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Ukraine Is Still Too Corrupt to Join the West

The strategy of winning the war by joining Western institutions has one big, homegrown hurdle.

Analysis
Anchal Vohra
A poster shows a javelin thrower with the skyline of Paris — including the Sacre Coure and the Eiffel Tower — and a globe behind him. Text on the image reads: VIIIe Olympiade: Jevx Olympiqves: Paris 1924"
A poster shows a javelin thrower with the skyline of Paris — including the Sacre Coure and the Eiffel Tower — and a globe behind him. Text on the image reads: VIIIe Olympiade: Jevx Olympiqves: Paris 1924"

For Paris, the Olympics Chaos Is Déjà Vu

This summer marks the third time France has hosted the Games—and the third time it has hosted major controversy.

Argument
David Clay Large
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen from behind as he salutes with his right arm, wearing a turban and tunic vest over a white long-sleeved shirt.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen from behind as he salutes with his right arm, wearing a turban and tunic vest over a white long-sleeved shirt.

Modi’s Long Game

New restraints on the prime minister’s mandate can’t undo his transformation of India.

Review
Salil Tripathi
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.
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.

Feature
Jack Detsch
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The Oceanographer

As the global scramble for deep-sea minerals heats up, Leticia Carvalho wants to take charge.

Interview
Christina Lu
People wait under the Olympic Rings at a Paris train station.
People wait under the Olympic Rings at a Paris train station.

Arson Attacks Hit French Railways Ahead of Paris Olympics

The coordinated effort exposed security gaps ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Team Greece waves flags as the Olympic rings illuminate the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Team Greece waves flags as the Olympic rings illuminate the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of July 20: Biden ends his reelection campaign, Bangladesh erupts in protest, and the Korean balloon saga continues.

Quiz
Drew Gorman
Finnish and Swedish units simulate a naval attack. Swedish and Finnish Amphibious Forces Take Part In NATO Military Drill “Baltops 22” In Stockholm Archipelago on June 11, 2022.
Finnish and Swedish units simulate a naval attack. Swedish and Finnish Amphibious Forces Take Part In NATO Military Drill “Baltops 22” In Stockholm Archipelago on June 11, 2022.

Is Russia Trying to Poison Finland’s Water?

Break-ins at water treatment plants are a prime example of gray-zone aggression. The Finns may never know who did it, but they must resist succumbing to fear.

Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.
A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.

The Kamala Harris Doctrine

Everything we know about the Democratic nominee’s foreign-policy views.

Analysis
FP Staff
A damaged car sits in a field of dry, dead sunflowers.
A damaged car sits in a field of dry, dead sunflowers.

Ukraine’s Other Problem: Spiraling Debt

Loans from the IMF, Western governments, and private investors are coming due.

Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
U.S. Army MSgt. David Soto views a solar panel installation at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, California, on Aug. 11, 2023.
U.S. Army MSgt. David Soto views a solar panel installation at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, California, on Aug. 11, 2023.

Militaries Can’t Transition to Renewable Energy

For now, fossil fuel use will rise—but the defense sector can lead innovation into the next generation of low-carbon sources.

Argument
Brenda Shaffer
Tran Thi Hau, 55, holds a photo of the late Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong while lining up to enter the National Funeral Home to pay respects to the Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary during his two-day state funeral in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 25.
Tran Thi Hau, 55, holds a photo of the late Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong while lining up to enter the National Funeral Home to pay respects to the Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary during his two-day state funeral in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 25.

Is Vietnam’s Hard-Line Leader’s Death the End of an Era?

Nguyen Phu Trong left a complex legacy of purges and reform.

Analysis
Dien Luong
A customer tries an Apple Vision Pro for the first time at an Apple Store in Berlin.
A customer tries an Apple Vision Pro for the first time at an Apple Store in Berlin.

Europe Is in Danger of Regulating Its Tech Market Out of Existence

Poorly designed laws are forcing global firms to leave.

Argument
Jeremiah Johnson
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.
Bolivian President Luis Arce (fourth from left) and the president of state-run oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, Armin Dorgathen Tapia (fourth from right), gesture for a picture during a visit to the company’s’s Mayaya Centro-X1 natural gas field in Alto Beni, Bolivia, on July 23.

Bolivia’s Busy Month

After a failed putsch, the country’s economic fortunes may be looking up.

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
An attendee holds a balloon at the end of the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18.
An attendee holds a balloon at the end of the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18.

Why Do American Presidential Campaigns Have to Be So Long?

With “only” about three months to win, Kamala Harris might prove a shorter election period is healthier for the democracy.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer
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