Trump Under Pressure From Democrats to Drop Diplomat Nominee Over Racist Remarks The retired colonel called refugees fleeing Middle East violence “unwanted Muslim invaders.” Foreign Policy · Aug 31, 2020
Southeast Asia is Ground Zero in the New U.S.-China Conflict—and Beijing Is Winning ‘Under Beijing’s Shadow’ lays out in compelling detail how China is working to dominate the region. Foreign Policy · Aug 29, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service Is a Threat to Your Life Disruptions of mail aren’t just a problem for the election—they’re a danger to millions of American lives. Foreign Policy · Aug 29, 2020
The Abe Era Ends, Cheering China, Concerning Washington The United States hasn’t had to worry about Japan in nearly a decade. Now it might have to start. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
Moon Faces a Bigger Political Threat Than Kim Jong Un: Real Estate Prices A struggle to bring down South Korea’s soaring housing market could doom a presidency. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
Unloved But Successful, Shinzo Abe Takes His Bow The longest-ever-serving Japanese prime minister steered the country through rocky years. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
Why COVID-19 Is Ravaging Iran Again Poor governance, disinformation, censorship, and punishing U.S. sanctions have turned a crisis into a disaster. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
Kashmir’s LGBTQ Community Is Caught Between Conservative Society and Indian Ethnonationalism New Delhi claims that Kashmir used its semi-autonomous status to discriminate against sexual and gender minorities, but its own moves are doing more harm than… Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s Plans to Become a Regional Energy Giant Just Got a Boost After the discovery of a large natural gas field, Ankara may have Moscow on the ropes. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
The Trumpists’ Answer to His Republican Foreign-Policy Critics? More Culture Wars. Trump’s friends have opted for their usual grievance politics. Foreign Policy · Aug 28, 2020
China Is Taking Advantage of India’s Intelligence Failures New Delhi has failed to learn from its mistakes. Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020
Argentina’s Economy Crumbles as Buenos Aires Lockdown Continues The nation was already on the economic brink before COVID-19 hit. Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020
Biden Is Getting Ready to Bury Neoliberalism The potential next Democratic administration is preparing to upend decades of dogma on globalization. Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020
The State Department's new human rights initiative is nothing more than an attempt to reign in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to suit Mike Pompeo's narrow-minded religious dogma. The U.S. secretary of state’s commission cherry picks the issues that suit its agenda while undermining international law and threatening LGBT and women’s rights. Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 Big Tech Embraces New Cold War Nationalism China’s rise has pushed Silicon Valley away from the values it once claimed to hold.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 U.S. Halts Some Foreign Assistance Funding to Ethiopia Over Dam Dispute with Egypt, Sudan Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 Russia Runs U.S. Troops Off the Road in Syria Lawmakers and former U.S. military officials criticized the Trump administration for failing to forcefully condemn the Kremlin after several U.S. troops were injured in Syria.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 What the Republican National Convention Tells Us About Trump’s Foreign Policy Exaggeration, distortion, spin—that much was expected. More frightening were the things they didn’t say.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 The African Union’s Hypocrisy Undermines Its Credibility The AU’s double standard on lifelong leaders who reject term limits undercuts its moral standing to reject military coups.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 Inside Syria’s Secret Coronavirus Crisis The Assad regime is suffering a massive outbreak—and burying the bodies in silence.
Foreign Policy · Aug 27, 2020 The Pakistan Army’s Belt and Road Putsch The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is growing—and so is the role of the Pakistan Army.
Foreign Policy · Aug 26, 2020 Britain’s Domestic Abuse Bill Still Leaves Migrants at Risk After months of delay, Boris Johnson’s government has rejected amendments to the landmark legislation that would ensure support for some of the country’s most marginalized…
Foreign Policy · Aug 26, 2020 Pompeo and Haley Position Themselves as the Republican Standard-Bearers After Trump In a party turning America inward, its brightest stars built their résumés on foreign policy.
Foreign Policy · Aug 26, 2020 Yes, We Can Get Rid of the World’s Dirtiest Fuel Signs of coal’s demise are everywhere, but the world needs a better plan to phase out thousands of coal power plants still in use.
Foreign Policy · Aug 26, 2020 Stay Calm About China Beijing’s ambitions shouldn’t be treated as an existential threat to the United States.