Emily Tamkin

Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist and the author of The Influence of Soros and Bad Jews. She was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2016-2018.

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a Visegrad group meeting in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2017. (OLIVIER HOSLET/AFP/Getty Images)
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a Visegrad group meeting in Brussels on Dec. 14, 2017. (OLIVIER HOSLET/AFP/Getty Images)

A Billionaire, a Minority Government, and a Few Communists Walk Into Parliament…

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Emily Tamkin
Pakistani soldiers walk at the premises of an Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Dec. 1, 2017. (Abdul Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani soldiers walk at the premises of an Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Dec. 1, 2017. (Abdul Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)

Pentagon Has No Plans to Lift Freeze on Funds for Pakistan

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Emily Tamkin, Dan De Luce
Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stand guard outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in November 2017. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stand guard outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in November 2017. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images

Can the Trump Administration Help an Israeli Held by Hamas?

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A Ukrainian military drill takes place in Oct. 2017. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
A Ukrainian military drill takes place in Oct. 2017. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine Expects Trump to Approve Arms Deliveries

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Emily Tamkin, Dan De Luce, Robbie Gramer
Shinzo Abe speaks at his party's headquarters in Oct. 2017 (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images
Shinzo Abe speaks at his party's headquarters in Oct. 2017 (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

Abe, Fresh Off Election Victory, Now Gets to Host Trump

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Emily Tamkin
Tillerson and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyan Jaishankar, meet in Washington, D.C. in March 2017 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Tillerson and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyan Jaishankar, meet in Washington, D.C. in March 2017 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Tillerson Knocks China, Courts India Ahead of South Asia Trip

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Emily Tamkin, Robbie Gramer
Pence listens while Trump speaks in New York in September 2017. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Pence listens while Trump speaks in New York in September 2017. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Amid Chaos in Trump White House, Diplomats Turn to Pence

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President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Oct. 11. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Oct. 11. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Threatens to Nuke Iran Deal Unless Congress, Allies Get Tougher With Tehran

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Andrej Babis during the parliamentary campaign in Oct. 2017. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
Andrej Babis during the parliamentary campaign in Oct. 2017. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Americans Should (Maybe) Worry About Czech Elections

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Emily Tamkin
John McCain and Ben Cardin confer in Sept. 2013. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
John McCain and Ben Cardin confer in Sept. 2013. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Leading Lawmakers Wonder Why Trump Is Dragging Feet on Russia Sanctions

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Emily Tamkin
Ukrainian military students in April 2016. Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrainian military students in April 2016. Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images

Why Is Ukraine Showing Its Military Wares in the United States?

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Getty Images/Foreign Policy illustration

Who’s Afraid of George Soros?

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Actually, Trump Was Right to Call Rajoy ‘President’ of Spain (Sort of)

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The Russian general consulate in San Francisco in Dec. 2016. / JOSH EDELSON / AFP / Getty Images
The Russian general consulate in San Francisco in Dec. 2016. / JOSH EDELSON / AFP / Getty Images

Are Parking Spaces the Next Casualty of the U.S.-Russian Diplomatic Spat?

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Emily Tamkin
Amid speculation of his resignation, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears before the press on Oct. 4. / Win McNamee / Getty Images
Amid speculation of his resignation, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears before the press on Oct. 4. / Win McNamee / Getty Images

Tillerson Says He’s Never Considered Resigning, Calls Trump ‘Smart’

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Emily Tamkin, Robbie Gramer
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