Features
Springtime for Strongmen
The world’s authoritarians are on the march—and the West helped pave the way.
The End of Economics?
Human beings are rarely rational—so it’s time we all stopped pretending they are.
Understanding Trump’s Trade War
This year will show what the president really wants. Here’s what to watch for.
The Coming Climate Crisis
The Little Ice Age could offer a glimpse of our tumultuous future.
India’s Digital Dreamer
Mukesh Ambani is betting on a smartphone revolution—and spending big money to make it happen.
Love After an Apocalypse
Holocaust survivor Marceline Loridan-Ivens never stopped grappling with loss—or fighting to live.
To Infinity and Beyond
Stephen Hawking’s insights about the universe were profound—but his insights into humanity were even more important.
The Kindness Quotient
Jacinda Ardern is the world’s anti-Trump.
Iran’s Deadly Puppet Master
Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.
Taking on the Kremlin From His Couch
Eliot Higgins and Bellingcat are fighting Vladimir Putin and his ilk, using little more than computers and smartphones.
India’s Digital Dreamer
Mukesh Ambani is betting on a smartphone revolution—and spending big money to make it happen.
The Bane of the Brexiteers
How Gina Miller threw a wrench into Britain’s plans to leave the EU.
Prevention Is the Best Medicine
From the United States to Africa, Mary-Claire King has revolutionized the fight against breast cancer—again and again.
The Fight for Their Lives
The Parkland students’ big battle to get gun control on the ballot.
The Fix
A Jury of Peers
How Ireland used a Citizens’ Assembly to solve some of its toughest problems.
Decoder
Street Smart
Why South Africa’s formerly segregated townships are still central to its imagination.
Argument
The New Face of Terrorism in 2019
Forget the Middle East—it’s time to prepare for attacks from the former Soviet Union.
Debunker
The Small War That Wasn’t
Why the Kosovo conflict still matters today.
Argument
Welcome to the World’s Least Ugly Economy
Despite inequality, debt, and a tariff war, the U.S. economy is still the strongest.
Passport
Broke in Beirut
In Capernaum, Nadine Labaki finds a new way for film to deal with poverty.
Books in Brief: Fresh Reads on Liberal Internationalism, China’s Feminist Movement, and Nations in Crisis
Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.
Last Tango in Shanghai
How the ads in a crumbling newspaper offer glimpses of a vanished world.
Press ‘A’ to Study Harder
A new video game captures the anxiety of Chinese parenting.
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