List of Leaders articles
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A souvenir shop displays Matryoshka dolls featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow on Dec. 3, 2019. You Can’t Blame Russia for Trump
America’s reality TV autocrat was a homegrown creation.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden's pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Biden’s U.N. Pick Assembles Team of Foreign-Policy Veterans
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is staffing her New York and Washington offices with a range of career and political foreign-policy hands with extensive experience in U.N. affairs.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a military parade on Red Square in Moscow on June 24, 2020. Russia Is in Agony, but Putin’s Dictatorship Is Going Down
Garry Kasparov on why this weekend’s protests may be the beginning of the end of autocracy in Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a welcome ceremony at the Russian military base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Oct. 5, 2012. Navalny’s Bravery Is Unlikely to Shift Putin’s Entrenched Power
There’s no sign of defection from Russia’s security services, let alone the army.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a vaccination facility in the Israeli Arab city of Nazareth on Jan. 13. Israel’s Arabs May Help Netanyahu Avoid Trump’s Miserable Fate
Netanyahu is courting Arab voters in a bid to win the election, curry favor with Biden, save the Abraham Accords, and stay out of prison.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Our Top Weekend Reads
A broken U.S. public sphere, QAnon’s resilience amid disappointment, and how to eavesdrop on policymaking conversations.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Director of National Intelligence nominee Avril Haines, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 24, 2020. From Foreign Policy Magazine to Biden’s Foreign Policy
FP’s preemptive preview of the coming administration.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny Navalny Is All-In on Bringing Down Putinism
Russia’s opposition leader is forcing the system to make decisions it wants to avoid.
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People collect flags that decorated the National Mall in Washington, DC on Jan. 21. And Now for the Hard Part
This was a great week for America. But the country’s system is broken in ways even Biden is unlikely to fix.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands behind Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. Germany Is Pouring Cold Water on the Biden-Europe Love Fest
Even the arrival of a pro-European U.S. administration can’t paper over unmistakable signs of trans-Atlantic trouble.
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Then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 12. No Amount of Swagger Can Dress Up Pompeo’s Legacy
The outgoing secretary of state prioritized his political ambitions over America’s interests.
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Revelers celebrate news of Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president in Washington on Nov. 7, 2020. Biden’s Bold Gamble on Immigration Is About America’s Future
Failed immigration reform gave rise to Trumpism. Success could finally cool the debate.
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Iraqis lit candles in memory of demonstrators who lost their lives as they mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests at Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Oct. 1, 2020. Iraq’s Disappearance From Biden’s Agenda Is a Big Mistake
Upcoming elections offer an opportunity to turn Iraq around—and contain Iran in the process.
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Antony Blinken speaks before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State in Washington on Jan. 19. Changing of the Guard
Biden’s cabinet nominees have made a lot of promises in their Senate confirmation hearings. Whether they keep them will define the president’s foreign-policy legacy.
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The UNESCO logo is seen at the organization’s headquarters in Paris on Oct. 12, 2017. Biden Should Rejoin UNESCO—but Not Without Getting Something in Return
If it comes back, the United States can push the organization to focus more on initiatives that further the country’s foreign-policy goals.
