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Penny Wong Wants Australia to Be More Than a Supporting Player

Can the new foreign minister escape the slipstream of the superpowers?

Foreign Policy · Oct 1, 2022

The Battle for Brazil’s Evangelicals

After fueling Bolsonaro’s rise, some are flocking to Lula’s camp with earthly—and heavenly—concerns.

Foreign Policy · Sep 30, 2022

Who Speaks English?

The world is long overdue for the abandonment of the unstated but powerful hegemony that exists around the great imperial languages of centuries past.

Foreign Policy · Sep 26, 2022

Scholz and Macron Have a Perilous Ambition for Europe

The idea of “European strategic autonomy” just won’t go away.

Foreign Policy · Sep 8, 2022

Why Chileans Voted to Keep Their Dictatorship-Era Constitution

The country’s constitutional debate is far from over.

Foreign Policy · Sep 3, 2022

The Future of Brazilian Politics Will Be Decided in São Paulo

Lula’s Workers’ Party has never won the governorship of Brazil’s wealthiest and most populous state. This could be its year.

Foreign Policy · Aug 31, 2022

The United States Is Fighting Inflation With History

Fed chief Jerome Powell wants the world to understand his present decisions are guided by past traumas.

Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2022

Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia

Floods, droughts, tropical storms, and heat waves are severely testing the resilience of a region with a lot of vulnerable people.

Foreign Policy · Aug 24, 2022

Kremlin Claims Monkeypox Could Be a Secret U.S. Bioweapon

Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.

Foreign Policy · Aug 21, 2022

The United States Is Deeply Invested in the South China Sea

As China postures, Washington remains committed.

Foreign Policy · Aug 14, 2022