Counter China by Making Guam a State More than a partisan move, statehood would be a foreign-policy masterstroke. Foreign Policy · Oct 14, 2020
Exiled Tibetans Suffer as WeChat Bans Leave Home Even Further Away The messaging app was a lifeline—and a political danger. Foreign Policy · Oct 14, 2020
Tehran’s Worst Nightmare The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could spill over to Iran’s Azeri minority, setting off a battle the government can’t contain. Foreign Policy · Oct 14, 2020
China Learns the Hard Way That Money Can’t Buy You Love Few countries have soured more rapidly against China than Australia, as decades of influence-building by Beijing come to naught. Foreign Policy · Oct 14, 2020
A Partial Ban on Autonomous Weapons Would Make Everyone Safer Great powers stand to lose the most from weapons like drone swarms and should back a limited ban on the most dangerous systems. Foreign Policy · Oct 14, 2020
Merkel’s China Reset Is Mostly Hollow Washington shouldn’t expect—and may not need—a coordinated policy with Berlin. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
The Feds Moved Migrants in Unmarked Vans Overseas Homeland Security rented vans to illegally hustle migrants to the border—in a foreign country. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
How a Maritime Deal With Israel Could Ease Lebanon’s Woes Beirut could tap billions of dollars in natural gas revenue if it can resolve the border dispute. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
Lukashenko’s Talk Offers Could Trap Him or Protesters The besieged autocrat is stuck between Russia and a hard place. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
Investors Are Already Treating America Like an Emerging Market Election chaos, social unrest, and weak institutions make the United States too risky for a developed economy. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
Orban’s Macbeth The tragic figure behind the Hungarian populist leader’s efforts to remake his country’s theater. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
America Must Promote Democracy, Despite Trump’s Disdain for It Even if 2020 marks a low point of U.S. democratic practice, supporting liberalism abroad must remain a vital element of U.S. foreign policy. Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
Democrats Can’t Reverse the Damage of the Trump Era Overnight Republican activists have spent decades building a movement, winning state and local elections, and grooming a generation of conservative judges. If the left wants to… Foreign Policy · Oct 13, 2020
Pompeo’s Next Mission, Like His First: Clinton’s Old Emails Mike Pompeo’s rush to placate Trump and release old emails from Hillary Clinton worries many in the State Department who fear both its illegality and… Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 The Government Can’t Save Ultra-Orthodox Jews From COVID-19. Religious Leaders Can. The coronavirus has hit Haredi enclaves hard, but without clear directives from rabbis, isolated communities from Jerusalem to New York will continue to suffer.
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 Trump Taps Loyalists for Top Pentagon Liaison Jobs It risks Trump burrowing loyalists into career positions to undermine a Biden administration, multiple former officials say.
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 Beijing Believes Trump Is Accelerating American Decline Public intelligence assessments of China’s 2020 election preferences only tell half the story.
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 Pakistan Is Doing Its Own Political Reengineering in Kashmir After condemning New Delhi for its machinations in Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad is quietly changing the status of Gilgit-Baltistan on its side of the Line…
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 Trumpworld’s Corruption Is as Globalized as the Ultra-Rich the President Mingles With Elliott Broidy and others are connected to globe-spanning scandals.
Foreign Policy · Oct 12, 2020 America’s Iraqi Embassy Is a Monstrosity Out of Time The United States is threatening to close its outpost in Baghdad. It should have done so yesterday.
Foreign Policy · Oct 10, 2020 North Korea’s Huge New Missile Sends a Message to Washington In the military parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling communist party, Pyongyang showed its claws and sought to bolster domestic…
Foreign Policy · Oct 10, 2020 The Case for Climate Reparations The world’s poorest will bear the worst consequences of the climate crisis. Redirecting international resources to address entrenched inequalities provides a way out.
Foreign Policy · Oct 9, 2020 China’s Belt and Road Initiative Is a Mess, Not a Master Plan Beijing’s foreign investments are often money-losing and driven by recipients’ own agendas.
Foreign Policy · Oct 9, 2020 Girls Have Greater Access to Education Than Ever But equality is still a long way off.
Foreign Policy · Oct 9, 2020 Christian Victims in Nigeria Fear Future Attacks Religious violence is growing despite the pandemic.