Biden’s Worried About Ukraine’s China Fling Beijing is snapping up Ukrainian defense firms. That bodes ill for the would-be NATO member. Foreign Policy · Jun 16, 2021
Biden’s Plan to Cooperate With Europe on Tech The United States urgently wants to persuade its allies to turn away from digital autonomy. Foreign Policy · Jun 16, 2021
Climate Policies Could Hand Power and Profits Back to OPEC The Western rush to replace oil has Gulf producers laughing all the way to the bank. Foreign Policy · Jun 16, 2021
The Perils of the Iranian Presidency Most meet unhappy endings. Here’s why Ebrahim Raisi might avoid a similar fate. Foreign Policy · Jun 15, 2021
The Lab Leak Theory Doesn’t Hold Up The rush to find a conspiracy around the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins is driven by narrative, not evidence. Foreign Policy · Jun 15, 2021
El Salvador Is Printing Money With Bitcoin Nayib Bukele doesn’t want to ditch dollars. He just wants his own. Foreign Policy · Jun 15, 2021
Israel’s Big New Shift in Hamas Policy The Israeli government used to try buying off the group’s compliance. Now it’s intent on using reconstruction money to coerce it. Foreign Policy · Jun 15, 2021
A Deeply Divided Israel Greets New Coalition Government The “change government” of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid promises little real change—other than an end to Netanyahu. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
It’s Russia, Stupid (For Now) Biden wants to focus on China. That’s a gift to Putin. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
Putin and Biden Curb Their Enthusiasm A “cold peace” is the best-case scenario coming out of this week’s summit. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
Afghan Air Force Could Be Grounded After U.S. Pullout The one advantage the Afghan army had on the Taliban looks set to slip away with the hasty U.S. withdrawal. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
Israel’s New Coalition Government Is More Stable Than It Looks With all its parties facing disaster by leaving, the coalition has every reason to make it work. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
What Putin Wants From His Summit With Biden With expectations low in Moscow, the Kremlin is looking for limited deescalation. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
Nepal’s Vaccine Disaster Has Left Millions Unprotected Alleged corruption and geopolitical worries have created a deadly shortage. Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021
Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021 Forced Confessions Are the Propaganda of Terror Belarus’s Lukashenko doesn’t want to be believed—he wants to be feared.
Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021 Is Europe Any Good at Soft Power? The increasingly aggressive authoritarianism of Belarus is an acute test of the EU’s diplomatic self-image.
Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021 Turkey Will Never Recognize the Armenian Genocide It’s time for Yerevan to shift gears and work toward rapprochement with Ankara.
Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021 ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Is One More Casualty of the Syrian War The conflict’s impact on the world’s ability to prevent atrocities will be felt for years to come.
Foreign Policy · Jun 14, 2021 Peru’s New President Isn’t as Radical as He Looks Pedro Castillo ran as an anti-establishment leftist. Here’s why he won’t govern like one.
Foreign Policy · Jun 13, 2021 Tom Tugendhat Is the British MP China Hates Most A stalwartly anti-Beijing figure doesn’t quite fit his party’s mold.
Foreign Policy · Jun 13, 2021 'War on Disease' Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy The mindset that helped fight the current pandemic is what gets us into situations like this in the first place.
Foreign Policy · Jun 12, 2021 The Sneaky Conservatism of China’s Feminist Dramas As Beijing limits women’s choices, ta shidai television shows soothe without offering real change.
Foreign Policy · Jun 12, 2021 It’s the Roads, Stupid Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
Foreign Policy · Jun 11, 2021 Biden’s Balkans Test Has Arrived The U.S. president has taken a step toward getting tough on Serbia—but can he see the policy through?
Foreign Policy · Jun 11, 2021 U.S.-China Spat Over Taiwan Extends to Vaccine Diplomacy The United States is providing hundreds of thousands of vaccines right in China’s front yard.