List of Foreign & Public Diplomacy articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Marine One in New York City. Biden Thought 2023 Was Bad
The U.S. president’s challenges this year won’t stop at the waterfront.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attend a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Dec. 4, 2023. Where Europe-South America Relations Go From Here
By abandoning the EU-Mercosur deal, both continents missed a historic opportunity to adapt to a more unstable world.
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2024-books-3-2 The Most Anticipated Books of 2024
The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.
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U.S. President Joe Biden puts his fingers to his eyes with his head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. A folder sits on his lap as he sits in the lower house of the Irish parliament. Biden and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
The U.S. president’s foreign-policy strategy came undone in 2023.
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No-Multipolar-world-China-US-illustration Our Most Read Stories of 2023
Readers spent time on coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine in its second year, along with pieces on U.S. foreign policy and the global order.
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Hussein al-Sheikh attends the funeral of former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Year’s Best Profiles
Examining some of the political figures who changed our world in 2023.
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A soldier fighting for Ukraine stands in front of a destroyed monastery in Dolyna, Ukraine. FP Live Looks Back at 2023
Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.
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A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others. Alliances Are Back at the Center of Power
States are increasingly focused on security and the age-old diplomatic instruments to achieve it.
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From left: Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The Most Notable Obituaries in 2023
The legacies of departed leaders from Pervez Musharraf to Henry Kissinger still shape world politics.
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From left: Israel's Ehud Barak, USAID Administrator Samantha Power, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl, and Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, during interviews on FP Live. The Best Conversations of the Year
Guests on FP Live ranged from Israel’s Ehud Barak to Taiwan’s foreign minister.
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An illustration of a person holding a monarchical crown with echoing figures inside the form indicating a new type of democracy. Our Best Long Reads From 2023
Foreign Policy’s best deep dives of the year.
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A drawn illustration of the new geopolitical words from 2023: AIS gaps, subsea infrastructure, maritime terrorism, derisking, BRICS plus New Geopolitical Words We Learned in 2023
Washington is losing its rizz and other powers are stepping into the AIS gaps.
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An illustration shows the lopped off lower half of the globe with a diverse group of people holding it up from below for a story about the term "the global south." Was 2023 the Year of the Global South?
From the halls of the United Nations to leaders’ podiums, policymakers fixated on the concept this year.
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A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the World War I Christmas Truce soccer match is pictured inside the remains of St. Luke's Church in Liverpool, England. World War I’s ‘Silent Night’
The mythical appeal of the Christmas truce evokes the idea that ordinary people would get along if not for their governments.
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A photo collage illustration shows a mixture of actors from recommended films and TV shows. The Shows FP Staffers and Columnists Loved in 2023
The podcasts, television, and movies that got us through.
