Never Give Strongmen a Second Chance Latin American history offers a clear lesson to the United States: Ban Donald Trump from running for election ever again. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
Time for a Responsible Clean Energy Supply Chain Renewable energy needs to be sourced responsibly and cleanly. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
Democracy at Home and Democracy Promotion Abroad Aren’t the Same Hypocrisy has long been a component of U.S. foreign policy. The Capitol riot doesn’t change that. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
Biden Can’t Fight Corruption Without Help From Europe To stop drug traffickers, criminals, and kleptocrats from laundering their loot, the United States and EU must join forces. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
The Future of Republican Foreign-Policy Making What the growing post-Trump divide within the party means for its policy platform. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
A Chastened America Will Be Better at Preaching Abroad There’s never been a better time for the United States to promote democracy around the world. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
Bolsonaro Is Following Trump’s Anti-Democracy Playbook Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” is laying the groundwork to discredit his country’s electoral process. Foreign Policy · Jan 14, 2021
Uganda’s Chief Provocateur Through radical protest, Stella Nyanzi has become a thorn in long-serving President Yoweri Museveni’s side. Now, she could be headed to parliament. Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
Taiwan Needs Allies, Not Partisans Pompeo has set Taiwan up for repercussions without taking any responsibility himself. Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
Trump Impeached—Again The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its… Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
Now Is a Bad Time to Weaken Civilian Control Over the Military Biden’s nomination of a retired general to head the Pentagon reinforces a dangerous trend. His confirmation must come with concrete safeguards. Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
Trump’s Withdrawal From Somalia Is a Security Threat. Biden Should Reverse It. U.S. troops are scheduled to leave the country on Jan. 15, opening the door for al-Shabab terrorists to step up their attacks. The new administration… Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
The Capitol Invasion Was a Coup From Below Trump borrowed from the playbook of his favorite dictator, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, by inciting a mob to launch an insurrection. Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
The Capitol Invasion Was a Coup From Below Trump borrowed from the playbook of his favorite dictator, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, by inciting a mob to launch an insurrection. Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 Another Base Attack in Afghanistan Hushed Up to Hurry U.S. Exit Camp Chapman, once the scene of the CIA’s second-deadliest day, was hit again in December—but never reported.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 Biden Makes His First Bold Move on Asia The appointment of Kurt Campbell as Biden’s right hand on Asia will supercharge the incoming administration’s policy to counter China.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 With Iran, Biden Can’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good Why any new agreement would likely be worse than resuscitating the existing deal.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 USAID Chief Plans to Block Last-Minute Push to Add Trump Loyalists Trump administration appointees at the U.S. Agency for International Development planned to use their final days in power to install allies who would help promote…
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 Trump Impeached—Again The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its…
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 As Merkel Prepares to Step Down, the Future of German Conservatism Is Open The three men standing to take over as chair of the CDU will take the party in strikingly different directions.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 Biden Names Former U.N. Envoy to Head USAID, Beefs Up Asia Staff Samantha Power, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., will seek to revive a troubled agency, while Obama-era veterans Kurt Campbell and Ely Ratner get…
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 How to Know You’ve Lost Your Grip on Reason Five warning signs that your political views no longer fulfill the most basic of democratic criteria.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 How to Know You’ve Lost Your Grip on Reason Five warning signs that your political views no longer fulfill the most basic of democratic criteria.
Foreign Policy · Jan 13, 2021 Biden Can’t Make Washington a Beacon for Human Rights by Returning to Business as Usual The world stepped up while the United States stepped back from defending human rights. The next U.S. president should join them.
Foreign Policy · Jan 12, 2021 All the Capitol Rioters Should be Tracked Down But not in ways that will only further entrench the surveillance state.