Biden Needs to Play the Nationalism Card Right Now The 2020 election is veering into dangerous territory—and liberalism won’t be enough to win. Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
A World in Counterfeit After they mastered their territories, rulers wanted to master crafts, too. Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
State Department Misled Public, Congress About Revoking Journalist’s Award for Criticizing Trump An inspector general’s report concludes that State officials nixed a high-profile award out of fear of offending higher-ups—then lied about it. Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
Building a Shared Worldview Among Democrats and Republicans Could Be More Dangerous Than Healing Bring people together around protecting democracy instead. Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
How India Came Around to Talking to the Taliban New Delhi is set to take on a greater role in Afghanistan’s peace process. Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
The White House Wants Peace With Sudan. Congress Wants Khartoum to Pay. Normalizing ties with Israel could mean removal from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list, allowing the country to rebuild its shattered economy—but U.S. legislators… Foreign Policy · Sep 25, 2020
Books in Brief Staff reviews of recent releases on U.S. isolationism, the future of energy, and China’s new Silk Road. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
U.S. Allies Worry Trump Administration Might Let Key Nuclear Treaty With Russia Die Internal documents acknowledge concern among allies about the expiration of the Obama-era New START accord, but U.S. negotiators are still playing hardball. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
‘We Have Nothing Here’: A Collapsing Lebanon Sparks an Exodus of Despair A country that previously took in refugees could become an exporter of people as government ineptitude and an economic cataclysm destroy all hope. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
North Korea Kills, Torches South Korean Civilian in Bizarre Maritime Incident The confusing affair could make it even harder for South Korean President Moon Jae-in to continue warming up to the North. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
Feeling Abandoned by Kabul, Many Rural Afghans Flock to Join the Taliban “My hope is with the Taliban,” said one new recruit who has known only war and broken promises. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
Why Europe Wins Everyone writes off the European Union as dull and prone to fracture. But the last decade shows that Brussels is smarter than Beijing, London, Moscow,… Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
The African Union Needs to Resolve Ethiopia’s Dam Dispute U.S. diplomacy has failed. African diplomacy can’t afford to. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
Trump’s National Security Team Is Making Politics, Not Policy Pompeo speaks on China in Wisconsin and Trump’s national security advisor speaks in Iowa in a thinly veiled election ploy. Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020
Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020 Make Surveillance Capitalists Pay Their Dues Congressional action has typically left big tech firms intact, instead mandating that they improve access for all consumers. Washington should stick to that model.
Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020 The U.S. Needs An Endgame Before It Plunges Into the Next Cold War China would be a tougher, longer-lasting opponent than the Soviet Union.
Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020 The Case for Black American Self-Defense Pacifist injunctions obliterate the history of, and need for, armed protection.
Foreign Policy · Sep 24, 2020 Israeli TV Spy Thriller ‘Tehran’ Flouts Stereotypes About Iran Apple TV+ premieres series by the director of “Homeland” that captivated Israelis this summer.
Foreign Policy · Sep 23, 2020 How Russia Tried to Weaponize Charlie Sheen What’s behind an odd, international campaign to free a Russian operative from a Libyan jail?
Foreign Policy · Sep 23, 2020 As Decoupling Grows, the West Risks Losing Insight Into China A collapsing relationship could create a lost generation of experts.
Foreign Policy · Sep 23, 2020 Germany’s Lateral Thinkers, Unite The Querdenker protests against coronavirus prevention measures sweeping the country’s cities show that free speech is alive and well.
Foreign Policy · Sep 23, 2020 How Italy Snatched Health From the Jaws of Death Those who used to scoff at its mismanagement should take note of Rome’s strategy for defeating COVID-19.
Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020 How Pompeo Blurs the Line Between Diplomacy and Politics Pompeo's speeches in potential battleground states during official State Department trips have drawn fire from Democratic lawmakers.
Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020 The Republican and Democratic Parties Are Heading for Collapse U.S. political parties have reshuffled every few decades, and 2020 may be the year they do it again.
Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020 The United States Needs a New Strategic Mindset For decades, U.S. strategists were thinking short-term. Its leaders should start taking an infinite perspective.