FP Guide
List of FP Guide articles
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Illustration of a foreign policy board game All the World’s a Game
From Diplomacy to “Sex With Stalin,” board and video games have long drawn from the wild world of international politics.
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Image: People walk with their hands over their heads as they pass through security checkpoints in Lagos, Nigeria, on Oct. 23. Nigeria’s Years of Protest
The country has been heading for a reckoning for a while—here’s why anger is boiling over now.
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A Trump supporter holds a “Q” sign at a rally in Ohio on Aug. 4, 2018. QAnon’s Sound and Fury
Where the conspiracy came from and what it means for politics at home—and abroad.
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Mali-coup-mutiny-Ibrahim-Boubacar-Keita-Boubou-Cissé-Assimi-Goita Can Mali Escape Its Past?
Politics in the country have followed familiar cycles of violence and collapse.
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Joe-Biden-Kamala-Harris-2020-election-foreign-affairs-international-policy A Biden-Harris Ticket—and What It Means for the United States in November
Picking Kamala Harris as his running mate underscores that Joe Biden is not looking for extra heft on foreign policy—but he’s reaching out with several firsts.
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A protester walks in front of riot police making a heart gesture with his hands, one of the symbols used by the leading opposition candidate, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 9. Meltdown in Minsk
Massive violence in the wake of Sunday’s sham election has thrown a spotlight on Belarus and the growing backlash to a quarter century of one-man rule.
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india-kashmir-jammu-article-370-revoked-one-year-later-modi Kashmir, One Year Later
Twelve months since the Modi government announced the repeal of India’s Article 370, communications are still slow, arrests are routine, and the pandemic rages on.
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JON BENEDICT ILLUSTRATION FOR FOREIGN POLICY/GETTY IMAGES Najib’s Dirty Money
Is the guilty verdict in the prime minister’s corruption trial a sign of hope or business as usual?
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ethiopia-grand-renaissance-dam-gerd-illustration-FP-guide22 The Blue Nile Is Dammed
Geopolitics, water security, and health will keep the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam alive.
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coronavirus-void-governments-FP-guide-foreign-policy-jon-benedict-illo Goodbye, Government. Hello, Mafia.
From insurgent groups to charities, a range of nongovernmental organizations are stepping in to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
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coronavirus-most-vulnerable-1500x1000 copy The Coronavirus Threatens Some More Than Others
Refugees, migrant laborers, and the global poor are especially susceptible to the pandemic. There’s little time to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots.
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coronavirus-successes-fp-guide-1500x1000 The Countries That Are Succeeding at Flattening the Curve
Lessons from Taiwan, Canada, South Korea, Georgia, and Iceland show that the coronavirus can be stopped.
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An illustration including images of Saad Hariri, the Lebanese protestors, and the Lebanese flag. Lebanon’s Protests Will Rage On
Despite Hariri’s resignation, public anger won’t be easy to soothe.
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An illustration of a person wearing a mask against a backdrop of surveillance cameras, a prison wall, and a minaret. For Uighur Muslims in China, Life Keeps Getting Harder
Concentration camps, surveillance, and spies keep the community under tight control.
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Justin Trudeau Canadian election blackface scandal. Will Trudeau Survive Canada’s Next Vote?
The prime minister’s rise, fall, and possible rebirth.
