The United States Got the Pandemic Economic Response Right It spent early and spent big—and is now poised to reap the rewards. Foreign Policy · Nov 12, 2020
Biden Can’t Stop America’s Democratic Decline A new administration won’t deliver the changes the country needs. Now it’s up to the U.S. public. Foreign Policy · Nov 12, 2020
Biden Must Restore America’s Reputation as a Beacon of Press Freedom After four years of hostility to journalists and a free press, the United States must repair the damage Trump has done at home and abroad. Foreign Policy · Nov 12, 2020
Trump Loyalists Primed to Further Remake Pentagon Officials in the Pentagon see this week’s purges as a sign the White House will be even more aggressive in bending the Pentagon to its… Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
What Saeb Erekat’s Death Means for Palestinians of My Generation We worked hard for a state of our own but may not live to see it. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Taiwan Is Beating Political Disinformation. The West Can Too. With money and effort, a shared sense of truth can be reclaimed. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Slovenia’s Prime Minister Is a Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist and Twitter Addict Who Won’t Admit Trump Lost Janez Jansa has built a powerful propaganda network with backing from Hungary. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
The United States Can’t Sleepwalk Into the Coming Military Revolutions European leaders misjudged World War I. America shouldn’t repeat their mistake. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Jihadist Networks Dig In on Social Media Across Central Asia Almost 500 extremist channels on Telegram, VKontakte, and other networks spread propaganda and vie for recruits. Most of them have ties to the Islamic State. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Is Big Tech Setting Africa Back? Data colonialism is rampant on the African continent. Smart regulation can stop it. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Forget U.N. Peacekeepers: Send in the Gendarmes In gray-zone conflicts, police don’t have the skills to bring peace and full-scale military interventions can lead to escalation. A force that can bring stability… Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
Austria, Not France, Is the Model for Europe’s Crackdown on Islamists Sebastian Kurz’s government failed to stop a recent terrorist attack, but he has been saying—and doing—what Emmanuel Macron is proposing for years. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
The Power Delusion U.S.-China competition isn’t just about great-power rivalry. It’s about the ideological battle between democracy and authoritarianism, too. Foreign Policy · Nov 11, 2020
The World Calls Biden, While Trump and Company Double Down Major world leaders are reaching out to the U.S. president-elect as Pompeo claims there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 Why Did the United States Take China’s Word on Supposed Uighur Terrorists? The Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement barely existed, but Washington wanted Beijing on board for the war on terror.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 Armenians Rage Against Last-Minute Peace Deal People trashed the parliament and stormed the presidential palace after Armenia’s PM bowed to the inevitable.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 Biden Will Speak Softer but Act Stronger on Taiwan U.S. support will be strengthened, but Trump’s provocations will disappear.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 How Trump’s Defeat Could Mean More Policy Favors for Israel Netanyahu has a wish list for the lame-duck president while Trump has a score to settle with Biden.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 Afghans Caught in the Crossfire While U.S. Prepares to Clear Out Despite ongoing peace talks, intensifying Taliban attacks on Afghans across the country are out of control—and threaten the country’s future.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 More Top Pentagon Officials Out After Trump Sacks Esper “It’s embarrassing for the United States,” a former senior intelligence officer who served under Trump said of the recent spate of firings.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 Switzerland Is Choosing Austerity Over Life Why Switzerland became one of the world's worst coronavirus hotspots.
Foreign Policy · Nov 10, 2020 The Vaccine News Is Good. Here’s the Bad News. Even if the coronavirus treatment works as advertised, there are plenty of reasons to worry about how much good it can do.
Foreign Policy · Nov 9, 2020 In Nagorno-Karabakh, the Cycle of Ethnic Cleansing Continues In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.
Foreign Policy · Nov 9, 2020 France’s Muslims Could Learn from the African American Muslim Experience An indigenous form of Islam developed within the West—rather than influenced by leaders from abroad—is the path to integration and peaceful coexistence.
Foreign Policy · Nov 9, 2020 Trump Fires His Embattled Pentagon Chief by Tweet The abrupt news after Trump’s electoral defeat follows months of tensions between the U.S. president and his secretary of defense.