COVID-19’s Baby Bust Disasters usually come with falling birth rates. But this time, they might not recover unless governments take action now. Foreign Policy · Apr 9, 2021
The Return of Palestinian Politics Elections in May will be the first since 2006—a remarkable but risky gambit. Foreign Policy · Apr 9, 2021
The Sullivan Model Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge. Foreign Policy · Apr 9, 2021
Japan Toughens on China as Beijing Issues Threats Pro-engagement politicians are aging out of the Liberal Democratic Party. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Myanmar Is on the Precipice of Civil War Existing conflicts with ethnic groups add fuel to the fire. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Has Biden Shut the Door on Open Skies? Three months into Biden’s presidency, some consistent themes remain from Trump’s tenure. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Britain’s Immigration Overhaul Is Shortsighted The United Kingdom needs to prepare for future climate migrants rather than obsessing over asylum-seekers. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Benin’s King of Cotton Makes Its Democracy a Sham Talon’s procedural reforms have hollowed out fair elections and are a master class in entrenching autocracy. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
It’s Still Hard to Be America’s Ally Biden wants to rebuild relationships, but old friends aren’t so sure. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
A Chance to Stop Syria and Russia From Using Chemical Weapons Moscow and Damascus have evaded all accountability, but Biden can build a coalition to change that. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
On Immigration, ‘Building Back Better’ Isn’t Enough Rather than taking Obama-era policies as a baseline, Biden needs to start from scratch. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Peru’s Election Is About to Make Its Problems Worse This weekend’s vote will deepen the pandemic-ravaged country’s impasse. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
How Erdogan Got His Groove Back It’s been a difficult and dizzying few months for Turkey—which is just the way the president likes it. Foreign Policy · Apr 8, 2021
Philippines Leaning Toward Allowing U.S. Troops After All But the Biden administration still faces an unreliable ally in Duterte. Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021
Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021 The End of Quiet Diplomacy in Myanmar The U.N. dials up the pressure campaign against Myanmar’s putschists.
Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021 10 Years On, Syrians Have Not Given Up A survivor of regime atrocities explains why the international community must act.
Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021 We Don’t Have the Words to Fight Anti-Asian Racism Tangled questions of Asian identity need answers that aren’t defined by U.S. terminology alone.
Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021 French Secularism Isn’t Illiberal Letting culture wars drive debate about “laïcité” obscures similarities between France and the United States.
Foreign Policy · Apr 7, 2021 Israel’s Osirak Option As Netanyahu forms his government, the parallels between the politics that led to a strike on Iraq’s nuclear facility and those that could result in…
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 GDP Didn’t Save Countries From COVID-19 The pandemic’s impact shows growth is an arbitrary target.
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 Will Americans Die for Freedom of Navigation? The Navy’s favorite tool in Asia is deeply flawed.
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 The Death of Neoliberalism Is Greatly Exaggerated The West’s economic orthodoxy of the past 40 years has been shaken by the pandemic—but the fight isn’t nearly over yet.
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 China Has an Image Problem—but Knows How to Fix It Many in Beijing realize a declining international reputation won’t help the country achieve its goals.
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 Will Australia’s New Defense Minister Play Bad Cop to China? Peter Dutton stopped the refugee boats. His next job is stopping Beijing’s maritime militia.
Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021 The U.S.-China Clash Is About Ideology After All Claims that the rivalry is purely geopolitical don’t hold water.