Howard W. French
Howard W. French is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and a longtime foreign correspondent. His latest book is Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War.
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Howard W. French
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.
Gay is seen sitting behind a table with a desk microphone and a placard featuring her name.
Biden delivers remarks from a lectern in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Kissinger stands at a lectern with microphones with a large world map on the wall behind him.
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Biden and Xi shake hands while standing on a red carpet next to a white marble column.
People stand outside the emergency ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10.
A view shows an explosion in the distance with buildings in the foreground.
A woman rides a bicycle in the historic center of Ferrara, Italy.
A closeup photo of Biden sitting in front of Israeli and U.S. flags looking contemplative. Netanyahu is not seen in the frame.
Demonstrators carry Israeli flags and a large sign that reads "New York Stands With Israel."
People hold a cutout depicting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a Sikh rally outside the Indian consulate in Toronto on Sept. 25.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, wearing a green collared shirt, walks toward the dais as he arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York City
A woman sits in a folding chair and rests her head face-down on a folding table.
Macron and Bongo, both smiling, sit side by side. Macron is reaching over and grasping Bongo's hand in a friendly gesture.
Tourists look up at a giant buddha statue carved into the side of a mountain.
