Putin Wants to Keep Fighting. Who Will Fill the Ranks?
Moscow has to figure out how to replenish unprecedented losses in just under three months of fighting.
Russia Is a Real Threat to NATO
Despite its failings, the Russian military is still a powerful force.
The Echoes of America’s Hypocrisy Abroad
Decades of Western support for dictators have caused a crisis of democracy.
For Opposition to Putin’s War, Look to the Fringes of His Empire
The dirty secret of the Russian military is that long-conquered subjects are the Kremlin’s cannon fodder.
Asia
Why India Just Limited Wheat Exports
China
Expanding State Power Still Tops Xi’s Agenda
Middle East & Africa
The BDS Movement Has Already Lost
Europe
The Window To Expel Russia From Ukraine Is Now
Americas
Trump and Biden Let Afghanistan Collapse
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What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
The United States needs to right-size the China threat to know how to counter it.
How Beijing Sees Biden
For decades, Chinese leaders thought they knew the man who would become America’s 46th president. But he was changing all along.
Ukraine Crisis: What to Read
U.S. Grand Strategy After Ukraine
Seven thinkers weigh in on how the war will shift U.S. foreign policy.
Why the World Isn’t Really United Against Russia
Global institutions have long relegated much of the world to second-class status.
The West vs. the Rest
Welcome to the 21st-century Cold War.
The Intellectual Catastrophe of Vladimir Putin
The meaning of Russia’s war in Ukraine is its own national weakness.
Long Reads
It’s Africa’s Century—for Better or Worse
Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent.
Where the West and China Find Common Ground
A striking new translation of Chinese fairy tales shows a shared folkloric tradition.
Africa’s Stolen Art Debate Is Frozen in Time
Europe’s arguments against restitution have ignored the legitimate claims of African scholars and governments for 50 years.
A Children’s Hospital in Wartime
Pediatric patients from all over Ukraine crowd into a single facility.
Oil and Russia's War
How Private Oil Companies Took Over U.S. Energy Security
And why it’s time to take it back.
Democracy Is Not a Commodity
The United States shouldn’t bargain away Venezuela’s future for oil.
How to Stop Oil Companies From Propping Up Kleptocrats
Energy giants could do more to avoid bolstering corrupt and repressive regimes.
How Rising Oil Prices Will Change the World as We Know It
FP columnist Adam Tooze on the implications for inflation and climate change.
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The Month in World Photos
Shocking civilian casualties in Ukraine, a Holocaust survivor’s march in Poland, and a swan’s unusual nest in Serbia. This was April 2022.
Moldova Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees but Fears for Its Own Future
The country has offered solidarity to neighbors fleeing Russia’s war. Will it get more support from the EU?
