The Taliban, at Least, Are Striking Gold in Afghanistan The militant group mines almost half a billion dollars a year from Afghan soil—and wants more. Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020
Africa's Creative Industries Are Ripe for U.S. Investment The continent's pop culture market is booming, just as U.S.-Chinese competition is heating up. Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020
Is the Blob Really Blameless? How not to evaluate American grand strategy. Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020
Pompeo’s Critics Misrepresent the Commission on Unalienable Rights The NGOs and activists criticizing the commission’s inaugural report are distorting its contents. Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020
The Ethiopian-Egyptian Water War Has Begun The conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has already started. It’s just happening in cyberspace. Foreign Policy · Sep 22, 2020
What the U.N. Is Good For… or Could Be The best way to advance U.S. interests isn’t to chastise the United Nations—it’s to participate actively in its proceedings. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Much Maligned But Still Necessary: the U.N. at 75 The postwar institution designed to maintain global peace has fallen short of many goals, but on the whole succeeded. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Repairing Humanity’s Relationship With the Planet Will Be Cheaper Than Continuing to Let It Slide The choice is simple: accept devastating wildfires, extreme weather, species loss, and disease outbreaks or secure a sustainable future at a fraction of the cost. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
U.S. Isolated at U.N. as Push to Ramp Up Pressure on Iran Fails “We don’t need a cheering section,” said Trump’s U.N ambassador. But Washington does need international compliance to make snapback sanctions work. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Counting Presidential Dead Is a Distraction It doesn’t matter whether Bush or Trump was worse when the problems are the same. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Biden or Trump, the U.S.-Brazil Relationship Is Still Headed for Trouble No matter the president, Washington won’t stand for Brasilia’s growing ties with Beijing. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Brexit Might Break Britain. What Will Scotland Do? Scotland, six years after its last crack at independence, is hankering to be a “global good gal,” charting its own foreign-policy course independent of London. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
You Can Only See Liberalism From the Bottom Why Pankaj Mishra sees the ideology’s limits more clearly than its most powerful fans. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Trump’s Policies Have Convinced Iran to Build a More Advanced Nuclear Program Before Negotiating Washington’s reliance on sanctions and maximum pressure will make it harder to strike a new deal constraining Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Foreign Policy · Sep 21, 2020
Foreign Policy · Sep 20, 2020 Political Violence Could Derail Ethiopia’s Democratic Transition A string of assassinations has spawned conspiracy theories and intercommunal suspicion, threatening the country’s stability.
Foreign Policy · Sep 20, 2020 Europe’s Failed Migration Policy Caused Greece’s Latest Refugee Crisis The burning of the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos has exposed the EU’s short-sighted, inhumane, and ineffective approach to asylum.
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 India’s Democracy Is Under Threat New Delhi’s crackdown on dissent is endangering free speech and the entire system of criminal justice.
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 How Politics Are Compounding Israel's COVID-19 Crisis Bibi succumbs to pressure from religious factions even as he imposes a second nationwide lockdown.
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 The Huawei Ban Could Crush U.S. Overseas Aid Efforts A new law meant to keep Chinese telecoms out of American networks threatens to make life impossible for diplomats, aid workers, and the military across…
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 Will COVID-19 Kill Democracy? In Tanzania and elsewhere, the pandemic and creeping authoritarianism are colliding, making both problems far worse.
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 Partition Is the Only Solution to Lebanon’s Woes Hezbollah’s dominance has deprived non-Shiite Lebanese of a voice in their own country. It is time to reconsider a century of consociational democracy and return…
Foreign Policy · Sep 18, 2020 Brexit Is a Distraction from the United Kingdom’s Real Economic Woes To rebuild its position as a powerhouse, the country will need to focus on its deeper problems.
Foreign Policy · Sep 17, 2020 China Is Already Breaking Its Vatican Deal Ordinary Catholics deserve to know the details of the arrangement.
Foreign Policy · Sep 17, 2020 If You Want to Keep Talent Out of China, Invest at Home Retaining the U.S. advantage needs funding, not xenophobia.
Foreign Policy · Sep 17, 2020 Don’t Politicize Water Despite deteriorating relations in recent years, Israel and Jordan should return to a history of cooperation on water resources.