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Duterte Will Fight Anyone but Beijing

The Philippine president is curiously willing to put China’s interests over his country’s.

Foreign Policy · Oct 19, 2020

The 4 False Deathbeds of John F. Kennedy

The 35th president grew up wealthy, privileged, callow—and extremely sensitive to the weakness of others.

Foreign Policy · Oct 19, 2020

Team Biden Should Start With an Asia Pivot 2.0

U.S. policy to contain China will require a lot more continuity with Trump than Biden’s backers would like to admit.

Foreign Policy · Oct 19, 2020

Assad’s Horrible War Crimes Are Finally Coming to Light Under Oath

A German court is exposing Syria’s systemic atrocities—and ending any hopes of international reconciliation with the regime.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

Inside Germany’s Successful and Broken Integration Experiment

Five years after the arrival of more than a million refugees, one city in western Germany is emblematic of all that’s gone right—and wrong.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

The Rise of the COVID Dictatorships

Around the world, emergency powers are chipping away at democracy—sometimes with public support.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

The U.N. Has a Diversity Problem

Westerners are overrepresented in senior positions across the world body.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

The United States Isn’t Doomed to Lose the Information Wars

China and Russia are ramping up their disinformation campaigns in the lead-up to the November vote. It’s time for Washington to fight back.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

Americans Are Officially Giving Up on Democracy

New polling shows that a growing share of U.S. citizens want leaders who wouldn’t “bother with” elections.

Foreign Policy · Oct 16, 2020

Thai Protesters Defy New State of Emergency

After a confrontation with the royal motorcade, the government is cracking down.

Foreign Policy · Oct 15, 2020