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Getting Human Rights Right

Before Biden can lead in the world, he’ll have to lead at home.

Foreign Policy · Nov 19, 2020

U.S. Hostility With Iran Only Serves Hardliners on Both Sides

The countries’ interests overlap in some key ways. Biden can work with that.

Foreign Policy · Nov 19, 2020

The Real Meaning of Trump’s Post-Election Defiance

When you feel you don’t have a future, you have no choice but to fight.

Foreign Policy · Nov 19, 2020

U.N. Pulling Americans From Northern Yemen Ahead of Houthi Terrorist Designation

The Trump administration’s parting gift to Saudi Arabia has made it necessary to evacuate at-risk aid workers from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

Team Biden Urged to Keep Trump’s Afghan Envoy

Biden’s foreign-policy team is weighing the merits of letting Zalmay Khalilzad keep his job or letting him go.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

Note to Biden: Forget Trade, the Real War With China Is Over Tech

Just like Trump, Biden is stuck in the last century if he believes globalization is about trade and rust-belt manufacturing jobs.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

Biden in the Balkans

Fixing Trump’s mistakes in the region will be easy. Avoiding Obama’s will be much harder.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

After Biden Win, U.S. Intelligence Community ‘Probably Doing Cartwheels’

Long maligned and vilified under Trump, the spy agencies hope to restore normality under Biden.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

Trump Ousts Cybersecurity Chief Over Election Claims

The outgoing president continues to spread falsehoods about fraud, even as the recently fired Chris Krebs calls the elections ‘the most secure’ in history.

Foreign Policy · Nov 18, 2020

Biden Can’t Avoid Erdogan, but He Can Keep the U.S.-Turkish Relationship on Track

Turkey’s leader has caused many headaches in Washington in recent years, but letting ties deteriorate further would be disastrous.

Foreign Policy · Nov 17, 2020