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List of Report articles
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Then-U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi attends a news conference. Pelosi’s Visit Risks Turning Taiwan Into a Political Football, Aides Worry
The U.S. House speaker puts both Washington and Beijing in a bind.
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Vacationers sit on a beach in Greece. The Mediterranean as We Know It Is Vanishing
From Saint-Tropez to Amalfi, the region’s most attractive tourist destinations are also its most vulnerable.
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Farmers harvest barley in Ukraine Ukraine’s Breadbasket Is (Almost) Open for Business Again
But the devil is in the details, including how ships can navigate offshore minefields and Russia’s shifting will.
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U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Pelosi Visit Sets Up No-Win Situation on Taiwan
Damned if she goes, damned if she doesn’t.
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Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party, speaks to the press after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome on April 4, 2018. Populists at the Gates
With Mario Draghi on his way out, Europe braces for the most radical right-wing government in Italy’s republican history.
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A demonstrator holds a pro-Russian banner in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso Could Be Next for Russia’s Wagner Group, U.S. Intel Fears
A military coup, natural resources, and roiling insecurity are a recipe for Russian intervention.
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Indigenous people march toward the Carondelet Presidential Palace in Quito, Ecuador, on June 27. The Energy Crisis Is Global
It’s not just Europe and the United States—eye-watering prices are wreaking havoc around the world.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs following a speech on U.S. Africa policy at the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja, Nigeria, on Nov. 19, 2021. U.S. Embassies in Africa Are Chronically Short-Staffed
Hollowed-out posts could leave the United States playing catch up to China and Russia.
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A Russian-made MI-17 helicopter in the Central African Republic Ukraine Has Ground Down Russia’s Arms Business
The Kremlin’s planned weapons exports are getting chewed up on the battlefield.
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Anti-tank obstacles line a street in Odesa on March 13. Russia Has Its Sights on Odesa
Moscow doesn’t just want to gobble up Ukraine’s east.
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Taliban fighters wait as people gather for a ceremony to raise the Taliban flag in Kabul. The Taliban Detained Me for Doing My Job. I Can Never Go Back.
FP’s columnist on a harrowing return to Kabul, almost one year after the United States left Afghanistan.
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A young woman walks over a hole made by a rocket in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on July 15. At least 23 people were killed in the attack, including three children, and more than 100 were wounded, according to Ukrainian officials. Is Russia a Terrorist State?
Kyiv thinks it knows the answer—while Washington debates.
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Children swim in the water near docked ships at Port Sudan. Russia’s Dreams of a Red Sea Naval Base Are Scuttled—for Now
U.S. intelligence believes Sudan has rebuffed Moscow’s hopes of establishing its first naval base in Africa.
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Kiribati’s seat sits empty at the Pacific Islands Forum. U.S. Raises the Ante in Pacific Islands After Chinese Swoop
But the Pacific Islands are loath to be pawns in a geopolitical game.
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A Ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg on September 12, 2021. U.S. Missile Defense Is Cruising for a Bruising
A new report argues the Pentagon needs to wake up to low-flying threats.
