UNCOVERED: 23 - The Untold Story

Are Special Envoys All That Special Anymore?

New envoys are cropping up even as ambassador posts sit empty.

Foreign Policy · Jun 1, 2021

South African Police Are Undertrained, Uncontrolled, and Deadly

A disabled teenager’s killing underscores endemic police brutality.

Foreign Policy · May 31, 2021

Can Biden Keep the Peace in Southeast Asia?

The region has complex relations with both Beijing and Washington. It does not want a new conflict.

Foreign Policy · May 31, 2021

Biden Looks to the Future in First Defense Budget

But Biden’s planned cuts to current generation U.S. jets and ships and his makeover of the nuclear arsenal are likely to meet criticism in Congress.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

Kremlin-Backed Hackers Target U.S. Aid Agency Before Biden-Putin Summit

Email phishing attacks aren’t unusual, but the new breach shows Russia isn’t letting up.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

Fragile India, Strong India

Why some states handled COVID-19 better than others.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

Wolf Warriors Killed China’s Grand Strategy

And we’ll all come to miss it.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

Israeli Religious Extremists Are Driving Jewish-Arab Street Violence

In the city at the epicenter of recent clashes, relocated settlers from Gaza have brought Jewish supremacism to the heart of what was once a…

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

A Quiet Sentence Gives South Korea Back Its ‘Missile Sovereignty’

Seoul had bucked for decades against U.S. restrictions—but China isn’t happy.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021

Why Everyone Hates Think Tanks

The world needs policy professionals. Respecting them is another matter.

Foreign Policy · May 28, 2021