Benjamin Soloway

Benjamin Soloway was an editor at Foreign Policy from 2015-2020.
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Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, meets with Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng at the Radisson Hotel in Shanghai on Dec. 12, 2007.
Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, meets with Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng at the Radisson Hotel in Shanghai on Dec. 12, 2007.

Michael Bloomberg Prepares to Shake Up the 2020 Presidential Race

World Brief
Audrey Wilson, Benjamin Soloway
Former FARC commander Luciano Marín, who goes by Iván Márquez, appears in a video calling for a return to armed conflict in Colombia on Aug 29.
Former FARC commander Luciano Marín, who goes by Iván Márquez, appears in a video calling for a return to armed conflict in Colombia on Aug 29.

Call to Rearm Threatens Colombia’s Peace Process

World Brief
Benjamin Soloway
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a press conference at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 24.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a press conference at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 24.

Boris Johnson’s Risky Gambit

World Brief
Benjamin Soloway
A fire burns in Altamira, in the Brazilian state of Pará, on Aug. 27.
A fire burns in Altamira, in the Brazilian state of Pará, on Aug. 27.

Around the World, Forests Are on Fire

World Brief
Benjamin Soloway
A mother and child from Guatemala at Annunciation House shelter for migrants in El Paso, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2018.
A mother and child from Guatemala at Annunciation House shelter for migrants in El Paso, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2018.

States Sue Trump Administration Over Indefinite Detention for Immigrant Children

World Brief
Benjamin Soloway
From left to right: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25.
From left to right: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25.

Tensions Simmer at G-7 Summit

World Brief
Benjamin Soloway
An Indonesian election commission worker arranges ballot boxes in preparation for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Surabaya on March 18. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)
An Indonesian election commission worker arranges ballot boxes in preparation for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Surabaya on March 18. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)

What’s at Stake in Indonesia’s Elections?

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Benjamin Soloway
Young men pay their respects to the victims of the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 16. (Tessa Burrows/AFP/Getty Images)
Young men pay their respects to the victims of the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 16. (Tessa Burrows/AFP/Getty Images)

Our Best Weekend Reads

5 Top Reads
Benjamin Soloway
Protestors confront police at a rally marking International Women's Day in Istanbul on March 8. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
Protestors confront police at a rally marking International Women's Day in Istanbul on March 8. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)

Our Best Weekend Reads

5 Top Reads
Benjamin Soloway, Jefcoate O'Donnell
A protestor aims a gun at an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Quetta, Pakistan on March 1. (Bananas Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
A protestor aims a gun at an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Quetta, Pakistan on March 1. (Bananas Khan/AFP/Getty Images)

Our Best Weekend Reads

5 Top Reads
Jefcoate O'Donnell, Benjamin Soloway
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks to the press in Caracas on Jan. 31. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó speaks to the press in Caracas on Jan. 31. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

Our Best Weekend Reads

5 Top Reads
Benjamin Soloway
Enric Marco stands beside a Spanish Republican flag at Mauthausen, a concentration camp in Austria, in May 2003. (Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)
Enric Marco stands beside a Spanish Republican flag at Mauthausen, a concentration camp in Austria, in May 2003. (Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)

The Spanish Fraud

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on July 9. (Stringer/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, on July 9. (Stringer/Getty Images)

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

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A security camera outside the FBI headquarters in Washington on Feb. 2. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A security camera outside the FBI headquarters in Washington on Feb. 2. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Why Did an Israeli Intelligence Firm Spy on a Former Obama Official?

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The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem on June 28. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem on June 28. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

‘It Could Have Led to a Nuclear War in the Middle East’

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