How Israel Emerged as an Unlikely Peacemaker in the Middle East By playing a productive role mediating between Qatar and its foes, the country has carved out a position as the one actor that could ease… Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Trump Has Alienated Allies—but Has Them Acting in America’s Interest (and Their Own) Amidst the torrent of criticism, the administration's accomplishments are often forgotten. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Modi’s Textbook Manipulations Under cover of the pandemic, the administration has removed chapters on democracy, secularism, and citizenship from schoolbooks. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Putin Is Ruling Russia Like a Central Asian Dictator The Kremlin didn’t invent term limit resets and constitutional referendums. The autocratic leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan blazed the trail. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Auf Wiedersehen to a Mostly Successful, Sometimes Rocky Arranged Marriage From economic woes to racial strife, America’s troop presence in Germany hasn’t always been easy. But it always made an impact. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
The Hiroshima Effect Seventy-five years after the first nuclear bomb fell, we are grateful it hasn’t happened again, mystified it didn’t, and terrified it still might. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Beirut’s Deadly Blast Reignites Anger Against Lebanon’s Ruling Elite Lebanese people, rocked by a massive port explosion, are fed up with incompetence. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2020
Kashmiris Lament the Loss of Their Youth While much of India opened up to the world after the country’s 1991 reforms, Kashmir instead became the world’s most militarized zone. A generation of… Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
Kashmir’s Year of Hopelessness One year on from New Delhi’s decision to revoke Kashmir’s autonomous privileges, the region remains ignored and underinvested. It’s difficult to see what could change… Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
U.S. Troops Really Are in Syria to Protect the Oil—for the Kurds It’s the only way to get Trump to keep troops on the ground. Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
The Beirut Blast Is Lebanon’s Chernobyl Negligence and corruption have caused a devastating disaster. Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
In Colombia, the Pandemic Provides Fertile Ground for Illegal Armed Groups Criminal bands and fighters are capitalizing on fear to expand their control in vulnerable communities. Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
How Biden Could Use Trump’s Trade War Thumbscrews to Fight Climate Change Fortunately for supporters of aggressive action on global emissions, Trump has demonstrated a highly effective way to circumvent the legislative process. Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
Trump’s Hand-Picked State Department Watchdog Quits Less Than 3 Months Into the Job The latest high-profile departure underscores the turmoil at Foggy Bottom, and officials fear it will weaken an important watchdog already under fire from top Trump… Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020
Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020 Russia Is Winning the Information War in Afghanistan The country’s former occupier is using Kremlin-backed media to fuel anger toward the United States.
Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020 ‘This is Lebanon, This is Our Destiny’ A pair of gigantic blasts that obliterated Beirut’s port and smashed the city center is the last thing we needed.
Foreign Policy · Aug 5, 2020 Thousands Injured in Giant Beirut Blast Lebanon’s government says “highly explosive materials” were stored near blast scene.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Trump Looks to Arms Sales to Deepen Ties With India Border clashes with China have reawakened New Delhi’s interest in deeper defense ties with the United States, and Washington is hoping to deliver the goods.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Putin’s Security Forces Are Increasingly Unsure About Putin Anti-government protests are growing, and the Kremlin doesn’t have stormtroopers willing to mount a crackdown.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 The COVID-19 Economic Crash Could Set Indian Women Back Decades They’ve been disproportionately affected by job losses, and now new jobs may first go to men.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Beijing’s Retaliation on TikTok Could Hurt U.S. Firms A forced sale may create another hurdle for U.S. companies operating in China.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Arm Taiwan—but Skip the Nukes As the military balance of power shifts in China’s favor, Beijing may be increasingly tempted to act against Taiwan.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Ask What You Can Do for Your Country Western countries need national service programs, and Germany is leading the way.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 A New Comic Exposes Racism Amid the Pandemic in Brazil “Confinada” critiques the disproportionate toll the coronavirus has taken on poor and Black Brazilians—on top of ongoing systemic inequality in the country.
Foreign Policy · Aug 4, 2020 Arab Dictators Are Learning to Love Collective Punishment Middle Eastern regimes increasingly aren’t just targeting dissidents—they’re going after their entire families.