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U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26.
U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26.

Is America’s China Policy too Hawkish?

Not so, argues the White House’s ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns.

Q&A
Ravi Agrawal
Right extremists attend a neo-Nazi rally on June 17, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany, where commemorations were held to remember the uprising in 1953 in the former east German Democratic Republic.
Right extremists attend a neo-Nazi rally on June 17, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany, where commemorations were held to remember the uprising in 1953 in the former east German Democratic Republic.

What Really Went Wrong in Eastern Germany

Both sides of formerly divided Germany share blame for the region’s turn to the far right.

Review
Paul Hockenos
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An photo illustration shows a black quill pen poised over the tipped over ink well with a globe motif on it.

Why America Should Drop Its Obsession With Being No. 1

A letter from Singapore to the next U.S. president.

Essay
Danny Quah
A man wearing only a pair of shorts and slip-on sandals sits on a battered truck bed with his knees legs drawn up and his arms wrapped around his knees. His head leans forward on his arms, face hidden. A dog lies down beside him on the truck bed.
A man wearing only a pair of shorts and slip-on sandals sits on a battered truck bed with his knees legs drawn up and his arms wrapped around his knees. His head leans forward on his arms, face hidden. A dog lies down beside him on the truck bed.

The U.S. and China Are Clearing Up Their Deportation Fights

Beijing is worried about a sudden surge in emigration.

Analysis
Han Chen

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Who Is France’s New Prime Minister?
World Brief
Alexandra Sharp

Elon Musk vs. (Parts of) the World
Analysis
Rishi Iyengar

The White House’s Puzzling Optimism Over Prospects for Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch

How Did a Minority of Israelis Come to Wield So Much Power?
Analysis
David E. Rosenberg
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Next Week: The Fall 2024 Issue

What would you want to tell the U.S. president? In the upcoming magazine, FP asked nine foreign-policy leaders to write letters of advice to the next White House.

Asia & the Pacific

A worker stands in front of a section of a cross-border gas pipeline, in Chabahar, Iran.
A worker stands in front of a section of a cross-border gas pipeline, in Chabahar, Iran.

Iran Puts Pakistan on Notice
South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

Al Qaeda Expands Its Footprint in Afghanistan

Doctor’s Killing Galvanizes Protest in India

The Young and the Westless

China

Cars wait to be loaded onto a vessel for export at a port in Taicang, China.
Cars wait to be loaded onto a vessel for export at a port in Taicang, China.

Oversupply Begins to Bite in China
China Brief
James Palmer

Why Is the West’s EV Industry So Far Behind China’s?

What to Expect From Jake Sullivan’s China Visit

Washington and Beijing Don’t Understand Each Other’s Fentanyl Positions

Middle East & Africa

A Togolese soldier holding a machine gun keeps watch near the northern Togo border post with Burkina Faso, on Feb. 17, 2020.
A Togolese soldier holding a machine gun keeps watch near the northern Togo border post with Burkina Faso, on Feb. 17, 2020.

Islamist Extremists Are a Threat to Ghana, Togo, and Benin
Analysis
R. Maxwell Bone

What to Expect From the China-Africa Summit

Meet the Para-Cyclists Riding for Gaza

A Way Forward in the Israeli Hostage Crisis

Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits in the Oval Office during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits in the Oval Office during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2023.

Ukraine Needs a New Storyline
Analysis
Raphael S. Cohen

A Hunger Strike in the Schengen Zone

The Arctic Great Game Won’t Be Won in U.S. Shipyards

Why the EU Should Never Be a Military Actor

Americas

A man waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest in Caracas on Aug. 17.
A man waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest in Caracas on Aug. 17.

Recognize Venezuela’s President-Elect—Before It’s too Late
Argument
P. Michael McKinley

Jamaica’s IMF Success Story

Can AMLO Overhaul Mexico’s Democracy in His Final Month?

If SUVs Were a Country
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Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.

Feature
FP Staff

Insider Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy By Ravi Agrawal

A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.
A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.

The Kamala Harris Doctrine
Analysis
FP Staff
A photo collage illustration shows Kamala Harris in profile with her hand resting on her chin. She is framed by pages torn from the covers of two books on a blue color field, titled "An Open World" and "Losing the Long Game."
A photo collage illustration shows Kamala Harris in profile with her hand resting on her chin. She is framed by pages torn from the covers of two books on a blue color field, titled "An Open World" and "Losing the Long Game."

Preparing for a Less Arrogant America
Essay
Michael Hirsh
A photo collage illustration shows U.S. political figures plotted on a foreign-policy spectrum from most assertive to least. From left: Dick Cheney, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, George H.W. Bush, Ron Desantis, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Bernie Sanders.
A photo collage illustration shows U.S. political figures plotted on a foreign-policy spectrum from most assertive to least. From left: Dick Cheney, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, George H.W. Bush, Ron Desantis, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Bernie Sanders.

The Scrambled Spectrum of U.S. Foreign-Policy Thinking
Analysis
Ash Jain

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A woman walks with a Lebanese national flag tucked into her pocket past a broken window amid protests against dire economic conditions in Beirut.
A woman walks with a Lebanese national flag tucked into her pocket past a broken window amid protests against dire economic conditions in Beirut.

Why Hezbollah Is Rich and Lebanon Is Poor
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Trump supporters clash with police as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump supporters clash with police as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Could Civil War Erupt in America?
Insider
Ravi Agrawal
Palestinians ride past buildings leveled in previous Israeli military bombardments in northern Gaza on July 29.
Palestinians ride past buildings leveled in previous Israeli military bombardments in northern Gaza on July 29.

Salam Fayyad on the ‘Day After’ in Gaza
Insider
Ravi Agrawal

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BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 01: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) speak to the media during talks at the Chancellery on December 01, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Issues the two leaders discussed include the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine and the protection of underwater European infrastructure. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 01: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) speak to the media during talks at the Chancellery on December 01, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Issues the two leaders discussed include the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine and the protection of underwater European infrastructure. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

NATO’s Future

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TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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The China Challenge
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Could Civil War Erupt in America?
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A Future for Palestinian Statehood?
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What We’re Learning About Harris’s Foreign Policy

Weekend Reads

A cartoon shows Stalin as the central figure with Roosevelt at left and Churchill smoking at right as they lean over a map of Europe.
A cartoon shows Stalin as the central figure with Roosevelt at left and Churchill smoking at right as they lean over a map of Europe.

Roosevelt, Yalta, and the Origins of the Cold War

How a terminally ill U.S. president negotiated the deal that cemented Soviet control over half of Europe.

Excerpt
Phillips Payson O’Brien
A cyclist passes the Freedom Monument during at a photo exhibition showing historical pictures of the Baltic Way human chain.
A cyclist passes the Freedom Monument during at a photo exhibition showing historical pictures of the Baltic Way human chain.

History Shows Giving Land to Russia Won’t Bring Peace
Analysis
Kristi Raik
Filmmakers, one positioned behind a camera, stand in an opulent room with paintings, a mantle and bust, while making a movie.
Filmmakers, one positioned behind a camera, stand in an opulent room with paintings, a mantle and bust, while making a movie.

Merchant Ivory Is So Much More Than Costume Dramas
Essay
Jordan Hoffman
A depiction of The Battle of Crecy during the Hundred Years War.
A depiction of The Battle of Crecy during the Hundred Years War.

How the Hundred Years’ War Explains Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia
Analysis
Lucian Staiano-Daniels

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Europe Alone

Nine thinkers on the continent’s future without America’s embrace.

Analysis
Mark Leonard, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Nathalie Tocci, Carl Bildt, Robin Niblett, Radoslaw Sikorski, Guntram Wolff, Bilahari Kausikan, Ivan Krastev

How Europe Could Fracture if Trump Returns

Without Washington’s embrace, the continent could revert to an anarchic and illiberal past.

Essay
Hal Brands

Introducing Foreign Policy’s Summer 2024 Issue
Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal

An Atrevida Is Best Avoided
Decoder
Kitty Greenwald

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A selection of paywall-free articles

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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.

America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

Essay
Adam Posen
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism
Essay
Gordon Brown
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training.
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training.

Asian Powers Set Their Strategic Sights on Europe
Analysis
C. Raja Mohan
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.

A Day Inside Putin’s Surreal Television Empire
Analysis
Anastasia Edel
An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.
An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.

The China-Russia Axis Takes Shape
Analysis
Bonny Lin
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.

No, the World Is Not Multipolar
Essay
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.

6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
Analysis
Cliff Kupchan

Subscribers’ Picks

Russian servicemen stand with the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and Saint Basil's cathedral before the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.
Russian servicemen stand with the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and Saint Basil's cathedral before the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023.

How the Russian Establishment Really Sees the War Ending

An inside look at what Russia expects—and doesn’t—in a cease-fire with Ukraine.

Analysis
Anatol Lieven
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.

Feature
FP Staff

Insider Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy By Ravi Agrawal

A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region.
A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region.

The Murky Meaning of Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive

A short-term success doesn’t necessarily have any long-term effects.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
Supporters of Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, demonstrate outside the National Palace of Culture awaiting the beginning of Arévalo’s delayed inauguration ceremony in Guatemala City.
Supporters of Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, demonstrate outside the National Palace of Culture awaiting the beginning of Arévalo’s delayed inauguration ceremony in Guatemala City.

Inside the White House Effort to Prevent a Coup in Guatemala

Kamala Harris’s team helped deliver an overlooked foreign-policy win.

Report
Robbie Gramer

Books

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A large crowd of people reach out with hands extended for food. A hand reaches out from behind the camera, holding some food wrapped in brown paper.

The World Bank Is Failing and Needs a Restart

Global poverty and income divergence are set to rise again—a brutal indictment of the institution’s work.

Excerpt
Paul Collier
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Knife-salman-rushdie

Salman Rushdie’s Next Act
Essay
Salil Tripathi
The book cover for Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc.
The book cover for Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc.

The Anti-Authoritarian Handbook
Review
Jonathan Tepperman
Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel, J.M. Coetzee, Penguin Books, 192 pp., $16 (pb.), April 1982
Waiting for the Barbarians: A Novel, J.M. Coetzee, Penguin Books, 192 pp., $16 (pb.), April 1982

The Novel That Explains Britain’s Far-Right Riots
Analysis
Caroline de Gruyter
The book cover for Battleground Ukraine by Adrian Karatnycky.
The book cover for Battleground Ukraine by Adrian Karatnycky.

The Stubborn Legend of a Western ‘Coup’ in Ukraine
Excerpt
Adrian Karatnycky
The book cover for The Singularity by Dino Buzzati.
The book cover for The Singularity by Dino Buzzati.

The 1960s Novella That Got AI (Mostly) Right
Review
Paul Scharre
This article is adapted from Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power by Robert D. Blackwell and Richard Fontaine (Oxford University Press, 480 pp., $24, June 2024)
This article is adapted from Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power by Robert D. Blackwell and Richard Fontaine (Oxford University Press, 480 pp., $24, June 2024)

The Rise and Fall of the Economic Pivot to Asia
Excerpt
Robert D. Blackwill, Richard Fontaine

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Hundreds of prisoners are lined up in rows, kneeling on the floor with a prison guard standing in the middle, dressed in a black uniform and holding up a clear riot shield.

The Problem With El Salvador’s Crime Numbers

Bukele’s government has been undercounting homicides since its 2022 crackdown.

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