Top Pentagon General Meets With Taliban to Salvage Peace Deal

As U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, Taliban attacks are on the rise—and peace negotiations are at risk of collapsing.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

The Arab Spring Let the People Shout, Not Whisper

I was a teenage protester, then a prisoner, now a refugee. We won’t go back to silence.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

Refugees Can’t Live in Limbo Forever

Governments and aid organizations think of displaced populations as temporary. But it is time to face reality.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020

Arab Dignity Is Real. So Is Arab Failure.

Ten years after the start of the Arab Spring, it’s time to accept that the revolution may never return.

Foreign Policy · Dec 17, 2020