Feature
List of Feature articles
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Four elephants cross a dusty road. Shooting an Elephant in Botswana
Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals.
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An illustration shows candidates in many of the global elections mentioned with Olaf Scholz and Justin Trudeau dominant. Elections to Follow This Year
Trump’s victory in the United States has raised the stakes for key global races, from Canada to Cameroon.
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A composite photo illustration showing Pikachu as a spy in the Pentagon. The Great Pokémon Go Spy Panic
How a global hit sparked digital paranoia inside U.S. intelligence.
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Women wearing black, some with headscarves, stand looking forward in front of a statue in Germany. Behind them is a crowd of other men and women. Who Belongs in Today’s Germany?
One mother’s lonely journey through the trauma of racist violence.
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Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers
Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.
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Ahmad Haidari in front of a helicopter at Kandahar International Airport. ‘They Promised to Take Out Our Families’: The Afghans America Left Behind
Ahmad Haidari flew a U.S.-funded helicopter out of Kabul in August 2021 and hasn’t seen his wife and children since.
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A view from the ground level shows people across a clearing hold rainbow flags during a gay pride rally. The viewer is poised just behind the back of a person standing in front of the demonstrators, viewing them from between that person's two black boots. Russia’s New Queer Purge
A secret court decision is driving the LGBTQ community into exile.
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Joint forces take part in the Nordic Response 24 military exercise, part of the larger NATO exercise Steadfast Defender, near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway. NATO’s New Map
On NATO’s new map—with all of Scandinavia now in the alliance—everything has to be connected.
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A crowd of hundred of people in formal attire fills the floor in an ornate ballroom in Vienna. Others stand in rows of balcony seats climbing up to the ceiling in the vast space. If Europe Is Lost, Why Not Party?
Vienna’s balls may be more inclusive than ever, but nostalgia hits different with the far right on the ascent.
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Two soldiers in combat gear carefully peer around the corner of a wall while a robotic dog stands at their knees. They look across a desert landscape toward a robotic vehicle in the distance. America’s Next Soldiers Will Be Machines
In future wars, U.S. generals want to send robots to face the enemy’s first bullets.
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A collage photo illustration with Putin behind a blue background, the NATO logo like a crosshair overlay, with soldiers and warplanes in the foreground. NATO’s Military Has a New Nerve Center
The alliance has transformed its once sleepy headquarters into a war command focused on Russia.
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Seri/Graph studio illustrations for Foreign Policy Ukrainian Artists Struggle With War’s Impact
Questions of authenticity and loss hang over new works.
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A satellite image shows the tiny island of Nauru in the South Pacific in June 1999. The dark blue ocean surrounds it, with a few clouds drifting into frame in the upper right corner. The Country With Nothing Left to Lose
In its quest for cash, the tiny island nation of Nauru has tried it all. Its latest scheme may be its riskiest bet yet.
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U.S. and Swedish Marines ride on a CB90 fast assault craft as they participate in a military exercise in the Stockholm Archipelago. Sweden Is Making the Most of NATO’s Waiting Room
Sweden’s military has taken a 500-year path to joining NATO, from the Vikings through Napoleon and neutrality. So what’s another few months?
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Israeli soldiers and their gear are seen in Nahal Oz, Israel, near the Gaza border. Israel’s ‘People’s Army’ at War
Israelis have an especially close bond with their military, but Oct. 7 shook their trust to the core.
