Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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Prisoners walk through an atrium at HMP Pentonville in London on May 19, 2003. Radical Islamists Are Still a Threat Behind Bars
The rise of prison emirs and radicalization among incarcerated extremists means that governments must be as vigilant with prisoners as they are with fundamentalists on the street.
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Daniel Brokstad illustration for Foreign Policy The World After Capitalism
The future depends on a social democracy that doesn’t reshape capitalism but transcends it.
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Supporters celebrate the victory of Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan Deserves to Be a Normal Country
It’s time to stop playing games about the nation’s status.
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Prince Harry chats with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Toronto Mayor John Tory Canadians’ Royal Fever Doesn’t Run That Hot
Canada might welcome Prince Harry and Meghan—but the monarchy itself is looking shaky.
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Relatives of victims of the Iranian Airbus shot down by a U.S. Navy cruiser in 1988 over Persian Gulf waters stand under a painting depicting the scene during a ceremony in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on July 3, 2003. The Secret History of How a Downed Airplane Rekindled U.S.-Iranian Ties
A previous disaster, and its aftermath, suggests now is the perfect time for Washington to start talks with Tehran.
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An AfD election brochure in Russian and German Immigrants Are Big Fans of Germany’s Anti-Immigrant Party
The fiercest devotees of the far-right AfD aren’t native Germans but migrants from Russia.
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Staff members of the Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team conduct searches on the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, on Jan 11. China Deserves Some Credit for Its Handling of the Wuhan Pneumonia
The country’s response to this outbreak has been far better than to SARS, although even more information-sharing is important.
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The overseas Chinese student Helen Zhou, from Chengdu, heads to choir practice on campus at Linfield Christian School in Temecula, California, on March 23, 2016. China Is Winning the Race for Young Entrepreneurs
Trump’s restrictive immigration policies—along with generous incentives from Beijing—have pushed Chinese students in the United States to return to China.
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Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said sits during a meeting with the U.S. secretary of state at the Beit al-Baraka royal palace in Muscat, Oman, on Jan. 14, 2019. Oman’s Renaissance—and What Will Follow
Thanks to Qaboos’s legacy, Oman is better placed than many of its neighbors to confront the challenges that will continue to bedevil the Middle East.
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Wall Street Bull Americans Are Investing More in China—and They Don’t Even Know It
A modest trade deal can’t mask major problems between Washington and Beijing. But despite those tensions, Americans are unwittingly increasing their exposure to Chinese stocks and bonds.
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Northern Ireland's new deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill (left) and First Minister Arlene Foster (right) meet with members of the British and Irish governments in Belfast, Northern Ireland, after signing a deal to restore power-sharing. Brexit Still Looms Over Northern Ireland’s New Government
Northern Ireland’s leaders have reached a deal to restore power-sharing, but several problems remain unsolved.
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Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrado Mexican Diplomacy Has Gone Feminist
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration has boldly reoriented its foreign policy toward gender equality.
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A woman walks past a mural depicting a koala and firefighters in Melbourne, Australia Australians Are Ready to Break Out of the Cycle of Climate Change Denial
Catastrophic fires make it hard for media to stick to old narratives.
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Bishop Sahak Masalyan (center), the chairman of the Religious Council of the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul, addresses the congregation at Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church on Nov. 11, 2019. Turkey Must Stop Meddling in Armenian Church Affairs
The Turkish government is imposing its political preferences when it comes to selecting the leaders of the country’s minority groups—and posing a threat to religious freedom.
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Han Kuo-yu joins his supporters after losing the presidential election in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. Taiwan’s Voters Show How to Beat Populism
Mobilization and national identity proved key to Han Kuo-yu’s defeat.
