Amy Mackinnon


Amy Mackinnon was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2018-2025.

Articles by Amy Mackinnon
A man reads a local newspaper covering the results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections in Colombo on Aug. 7.
A man reads a local newspaper covering the results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections in Colombo on Aug. 7.
The Akademik Cherskiy pipe-laying vessel is seen in the Gulf of Gdansk in the Baltic Sea on May 4. According to Russia's energy minister, the ship could be involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
The Akademik Cherskiy pipe-laying vessel is seen in the Gulf of Gdansk in the Baltic Sea on May 4. According to Russia's energy minister, the ship could be involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga holds a placard during an anti-corruption protest march along Borrowdale road, on July 31 in Harare.
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga holds a placard during an anti-corruption protest march along Borrowdale road, on July 31 in Harare.
A man walks through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
A man walks through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko holds a meeting
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko holds a meeting
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin
People protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland, during a rally of solidarity with political prisoners in Belarus on July 3.
People protest at the Main Square in Krakow, Poland, during a rally of solidarity with political prisoners in Belarus on July 3.
A child sits on a couch found in a street, ravaged by pro-regime forces air strikes, in the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province on April 11, 2020. (AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)
A child sits on a couch found in a street, ravaged by pro-regime forces air strikes, in the town of Ariha in the southern countryside of the Idlib province on April 11, 2020. (AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)
Anti-Brexit supporters protest outside Downing Street in Westminster, urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to release the report from the Intelligence and Security Committee examining Russian infiltration in British politics, in London on Jan. 18.
Anti-Brexit supporters protest outside Downing Street in Westminster, urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to release the report from the Intelligence and Security Committee examining Russian infiltration in British politics, in London on Jan. 18.
Two staff members of Doctors Without Borders wear protective masks during an emergency response training.
Two staff members of Doctors Without Borders wear protective masks during an emergency response training.
State Department official George Kent testifying on Capitol Hill.
State Department official George Kent testifying on Capitol Hill.
People collect recyclable items at a landfill, to be sold for extra income, in Iraq
People collect recyclable items at a landfill, to be sold for extra income, in Iraq