5 Top Reads
List of 5 Top Reads articles
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good-girls-ordinary-killing-india-sonia-faleiro-hanna-hbarczyk_illustration-lead The Best of 2021, to Read and to Watch
From a semi-fictionalized account of the Netanyahus to a meditation on ancient Rome’s stabbiness, here are the best book and film reviews Foreign Policy published this year.
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Angela Merkel The Year Germany Said Auf Wiedersehen to Angela Merkel
Germany said goodbye to a generational leader—and hello to an entirely new era.
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A protester in a helmet and breathing apparatus holds a poster in front of barricades. Myanmar’s Tumultuous Year
A stunning military coup in early 2021 kicked off a year of unprecedented change.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi How Narendra Modi Nearly Lost His Way in 2021
India’s farmers’ protests and COVID-19 catastrophe may have slowed the prime minister’s rise.
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FP-Interns-Underpaid-Washington-DC-Government-Matt-Chase Our Best Long Reads From 2021
Here are some of Foreign Policy’s best deep dives from the past year.
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Representatives of the European Union and Iran sit at a long table in front of various flags. The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Long Year of Negotiations and Uncertainty
2021 saw a change in Iran’s government and on-again, off-again nuclear talks.
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Police detain protesters in Moscow The Year of Living Dangerously (for Russians and Their Neighbors)
2021 was a year of crackdowns, COVID-19, and saber-rattling.
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British Secretary of State Liz Truss chairs a call with her G-7 counterparts. Our Favorite Profiles of the Year
From Belarus’s leader-in-exile to Japan’s newest prime minister, these articles show how personality and policymaking intertwine.
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Employees work on a high-voltage transmission tower in China. How the Energy Crisis Made 2021 Feel Like the ’70s
High power prices. Rolling blackouts. Dwindling supplies. And a cascade of economic and political turmoil felt around the world.
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i-spy-podcast-frank-snepp-vietnam-hp Around the World in Five Half-Hour Listens
FP’s five best podcast episodes of 2021.
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A syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Year Vaccines Changed (Most) of the World
In 2021, the biggest vaccination drive in global history affected everything from public health to diplomacy.
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Taliban fighters on a pickup truck in Kabul. The Year Kabul Fell Again
A stunning Taliban takeover left Afghanistan—and the world—transformed.
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Israel's controversial separation wall runs between the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev (left), built in a suburb of East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian Shuafat refugee camp (right) on Feb. 11. After a Dramatic Year, What’s Next for Israelis and Palestinians?
War in Gaza, intercommunal violence, and a new government have not led to any breakthroughs when it comes to peace.
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Girls attend classes at Zarghona high school in Kabul on Sept. 15. Stefanie Glinski for Foriegn Policy The FP Stories That Changed Things in 2021
From the U.N.’s diversity problem to the pipeline that turned into a lightning rod, here are our most impactful reads.
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Members of the National Guard stand watch at the U.S. Capitol Our Top Weekend Reads
Washington under siege, peace building lessons from Nigeria, and a potential crisis for China’s aviation industry.
