Fred Trump Why Trump Can’t Make Dealsforeignpolicy.com - Michael Hirsh It is at the very core of his appeal. Since Donald Trump’s improbable run to the White House began in 2015, the real estate magnate has managed to …
Xinjiang Xinjiang’s Voiceless Protests Hit Social Mediaforeignpolicy.com - Amy Mackinnon For a fleeting moment, the video looks like the beginning of a makeup tutorial. A young woman in pink lipstick leans in to adjust the camera, but as …
Glaciers The Global Food Crisis Is Hereforeignpolicy.com - Jason Hickel Ask people to name the biggest dangers posed by climate breakdown, and most will start listing off extreme weather events. Destructive hurricanes, …
Chinese Communist Party Decoding China’s 280-Character Web of Disinformationforeignpolicy.com - James Palmer Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of Foreign Policy’s China Brief. What we’ve got this week: Social media companies ban Chinese disinformation …
Silvio Berlusconi We’re All Living in Berlusconi’s World Nowforeignpolicy.com - Tobias Jones Italy has always been at the cutting edge of political innovation. The Papal States were trialing Christian theocracy for centuries before others …
Polio Nigeria Just Won a Complex Victory Over Polioforeignpolicy.com - Jefcoate O'Donnell KANO, Nigeria—Addau Saidu weaved his motorbike between lanes crowded with bright yellow kekes, the three-wheeled cabs that ferry people back and forth …
U.S. Dept. of Defense Women Look to 2020 to Break the National Security Glass Ceilingforeignpolicy.com - Lara Seligman Michèle Flournoy is one of the most recognizable names in U.S. national security policy today, one often floated as a candidate to be the first …
News (Hong Kong) Will Hong Kong Flare Up or Flame Out?foreignpolicy.com - Kathryn Salam For the last several months, protesters in Hong Kong have staged increasingly frequent demonstrations over a controversial bill that would have …
Poland Donald Trump and the War for Polish Historyforeignpolicy.com - Jo-Ann Mort When U.S. President Donald Trump travels to Poland at the end of August to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, he will become a …
British Empire The World Is Reaping the Chaos the British Empire Sowedforeignpolicy.com - Amy Hawkins There was a time when the sun never set on the British Empire. That’s long gone, but the grubby legacy of imperialism remains in Asia, where two …
Human Rights To Protect Human Rights Abroad, Preach to Trump Votersforeignpolicy.com - Howard Lavine U.S. President Donald Trump’s comfort with autocratic leaders is well known. He celebrated his “great relationship” with Philippine President Rodrigo …
Zimbabwe Economic Isolation is Hindering Zimbabwe’s Transformationforeignpolicy.com - Sibusiso B. Moyo Since the election of a new government for Zimbabwe one year ago, the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which I serve, has begun …
Matteo Salvini There’s No End in Sight for Matteo Salvini’s War on Migrantsforeignpolicy.com - Cecilia Butini The day after Italy’s coalition government was formed in June 2018, Matteo Salvini, the deputy prime minister, interior minister, and leader of the …
Separatism Separatists Seize Military Bases in Yemenforeignpolicy.com - Audrey Wilson Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Separatists clash with government forces in Yemen, Donald Trump cancels a visit to Copenhagen after Denmark …
German Politics Germany Is an Economic Masochistforeignpolicy.com - Simon Tilford Europe’s biggest economy could easily stop its own slide into long-term stagnation—but it would prefer not to. For much of the last 10 years, Germany …
AIPAC Trump Doesn’t Care About Israel. He Cares About Reelection.foreignpolicy.com - Shalom Lipner “Over the years,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his host, U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House on March 25, “Israel has …
Jean Paul Sartre Make America Existentialist Againforeignpolicy.com - Robert Zaretsky In the summer of 1940, an extraordinary event took place. Attacked by Nazi Germany, France’s military forces, along with its republican institutions, …
News (Hong Kong) Hong Kongers Can’t Always Tell Cops From Comradesforeignpolicy.com - Matthew Sweet It was a story for our febrile, super-connected times. But it was also a story from the past, one that recalled those far-off days when mole hunting …
Kashmir Valley Kashmir’s Dangerous and Difficult Path Aheadforeignpolicy.com - Ravi Agrawal Welcome to Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia Brief, where we bring you essential news and analysis from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri …
Matteo Salvini Can Giorgia Meloni Become Italy’s Marine Le Pen?foreignpolicy.com - Giorgio Ghiglione When the rescue ship Sea Watch docked at an Italian port and 42 migrants who had been rescued at sea disembarked in late June, in defiance of …
Matteo Salvini Italy’s Government Crisis Comes to a Headforeignpolicy.com - Audrey Wilson Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Matteo Salvini tries to force an election in Italy, a freed Iranian tanker heads to Greece, and Boris Johnson …
South China Sea China’s South China Sea Militarization Has Peakedforeignpolicy.com - Steven Stashwick Following years of Russian noncompliance, the United States officially withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on Aug. 2. The Cold …
Amazon Rainforest It Isn’t Too Late to Save the Brazilian Rainforestforeignpolicy.com - Robert Muggah The fate of the Amazon is intertwined with the fate of the world. If 20-25 percent of its tree cover is cut down, scientists estimate, the basin’s …
James Mattis Mattis’s Successor Signals He Wants to End the Pentagon’s Long Silenceforeignpolicy.com - Lara Seligman It’s been more than 14 months since a Defense Department press secretary stood on a podium and gave a televised press briefing, a regular practice in …
China-United States Trade The United States Will Miss China’s Moneyforeignpolicy.com - Zachary Karabell The rattled stock market gets all the trade war attention, but it’s the sharp decline in China’s U.S. investments that should alarm Americans. The …
U.S. Navy Can Trump Make a Deal for Afghanistan?foreignpolicy.com - Lara Seligman What’s on tap: Afghans and U.S. national security aides have deep concerns about peace negotiations after new violence in Kabul, Trump’s idea for a …
UN Security Council The U.N. Helps Syria Bomb the Oppositionforeignpolicy.com - Anchal Vohra For months, as part of its deconfliction program for the Syrian war, the United Nations has been sharing the GPS coordinates of health care …
Omar al-Bashir Omar al-Bashir Goes on Trialforeignpolicy.com - Audrey Wilson Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Ousted President Omar al-Bashir goes on trial in Sudan, fears of a global recession grow, and restrictions return …
War There Once Was a President Who Hated Warforeignpolicy.com - Stephen M. Walt Along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt is often hailed as one of the United States’ greatest presidents. FDR gave …
Avigdor Lieberman Meet Israel’s New Kingmakerforeignpolicy.com - Joshua Mitnick Political makeovers are common in Israel. But Avigdor Lieberman seems to have struck gold with his. The 61-year-old politician was for decades a …
