What Comes After the Forever Wars An era of U.S. grand strategy is now ending. Here’s what should come next. Foreign Policy · Apr 28, 2021
Why Did Washington Let a Stolen Election Stand in the Congo? If the Biden administration wants to advance democracy around the world, it needs to fix U.S. diplomacy first. Foreign Policy · Apr 28, 2021
Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Using a TV Thriller to Undermine Their Rivals The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked spy drama “Gando” is designed to discredit moderate politicians before the June election. Foreign Policy · Apr 28, 2021
Ethiopia’s Tigray War Is Fueling Amhara Expansionism Abiy Ahmed depends on the support of ethnic Amhara leaders and militias whose goal is to reconquer what they consider lost territories—from Tigray to Sudan. Foreign Policy · Apr 28, 2021
Coronavirus Crisis Drives Bolsonaro to Play Politics With the Military Brazil’s controversial president is again looking to lean on the military for support amid a political crisis. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
Failed Government Messaging Created India’s COVID-19 Apocalypse The authorities swung from lockdown to deadly overconfidence. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
To Save American Prosperity, Renew Fast Track Sure, everybody’s a protectionist now. But there’s a way to both protect U.S. workers and support free trade. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
In Tigray, Sexual Violence Has Become a Weapon of War The world must step in now and call the assaults what they are: a war crime. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
The World Is Closer Than Ever to Making Corporations Pay Up Forget the naysayers. The global fight against corporate tax dodgers finally looks winnable. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
American Sports Logic Created Soccer’s Failed Super League The commercial reasoning was sound—but the culture clash doomed plans. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
Israel’s Attacks on Iran Are Not Working The recent sabotage of the Iranian nuclear program has been spectacular—and strategically incoherent. Foreign Policy · Apr 27, 2021
Biden Scrambles to Help India Check COVID-19 The United States is sending medical gear and oxygen but has yet to unleash its vaccine stockpile. Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021
Leaving Afghanistan Will Be More Expensive Than Anyone Expects Penalties for broken contracts, fees for shipping equipment, and salaries for the Afghan military are just a few of the costs that will hit the… Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021
Biden’s Immigration Plan Exists on Paper, Not in Reality The administration has ideas for fixing the country’s migrant influx. Now it needs the courage to implement them. Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021
Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021 When Afghanistan Almost Worked Five decades ago, before the great powers intervened, Afghanistan was on a much better path than today. But the longed-for “decade of democracy” was soon…
Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021 Georgian Democracy Stumbles Onward After Parliament Deal A six-month stalemate over vote-rigging accusations has been partially, but messily, resolved.
Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021 U.S. Africa Envoy: Ethiopia Crisis Could Make Syria Look Like ‘Child’s Play’ Jeffrey Feltman, the new American envoy to the Horn of Africa, faces a cascade of overlapping challenges in the region.
Foreign Policy · Apr 26, 2021 Chernobyl Has Become a Comforting Fable The disaster isn’t just an easy metaphor for authoritarian failures.
Foreign Policy · Apr 25, 2021 The Berlin Patient Russia is no stranger to protests, but Navalny’s are different.
Foreign Policy · Apr 25, 2021 A National Trauma May Win Romania Its First Oscar “Collective” details how corruption sparked a fire and a political crisis.
Foreign Policy · Apr 24, 2021 Armenia Is Still Grieving Losing a war has reopened old wounds in a battered nation.
Foreign Policy · Apr 23, 2021 Gordon Brown Is a Model for Post-Power Politicians New rules are needed to give retired leaders a clear role.
Foreign Policy · Apr 23, 2021 Bolsonaro Offers Biden an Olive Branch This week’s climate summit offered the Brazilian president a fresh opportunity to engage with the new U.S. administration.
Foreign Policy · Apr 23, 2021 Europe’s Far-Right Seeks to Unite Can European far-right parties overcome their differences and boost their clout in Brussels?
Foreign Policy · Apr 23, 2021 John Kerry’s Biggest Mission He’s relentless, strategic, kind of annoying—and might just save the planet.