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An illustration shows a missile shooting through the ear of a silhouetted person against a static-y backdrop of the Russian flag.

Russia’s War Is Also Cognitive

To achieve more, Putin needs others to do less.

Analysis
Nataliya Bugayova
Palestinians children push to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.
Palestinians children push to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.

Could Images of the Famine in Gaza Change Israeli Public Opinion?

A newscast showing starving children prompted sympathy—and criticism.

Analysis
David E. Rosenberg
A truck is loaded with a shipping container in the Port of Montreal. Stacks of containers sit in the background.
A truck is loaded with a shipping container in the Port of Montreal. Stacks of containers sit in the background.

Trump’s Long-Promised Tariffs Upend Global Trade

It’s a new reality for a country, and a planet, whose post-World War II prosperity was ushered in by a decades-long effort to dismantle trade barriers.

Analysis
Keith Johnson
Tuggar, wearing a suit and green tie, walks into a room.
Tuggar, wearing a suit and green tie, walks into a room.

Nigeria’s Refusal to Cave to Trump Signals a Shift in U.S.-Africa Relations

Abuja’s rejection of Washington’s third-country deportations should be a wake-up call.

Analysis
Olajumoke Ayandele

Asia & the Pacific

An Iranian bus drops off Afghan refugees at the Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan's Herat province.
An Iranian bus drops off Afghan refugees at the Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan's Herat province.

Iran’s Mass Deportations Are Fueling Regional Instability

Analysis
Jagoda Grondecka

Cambodia and Thailand Have Agreed to a Cease-Fire. Now What?

Japan’s LDP Is Teetering as Far-Right Challenger Emerges

Trump Is Pushing India to Submit to China

China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appear at a welcoming ceremony in Tehran on Jan. 23, 2016.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appear at a welcoming ceremony in Tehran on Jan. 23, 2016.

Tehran’s Wake‑Up Call for Beijing

Analysis
Grant Rumley, Craig Singleton

China Has Picked Its New Model Entrepreneurs

Trump Snubs the Taiwanese President

China Starts Construction on World’s Largest Hydropower Dam

Middle East & Africa

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commanders and fighters stand in front of a picture of jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11.
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commanders and fighters stand in front of a picture of jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11.

Can Turkey Make Multicultural Authoritarianism Work?

Analysis
Sinem Adar

Can the Vulnerable Seychelles Sustain Another Resort?

Cooler Heads Prevail in the Gulf—for Now

There’s More Than One Way to Build a Bomb

Europe

Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a demonstration against a law that removes the independence of the NABU and SAPO anti-corruption agencies in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 24.
Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a demonstration against a law that removes the independence of the NABU and SAPO anti-corruption agencies in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 24.

Ukraine’s Cronyism Crisis Offers a Warning to the ‘De-Risking’ World

Argument
Luke Cooper

Trump Shouldn’t Settle for European Spending Pledges

Democracy Is Ukraine’s Most Powerful Weapon

Can Europe Break Free From China’s Rare-Earth Grip?

Americas

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe appears on stage during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 20, 2022.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe appears on stage during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York on Sept. 20, 2022.

Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn

The Trump Trade Tracker

Why Brazil Might End Up With Higher Tariffs Than Any Other Nation

Ukrainians Wonder When Americans Will Hit the Streets

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The cover of Foreign Policy's Summer 2025 issue shows Donald Trump walking into a time portal of historical picture frames.
The cover of Foreign Policy's Summer 2025 issue shows Donald Trump walking into a time portal of historical picture frames.
An illustration depicts historical moments from the past in the curtains of the Oval Office: Julius Caesar, the Cultural Revolution in China, and three American presidents. The room shows an empty chair at the Resolute Desk and a presidential seal on the rug.
An illustration depicts historical moments from the past in the curtains of the Oval Office: Julius Caesar, the Cultural Revolution in China, and three American presidents. The room shows an empty chair at the Resolute Desk and a presidential seal on the rug.

Why Compare the Present to the Past?

Thinking via historical analogy has become the preferred way to confront our anxieties.

Essay
Ivan Krastev, Leonard Benardo
A woodcut style illustration depicts Donald Trump as Julius Caesar
A woodcut style illustration depicts Donald Trump as Julius Caesar

An American Caesar

Comparing two leaders, two millennia apart.

Essay
Donna Zuckerberg

How Low Can the Dollar Go?

Essay
Kenneth Rogoff

How Trump Will Be Remembered

Essay
Stephen M. Walt

The End of Modernity

Essay
Christopher Clark

Is This an American Cultural Revolution?

Essay
Julia Lovell, Nicholas Guyatt

Trump’s Second Term

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    A collage style illustration shows Donald Trump in a red "Make America Great Again" hat next to a fist holding a tiny American flag. Other signs read: America First.

    Updates: Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts

    Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.

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NATO military forces during static display after "Exercise Steadfast Dart 2025" at the Smardan Training Area, in Smardan, south-eastern Romania, on February 19, 2025. The exercise is the first large-scale deployment of the ARF since its establishment past year and is aimed to test the deployable capabilities and procedures as well as the interoperability among the troop contributors and host nations. The exercise is set to demonstrate0 NATO's ability to rapidly deploy forces from Europe to reinforce the defence of its eastern flank. This reinforcement will occur during a simulated emerging conflict scenario with a near-peer adversary, showing the ARF capability to conduct and sustain complex operations across thousands of kilometers and in any condition. Approximately 10.000 personnel from 9 Allies and including air, land, maritime and special operation forces will participate. STDT25 will be carried out in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece with the host nations' support to demonstrate NATO's responsiveness in delivering significant deterrence effects. Live capability demonstrations will be conducted including amphibious operations, live-fire air power and combined maneuvers across all domains. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)
NATO military forces during static display after "Exercise Steadfast Dart 2025" at the Smardan Training Area, in Smardan, south-eastern Romania, on February 19, 2025. The exercise is the first large-scale deployment of the ARF since its establishment past year and is aimed to test the deployable capabilities and procedures as well as the interoperability among the troop contributors and host nations. The exercise is set to demonstrate0 NATO's ability to rapidly deploy forces from Europe to reinforce the defence of its eastern flank. This reinforcement will occur during a simulated emerging conflict scenario with a near-peer adversary, showing the ARF capability to conduct and sustain complex operations across thousands of kilometers and in any condition. Approximately 10.000 personnel from 9 Allies and including air, land, maritime and special operation forces will participate. STDT25 will be carried out in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece with the host nations' support to demonstrate NATO's responsiveness in delivering significant deterrence effects. Live capability demonstrations will be conducted including amphibious operations, live-fire air power and combined maneuvers across all domains. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship?

Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang (R) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) attend the EU-China Business Leaders Symposium at the the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Why Isn’t China Wooing Europe?

Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies.

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Julian Gewirtz
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An illustration shows Xi Jinping sitting at a table covered with a red cloth. He cuts a plate and dumpling in half with giant scissors. Other fractured plates and chopsticks litter the table around him.

Xi Jinping’s War on Dinner Is Hurting China’s Economy

An anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption.

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