As the global south struggles to grapple with its debt pandemic, experts question the efficacy of the IMF’s conditional lending.
Individuals can only do so much if the worst happens—but the government’s response is a mystery by design.
Moscow has torn up the rulebook, but Western officials are paying lip service to the 1990s-era deal.
Winter is here. And the country is facing its worst-ever energy crisis.
Past tribunals offer valuable lessons for how war crimes and genocide could be prosecuted in Ukraine.
Violent protests over proposed changes to its status have swept the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan.
Election front-runner Gustavo Petro is a former left-wing guerrilla.
Of the 14 countries beyond the United Kingdom that retain Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, at least six in the Caribbean want out.
A propaganda win for Russia, a big battlefield boost, and a way to hide evidence of war crimes.
Rohingya activists and human rights defenders plead for more action against Myanmar’s military junta government.
Your guide to Foreign Policy’s coverage of the war so far.
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How the Canadian trucker protests became a big-tent rally of Canada’s growing far-right.
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In her role as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power is often thrust into the forefront of some of the world’s biggest crises. From working to ensu...Show more
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Despite Beijing’s rhetoric, a full-scale invasion remains a risky endeavor—and officials think the island can be coerced into reunification.
Finland’s envoy to Washington once shared a sauna with the Russian president. Here’s what he thinks the West got wrong about Vladimir Putin.
Three steps for exerting maximum economic pressure on Putin.
Individuals can only do so much if the worst happens—but the government’s response is a mystery by design.
Moscow has torn up the rulebook, but Western officials are paying lip service to the 1990s-era deal.
