List of Leaders articles
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President-elect Joe Biden announces key climate and energy appointments at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 19. America Must Reclaim the Global Lead on Climate Change
Five places to start undoing the Trump administration’s damage and rebuilding U.S. leadership.
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Indian Muslims carry Indian flags during a protest against a new citizenship law, in Bengaluru on Jan. 20, 2020. For Modi, Courting the Arab World Begins With India’s Muslims
India’s tricky regional balance of power isn’t made any easier by sectarian tensions.
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An iPhone screen displays U.S. President Donald Trump's suspended Twitter account in San Anselmo, California, on Jan. 8. Big Tech’s Big Challenge
Twitter and Facebook have set a precedent in removing Trump from their platforms—but can they apply the same principle globally?
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Francis Fukuyama, philosopher, economist and researcher in American Political Science, photographed in Paris (Photo by Stephane GRANGIER/Corbis via Getty Images) Fukuyama: Expect More Violence Before America Returns to Sanity
The famed political philosopher still believes in democracy’s ultimate triumph but says the “end of history” has been sidetracked by unforeseen forces.
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A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump holds a Confederate flag outside the Senate Chamber after breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Washington Must Treat White Supremacist Terrorism as a Transnational Threat
After the Capitol attack, the U.S. government needs to recognize racist extremists as a national security risk and create a high-level counterterrorism czar to disrupt their financing and dismantle their networks.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our Top Weekend Reads
Why Biden thinks the way he does about foreign policy, what the future holds for an America on the brink, and what the Cold War policy of containment means for our current moment—all from our latest magazine issue.
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U.S. President Donald Trump Trump Mounts Last-Minute Attempt to Starve Funding for Foreign Aid, Global Vaccine Efforts
But congressional sources say it’s highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.
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William Burns, the then-undersecretary of state for political affairs, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on March 17, 2011. Under Burns, the CIA Gets a New Focus
Biden’s pick for the agency’s director shows that diplomacy is back.
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A photo proof from the Toronto Star archives of John Kenneth Galbraith on Dec. 29, 1972. America Abandoned Its Economic Prophet. The World Embraced Him.
John Kenneth Galbraith was an intellectual celebrity 50 years ago—and it would be a mistake to ignore him today.
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africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp How to Restore U.S. Credibility in Africa
By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent.
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Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp A New Pivot to Asia
The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.
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Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017. Inside Joe Biden’s Foreign-Policy Worldview
The next U.S. president doesn’t belong to a single school of thought—and that’s a good thing.
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human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP Foreign Policy Begins at Home
The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America’s own house in order—and that begins with human rights.
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The author’s essay in the Winter 1970-71 inaugural issue of Foreign Policy. Grave New World
Why Biden’s job will be so much harder than his predecessors’.
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Police erect barricades in anticipation of a protest outside Twitter corporate headquarters in San Francisco on Jan. 11. Jan. 6 Changed Tech Forever
Silencing @realDonaldTrump was the easy part. Now the hard work begins.
