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A grid of 12 book covers. Foreign Policy’s Summer Reading List
Our columnists and reporters’ top picks, from a history of China’s tattooed soldiers to an ambitious modern epic.
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A painting shows a man surrounded by mostly women wearing dresses of the court of France in an ornate room. What We Can Learn From America’s First Diplomat
Benjamin Franklin leveraged a soft touch—and humor—to further U.S. goals.
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U.S. and Chinese officials attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Jakarta. Southeast Asia Wants U.S.-China Conflict to Stay Lukewarm
Leaders are worried about a fully hawkish Washington under a possible Trump term.
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Europe-EU-NATO-Donald-Trump-US-election-foreign-policy-illustration-doug-chayka-3-2 Europe Alone
Nine thinkers on the continent’s future without America’s embrace.
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A photo illustration shows the Qing-era Summer Palace in Beijing behind an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping walking. Revisiting Chinese Empire
A new book explores parallel lives spent on its periphery.
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Juergen-habermas-riccardo-vecchio-illustration-3-2 The World Still Needs Habermas
The German philosopher is starting to outlive his liberal legacy.
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Two male soldiers wearing WWII-era formal uniforms embrace in this black-and-white photograph. Palm trees are visible in the background. The Greatest Generation Had Queer Veterans, Too
Biden’s pardon of gay soldiers is just one part of acknowledging untold stories.
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The word atrevida is written in script against blue and white tiles An Atrevida Is Best Avoided
The Portuguese word that exposes the country’s lingering double standards on gender.
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Illustration of a torn map of Europe revealing Donald Trump Trump’s Return Would Transform Europe
Without Washington’s embrace, the continent could revert to an anarchic and illiberal past.
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The cover image from the Criterion Collection version of The Parallax View, starring Warren Beatty. The Paranoid Movies That Captured Post-Watergate America
The proverbial tinfoil hat was once the purview of counterculture hippies.
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The book cover of Look Away by Jacob Kushner Germany’s Far-Right Surge Isn’t New
The country’s failure to confront deadly extremists in the early 2000s should be a warning.
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People walk past a train on a platform with their luggage. What Africa Can Learn From China’s Rise
The continent’s human capital is its greatest resource.
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A line of tanks moves down a street with snow-covered mountains in the distance in a black and white photo. The Forgotten World War III Scare of 1980
Moscow and Washington trapped themselves in a cycle of fear over Iran.
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An oil painting of Whitehaven, England. The British Countryside’s Forgotten History of Slavery
Britons tend to downplay the empire’s slave-trading history. But its links to Virginia tobacco are all over the landscape.
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A cross with a remembrance poppy stands near graves of fallen soldiers at the La Cambe German war cemetery in La Cambe, France. The Economics of the Normandy Invasion
How industrial power and innovation helped turn the war.
