Cracks Appear Among Lukashenko’s Security Forces Signs that the Belarusian dictator’s days in power might be numbered have emerged in his security apparatus. Foreign Policy · Dec 14, 2020
China’s Drive to Make Semiconductor Chips Is Failing The stunning success of U.S. efforts to hobble Huawei shows the fragility of Beijing’s highly centralized tech sector. Foreign Policy · Dec 14, 2020
The United States Has Failed Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers Fleeing a civil war shaped by the West, Cameroonians have been met on American shores with hostility, high-risk conditions, and now unconscionable deportation. Foreign Policy · Dec 13, 2020
Legalization Advocates Hope to End Mexico’s Drug War Threats, violence, and clampdowns have failed. Can decriminalization work? Foreign Policy · Dec 12, 2020
Why the World Should Root for the EU in Brexit Talks If Brussels folds, it will mark the end of the last, best hope for stopping a race to the bottom. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Numbers Aren’t Reality, but You Can’t Govern Without Them Picking the right statistics has been critical to handling—or botching—the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Lebanon’s Concrete Cartel How business interests prevent Lebanon from rebuilding its infrastructure, government, and economy. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Trump Ally Nunes Seeks to Derail Key Bill Funding Intelligence Community The spy agencies will still get money, but Trump’s House allies are trying to hobble much-needed reforms. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
The Peril of Persuasion in the Big Tech Age Persuasion is essential to society and democracy, but we need new rules governing how companies can harness it. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Where Is Biden’s Cabinet Heading? The incoming U.S. president’s team doesn’t point in any clear direction, and progressives are worried. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
The Pitiful Endgame of Saudi Arabia's Qatar Blockade As the Trump administration winds down, Riyadh is trying—and failing—to cut its losses on a failed regional policy. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Why Biden Will Lose the Left—and How That Could Help Him The Democratic coalition is already fracturing. But losing his erstwhile allies could actually make it easier to govern—and boost his standing. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Biden Sees the A-Team. I See the Blob. There’s plenty of reason to be skeptical of the president-elect’s national-security choices—but here’s hoping he proves history wrong. Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Old Rivals in Kashmir Are Joining Forces Against Modi India’s attack on Kashmiri autonomy has united two parties that were once sworn enemies. The newly formed Gupkar Alliance could reshape the disputed region’s politics… Foreign Policy · Dec 11, 2020
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 U.S. Set to Finally Sanction Turkey for Buying Russian Arms Trump has long refused to penalize Ankara for acquiring advanced Russian air defense systems, but Congress is forcing his hand.
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 Biden’s First Foreign-Policy Crisis Is Already Here China’s threats against Australia cannot go unanswered by the United States.
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 2021 Could Be the Year of Free Trade The Free Trade Area of the Americas has spent years on the back burner, but Biden could revive it when he takes office.
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 The Kafkaesque World of Sudanese Refugees in Israel Aid organizations fear that Israel is about to deport thousands of asylum-seekers to Sudan now that the two countries have made peace.
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 What to Watch for as Biden Staffs Up Who the U.S. president-elect picks to fill lower-level posts in the State Department, the Pentagon, and other agencies will say a lot about his foreign…
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 The United States Needs More Wine to Stand Up to Chinese Bullying Strategic economic reserves can allow Washington to bolster smaller countries like Australia.
Foreign Policy · Dec 10, 2020 How to Kick-Start a New Trans-Atlantic Era The European Union’s foreign minister explains his vision for a new U.S.-Europe partnership for the next four years.
Foreign Policy · Dec 9, 2020 Senate Effort to Stop Trump Arms Sales to UAE Fails But the vote laid down a marker for the incoming Biden administration on Democrats’ opposition to Middle Eastern arms sales and U.S. involvement in the…
Foreign Policy · Dec 9, 2020 Biden Defends Choice of Austin for Defense Secretary Some lawmakers and many national security experts are wary of another general atop the Pentagon, but Lloyd Austin has the president-elect’s ear—and backing.
Foreign Policy · Dec 9, 2020 India’s Congress Party Needs to Ditch the Nehru-Gandhi Family Once an asset, the clan has become an electoral liability.
Foreign Policy · Dec 9, 2020 Italy’s Economy Is Under Pressure as Pandemic Continues The government is walking on a tightrope as the coronavirus crisis grinds on.