Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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Bahraini, Emirati, and U.S. leaders sign the Abraham Accords. Israel’s Rewarding Road to Normalization
A little over a year after the Abraham Accords, Israel and its new Arab partners are seeing dividends.
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A protester wears a mask resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. How a Plea Bargain for Netanyahu Could Realign Israeli Politics
The terms offered would keep him out of prison but also out of office.
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Concertina wire along a Polish border crossing with Belarus. Will Poland’s Border Emergency Become Permanent?
After months of closure, Foreign Policy gets an authorized glimpse into the militarized Polish-Belarusian border zone.
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Tunisians shout slogans as they protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, on Dec. 17, 2021. How a Garbage Dump Foretells Tunisia’s Future
President Kais Saied promised to confront corruption and defend poor Tunisians. Now, his government is abandoning and brutalizing them.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual press conference at the Manege exhibition hall in central Moscow on Dec. 23. Putin Remains Defiant, Threatens Ukraine in Annual Presser
Russia’s year-end telethon ends with the usual bombast about Ukraine, NATO, and Father Frost.
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A boy holds a toy gun. Lockdowns Produced a New Generation of Child Soldiers
In Colombia, armed groups have treated the pandemic as a recruitment opportunity.
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A hand gesticulates next to a Polish and European Union flag. Poland’s Twin Crises
Warsaw is challenging Brussels on the rule of law but using an immigration crisis to soften any pushback.
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President Joe Biden speaks in a virtual meeting with Canadian counterparts. Fear and Hand-Wringing in Halifax
Almost a year into the Biden administration, U.S. allies are still grappling with shaken confidence and unease.
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City of David National Park Israel Is Enlisting King David to Sell the Abraham Accords
The government wants to boost Arab tourism, and it’s sending visitors to an archeological park in East Jerusalem with a particular twist.
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Migrant children peer through a barbed wire fence as security forces in riot gear on the other side look back at them. The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis Is a Harbinger of the Future
The crisis is a window into the pitfalls of prevailing migration politics.
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Men walk near the Torkham border crossing. Afghan Refugees Get Cold Welcome in Pakistan
The Taliban takeover has pushed many Afghans over the border and into another kind of limbo.
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A Ugandan police officer stands at the doorway of a bullet-riddled house. The Myth of ‘Stray Bullets’ in Uganda
A year ago, the state shot to death scores of citizens. No one has been held accountable.
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Thai protesters in front of the German Embassy in Bangkok Reform Is Becoming Treason in Thailand
Government courts accuse students of attempting to overthrow the monarchy.
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Candidates for the 2022 French presidential election lay a wreath for Charles de Gaulle France’s Mainstream Political Parties Are a Dying Breed
As the presidential election looms, the parties that ruled France for half a century are now fighting for their very survival.
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An armed Tunisian police officer stands guard in front of a tall metal gate behind which fly Tunisian flags. Kais Saied’s Unholy Marriage of Convenience With Tunisia’s Police
Police impunity has long plagued the country. Now, it could get even worse.
