Big Talk on Big Tech—but Little Action In both the U.S. and EU, antitrust and regulatory efforts against Facebook, Google, and Amazon are gaining traction. But no one’s about to break them… Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021
How Liberal Values Became a Business in Afghanistan Washington promised to bring liberal democracy to Kabul. It created a bloated and ineffective sector of artificial NGOs instead. Foreign Policy · Apr 6, 2021
Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Delusions The country says it wants to pivot from hard power to economic power, but its economy begs to differ. Foreign Policy · Apr 5, 2021
The World Needs a Post-Pandemic Health Treaty With Teeth WHO has no power to demand openness or independently confirm data at present. Foreign Policy · Apr 5, 2021
What’s Behind India’s Second Coronavirus Wave? Waning immunity, new virus variants—India’s sharp surge could be caused by any number of alarming factors. Foreign Policy · Apr 5, 2021
Taiwan’s COVID-19 Success Is Worryingly Smug Beating the pandemic has made the government and people overly complacent about China. Foreign Policy · Apr 5, 2021
Nobody Knows What Lebanon’s Currency Is Worth Anymore In Lebanon’s absurd economy, money’s value depends on whom you ask. Foreign Policy · Apr 5, 2021
Octogenarian Sherlock Holmes Oscar-nominated “The Mole Agent” is a film noir take on life in a Chilean nursing home. Foreign Policy · Apr 4, 2021
The West’s Obsession With ‘Good Refugees’ Is Bad Policy Wealthy countries love to celebrate immigrant success stories, but they are letting many potentially productive citizens fall through the cracks. Foreign Policy · Apr 3, 2021
Russia’s Buildup Near Ukraine Puts Team Biden on Edge Is Russia testing the waters or just testing Biden? Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021
Australia Is Under Pressure to Implement Magnitsky-Style Laws Both Washington and the Australian public want more sanctions on China. Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021
Russians Aren’t Buying Putin’s PR Stunts Anymore To save its approval ratings, the Kremlin might be better focusing its energy elsewhere. Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021
In Afghanistan, the Choice Isn’t Withdraw or Endless War A middle path, with a greater role for India, is still possible—and preferable to either extreme. Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021
Soccer’s Financial Crisis Could Transform Leagues Forever Private equity’s power may eliminate promotion and relegation. Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021
Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021 When Nature Conservation Goes Wrong Environmentalists’ intent on saving the planet by protecting natural habitats are creating human disasters of their own.
Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021 It Is Western Europe’s Turn for a Brain Drain Knowledge-sector jobs are heading to Eastern Europe, and the consequences could remake the EU.
Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021 What Is It to Be Human Anymore? Walter Isaacson explores the future of gene editing. But that future is already here, and it’s more than a bit scary.
Foreign Policy · Apr 2, 2021 Biden Needs to End His Staff Travel Ban Now Only three top State Department officials have been allowed to travel abroad. That’s no way to preserve U.S. interests.
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Biden’s Strategy in the Sahel Looks a Lot Like Trump’s U.S. diplomacy is back in West Africa—but the United States is also back to its old counterterrorism playbook.
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Russia Escalates Conflict in Ukraine Is Moscow’s muscle-flexing a show of force or a renewal of the war?
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Ethiopia Needs a Constitutional Convention Establishing an inclusive reform process could end the country’s stalemate between unitarists and ethnonationalists.
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 In Putinism, Hurting the United States Is All About Payback Russia still hasn’t recovered from its own trauma.
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi Have One Last Job The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next?
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Great-Power Competition Is a Recipe for Disaster The latest poorly defined buzzword in Washington is leading pundits and policymakers down a dangerous path.
Foreign Policy · Apr 1, 2021 Romanticizing Dissidents Plays Into the Hands of Repressive Governments When it comes to Alexei Navalny and Aung San Suu Kyi, we can’t have it both ways.