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If the U.S. president-elect is serious about restoring the rule of law and democracy, he needs to first tackle the global menace of graft.

Insisting that Iran must abandon its missile program could fall into the hardliners’ trap and make a new agreement impossible.

Foreign Policy’s five best reads on the dramatic shift in energy policy in 2020.

Why civil servants and other officials deserve to be held responsible for the outgoing administration’s misdeeds.

After it leaves the European Union for good, the U.K. will need a new trade bloc. The Commonwealth can help.

It could make 2021 the year Americans rediscover science.

Trump pledged to end America’s “forever wars.” He almost managed to—but left carnage behind.

The conditions that demanded healing elsewhere don’t apply in the United States.

Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.

Here’s how to stop bleeding information about yourself online.

The British government squandered the chance to contain the virus in hopes of economic recovery.

From Ethiopia to Nagorno-Karabakh, here are the events that may have flown under the radar in the year of the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite reports of a major Chinese-Iranian trade deal, Beijing won’t jeopardize the possibility of better relations with Washington in order to cozy up to Tehran.

Latin American criminal gangs have embraced social media to spread narco culture and sell drugs.

Years of chaos at the top have left governance a mess.

The country’s rise was fueled by fortunate circumstances that seem unlikely to last much longer.

Ten years after the start of the Arab Spring, it’s time to accept that the revolution may never return.

The stunning success of U.S. efforts to hobble Huawei shows the fragility of Beijing’s highly centralized tech sector.

If Brussels folds, it will mark the end of the last, best hope for stopping a race to the bottom.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

A race-based colonial mindset that views the continent as Europe’s playground and dismisses the concerns of Africans continues to fuel death and destruction.

Western dominance and white privilege permeate the field. It’s time to change that.

Eight voices on the future of entertainment, culture, and sports.

Seven predictions for how tourism will change.

Nine experts on the future of education after the pandemic.

Ten leading global thinkers on government after the pandemic.