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What Trump’s Win Means for the World

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Donald Trump gestures with his mouth open in an o-shape as he talks behind a microphone. A red, white and blue bunting frames the scene at left.

What’s Next for NATO, Ukraine, Israel, and Iran
It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig

How Economies Around the World Will Respond to Trump 2.0
Q&A
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze

Ukraine Now Faces a Nuclear Decision
Analysis
Casey Michel
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Donald Trump gestures as he sits at a table behind a microphone. At right is another man seated. Behind them is the U.S. flag and a sign that says "Protect Our Food from China."

Trump’s Second-Term Foreign-Policy Agenda

He is poised to bring back hallmarks of his first term, from a China trade war to hostility toward multilateralism.

Analysis
FP Staff
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Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.

Feature
FP Staff

Insider Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy By Ravi Agrawal

Asia & the Pacific

U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk together outdoors.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk together outdoors.

In South Asia, Expect Continuity From Washington
South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

A Future Myanmar Must Include the Rohingya

How Do We Know What’s Happening in China?

Markets Are Underpricing the Possibility of a U.S.-China Economic War

China

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A woman rides a shared bike by a wall adorned with a red star in an upscale commercial area in Beijing.

As the U.S. Votes, China Is Watching
China Brief
James Palmer

Chinese Tech Regulators Back Off

North Korea and Myanmar Cause Headaches in Beijing

China’s Relentless Legal Warfare to Strangle Taiwan

Middle East & Africa

Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko (R) shakes hands with the outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Office of the President in Gaborone on Nov. 4 as Masisi officially hands over office to Boko.
Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko (R) shakes hands with the outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Office of the President in Gaborone on Nov. 4 as Masisi officially hands over office to Boko.

Young Voters Oust Botswana’s Ruling Party
Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi

Europe Helps Fuel Conflict in Sudan While Shutting Its Victims Out

The G-20 Needs a Grand Bargain With the Global South

What’s at Stake for Africa in the U.S. Elections?

Europe

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People walk on a bridge past an American flag and above an art installation by French street artist James Colomina called the "Swing" which depicts a little girl wearing an oversized military helmet as sits on a playground swing hanging from the bridge.

Even Trump Can’t Afford to Lose the Ukraine War
Argument
Luke McGee

Before Trump Returns, Congress Should Buy Weapons for Ukraine

North Korea Joining Russia’s War Is a Sign of Weakness

The U.S. Should Not Recognize Georgia’s Illegitimate Elections

Americas

Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.
Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane.

Why She Lost
Argument
Michael Hirsh

Why Men’s Makeup Matters in Politics

How Technology Ruined Democracy

Could Lula and Trump Get Along?
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Geopolitical Risk in a Trump 2.0 World

Ian Bremmer on how (and where) a second Trump term will change the status quo.

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Would Either Candidate Fundamentally Change the U.S. Economy?
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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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David Petraeus: Israel Needs to Adapt Its Strategy
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Letters to the Next President

No matter who wins the White House, these nine thinkers from around the world would like a word.

Analysis
Catherine Ashton, Jason Bordoff, Arancha González, Martin Kimani, Mark Malloch-Brown, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Danny Quah, Nirupama Rao, Joseph E. Stiglitz

Is 2024 Really the Most Important Election in History?

Democracy—and the global system—might not be so easily dismantled.

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Michael Hirsh

The Top International Relations Schools of 2024, Ranked
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Revisiting Chinese Empire
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Bethany Allen

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A grid of 10 small books and two larger books, all being released in November.

The Novels We’re Reading in November

From a modern twist on “The Magic Mountain” to Ethiopian American family secrets.

Books
Chloe Hadavas, Allison Meakem
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An illustration shows George Washington peaking out from the opening of a U.S. dollar wearing a skewed crown.

How the Dollar Became a Double-Edged Sword
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Carey K. Mott
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The fictitious leaders of the G-7 gather for a dinner at their annual summit in this still from the Rumours movie.

Diplomacy That Goes Bump in the Night
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Megan DuBois
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Xi Jinping is seen from the side walking past a blue background with a bird.

What Will a Post-Xi China Look Like?
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Kevin Rudd

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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.

America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

Essay
Adam Posen
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An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism
Essay
Gordon Brown
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Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training.

Asian Powers Set Their Strategic Sights on Europe
Analysis
C. Raja Mohan
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An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.

A Day Inside Putin’s Surreal Television Empire
Analysis
Anastasia Edel
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An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.

The China-Russia Axis Takes Shape
Analysis
Bonny Lin
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No, the World Is Not Multipolar
Essay
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.

6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
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Cliff Kupchan

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in advance of the bloc’s Russian summit, seen in Moscow on Oct. 18.

Russia Can’t Keep Spending Like This for Long

Moscow is depleting its rainy-day savings to plug its war-induced fiscal deficit while preserving social stability.

Analysis
Agathe Demarais
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An illustration shows a semiconductor chip as a table with small figures gathered around it. Around it is an electric grid connecting to data centers.

The Next AI Debate Is About Geopolitics

Data might be the “new oil,” but nations—not nature—will decide where to build data centers.

Argument
Jared Cohen
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An illustration shows the large face of Vladimir Putin. A red wedge cuts across one of his eyes. Inside the wedge is a walking Donald Trump giving the thumbs up sign.

The Enduring Mystery of Trump’s Relationship With Russia

After years of government investigations, we still don’t know if the former president is actually in Putin’s pocket.

Deep Dive
Michael Hirsh
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Illustrated planes and ships are seen on the blue field and red and white stripes of the U.S. flag.

The Case for the Greater West

Washington should abandon liberal universalism and work with the empire it already has.

Argument
Peter Slezkine

Books

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A group of young people are seen framed by a window as they sit at a table talking and drinking.

How Modi’s Rise Divided India’s Young People

Devika Rege’s debut novel “Quarterlife” captures political truths about 21st-century India.

Review
Somak Ghoshal
This article is adapted from The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford (Basic Books, 384 pp., $35, June 2024).
This article is adapted from The CIA: An Imperial History by Hugh Wilford (Basic Books, 384 pp., $35, June 2024).

Why CIA Conspiracy Theories Won’t Go Away
Excerpt
Hugh Wilford
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The book cover for a biography of Lula

How Lula’s Party Reshaped Brazil
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Fernando Morais
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The book cover for The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Not-So-Radical Departure
Review
Deborah Baker
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A grid of images and swirling red, white and blue lines shows headshots of French thinkers.

The World Still Needs French Theory
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Gregory Jones-Katz
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A grid of book covers for 12 books released in October including Mina's Matchbox and The Coin.

The Novels We’re Reading in October
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Chloe Hadavas, Allison Meakem
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The book cover for Nate Silver's On the Edge.

‘On the Edge’ Puts Its Bets in the Wrong Places
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Dave Karpf

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