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" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/03/russians-begin-to-consider-life-without-putin-protests-moscow-elections-2024-term-limit/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves the stage after speaking during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on May 14, 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/putin.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves the stage after speaking during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on May 14, 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/03/russians-begin-to-consider-life-without-putin-protests-moscow-elections-2024-term-limit/"> <h3 class="hed">Russians Begin to Consider Life Without Putin</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After a summer of discontent, a series of elections in Russia opens up a new chapter in its political history. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/reid-standish/" rel="author" class="author"> Reid Standish</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="978030"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="978030"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/29/one-small-step-for-trump-space-force-space-command/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="The Space Shuttle Discovery is the backdrop as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Air and Space Museum's, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, on Aug. 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1162876630.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="The Space Shuttle Discovery is the backdrop as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Air and Space Museum's, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia, on Aug. 20." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/29/one-small-step-for-trump-space-force-space-command/"> <h3 class="hed">One Small Step for Trump’s Space Force</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The United States officially resurrects U.S. Space Command, but the fight for a Space Force is not yet done.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977925"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977925"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/khalilzad-edges-closer-to-pact-with-taliban-zalmay-khalilzad-negotiations-afghanistan-war-diplomacy-new-details-on-peace-negotiations-ashraf-ghani-elections-kabul/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=150,98&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=550,359&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=768,501&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=400,261&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=401,261&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=800,522&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=275,179&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=325,212&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=600,391&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?w=800&h=522&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, speaks with Asila Wardak, a human rights activist, during intra-Afghan dialogue talks in Doha, Qatar, on July 8." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?w=800&h=522&quality=90" alt="Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, speaks with Asila Wardak, a human rights activist, during intra-Afghan dialogue talks in Doha, Qatar, on July 8." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/khalilzad-edges-closer-to-pact-with-taliban-zalmay-khalilzad-negotiations-afghanistan-war-diplomacy-new-details-on-peace-negotiations-ashraf-ghani-elections-kabul/"> <h3 class="hed">Khalilzad Edges Closer to Pact With Taliban</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. envoy is expected to travel to Afghanistan within days to seek approval from President Ashraf Ghani.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977925"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977925"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/khalilzad-edges-closer-to-pact-with-taliban-zalmay-khalilzad-negotiations-afghanistan-war-diplomacy-new-details-on-peace-negotiations-ashraf-ghani-elections-kabul/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=150,98&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=550,359&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=768,501&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=400,261&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=401,261&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=800,522&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=275,179&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=325,212&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?resize=600,391&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?w=800&h=522&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, speaks with Asila Wardak, a human rights activist, during intra-Afghan dialogue talks in Doha, Qatar, on July 8." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1154669722.jpg?w=800&h=522&quality=90" alt="Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, speaks with Asila Wardak, a human rights activist, during intra-Afghan dialogue talks in Doha, Qatar, on July 8." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/28/khalilzad-edges-closer-to-pact-with-taliban-zalmay-khalilzad-negotiations-afghanistan-war-diplomacy-new-details-on-peace-negotiations-ashraf-ghani-elections-kabul/"> <h3 class="hed">Khalilzad Edges Closer to Pact With Taliban</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. envoy is expected to travel to Afghanistan within days to seek approval from President Ashraf Ghani.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977839"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977839"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/27/pentagon-seeks-to-counter-chinas-drone-edge/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="A U.S. Marine prepares to launch an InstantEye quadcopter system on Aug. 12, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4701858.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A U.S. Marine prepares to launch an InstantEye quadcopter system on Aug. 12, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/27/pentagon-seeks-to-counter-chinas-drone-edge/"> <h3 class="hed">Pentagon Seeks to Counter China’s Drone Edge</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">As part of a broad effort to cut dependence on Chinese technology, the Defense Department is hoping to boost domestic production of small UASs.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977552"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977552"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/23/greenland-trump-spat-with-denmark-could-cost-him-against-iran-security-ally/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talks to the press after U.S. President Donald Trump canceled his state visit after her government said its territory of Greenland was not for sale in Copenhagen on Aug. 21." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1163046843.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talks to the press after U.S. President Donald Trump canceled his state visit after her government said its territory of Greenland was not for sale in Copenhagen on Aug. 21." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/23/greenland-trump-spat-with-denmark-could-cost-him-against-iran-security-ally/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Spat With Denmark Could Cost Him Against Iran</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Danes may have been considering joining the United States’ maritime security force—until the U.S. president exploded over Greenland. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977423"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977423"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/is-russias-doomsday-missile-fake-news-putin-hypersonic-nuclear-cruise-moscow-kremlin/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=800,532&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?resize=600,399&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly at Moscow's Manezh Central Exhibition Hall for his state of the union address on March 1, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-925804778.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly at Moscow's Manezh Central Exhibition Hall for his state of the union address on March 1, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/is-russias-doomsday-missile-fake-news-putin-hypersonic-nuclear-cruise-moscow-kremlin/"> <h3 class="hed">Is Russia’s Doomsday Missile Fake News?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Experts are skeptical that Moscow has the money or technical know-how to field Putin’s promised arsenal. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977298"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977298"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/xinjiangs-voiceless-protests-hit-social-media-china-uighur-uyghur-tiktok/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?quality=90 1800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Screenshots of videos on TikTok." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lead-Tiktok-Uighurs_082119.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Screenshots of videos on TikTok." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/xinjiangs-voiceless-protests-hit-social-media-china-uighur-uyghur-tiktok/"> <h3 class="hed">Xinjiang’s Voiceless Protests Hit Social Media</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Videos show Uighurs silently posing with photos of detained relatives.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977164"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977164"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/women-look-to-2020-to-break-the-national-security-glass-ceiling-female-leaders-natsec/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy listens during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2009." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-91118365.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy listens during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2009." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/women-look-to-2020-to-break-the-national-security-glass-ceiling-female-leaders-natsec/"> <h3 class="hed">Women Look to 2020 to Break the National Security Glass Ceiling</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Advocacy groups see the upcoming election as an opportunity to boost the number of women in senior positions.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="977067"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="977067"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/19/mattis-successor-signals-he-wants-to-end-the-pentagon-long-silence-defense-secretary-mark-esper-media-relations/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=150,106&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=550,389&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=768,543&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=1449,1024&quality=90 1449w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=400,283&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=401,283&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=800,565&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=275,194&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=325,230&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?resize=600,424&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?w=800&h=565&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="The Pentagon logo and an American flag are lit up in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 3, 2002." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-689681.jpg?w=800&h=565&quality=90" alt="The Pentagon logo and an American flag are lit up in the briefing room of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Jan. 3, 2002." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/19/mattis-successor-signals-he-wants-to-end-the-pentagon-long-silence-defense-secretary-mark-esper-media-relations/"> <h3 class="hed">Mattis’s Successor Signals He Wants to End the Pentagon’s Long Silence</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Mark Esper is beefing up his media relations team. But is it too late?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976982"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976982"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/18/meet-israel-new-kingmaker-avigdor-lieberman-profile/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Berlin on June 30, 2014." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/German-Foreign-Minister-Steinmeier-Israel-GettyImages-875781382.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Berlin on June 30, 2014." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/18/meet-israel-new-kingmaker-avigdor-lieberman-profile/"> <h3 class="hed">Meet Israel’s New Kingmaker</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Avigdor Lieberman could determine whether Benjamin Netanyahu gets another term. What does he want? </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/joshua-mitnick/" rel="author" class="author"> Joshua Mitnick</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976969"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976969"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/16/donald-trump-plan-to-slash-foreign-aid-puts-humanitarian-programs-in-jeopardy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?quality=90 1498w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/16/donald-trump-plan-to-slash-foreign-aid-puts-humanitarian-programs-in-jeopardy/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Plan to Slash Foreign Aid Puts Humanitarian Programs in Jeopardy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Administration hopes to bypass Congress by running down the budget clock.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976969"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976969"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/16/donald-trump-plan-to-slash-foreign-aid-puts-humanitarian-programs-in-jeopardy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?quality=90 1498w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-936568856.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks at the White House in Washington on March 22, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/16/donald-trump-plan-to-slash-foreign-aid-puts-humanitarian-programs-in-jeopardy/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Plan to Slash Foreign Aid Puts Humanitarian Programs in Jeopardy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Administration hopes to bypass Congress by running down the budget clock.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976867"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976867"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/state-department-watchdog-censures-two-trump-appointees-for-harassing-career-staffers/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?quality=90 960w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=150,78&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=550,288&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=768,402&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=400,209&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=401,210&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=800,418&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=275,144&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=325,170&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=600,314&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?w=800&h=418&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="The State Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?w=800&h=418&quality=90" alt="The State Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/state-department-watchdog-censures-two-trump-appointees-for-harassing-career-staffers/"> <h3 class="hed">State Department Watchdog Censures Two Trump Appointees for Harassing Career Staffers</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Report says the two appointees targeted career officials they perceived as politically disloyal.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976867"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976867"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/state-department-watchdog-censures-two-trump-appointees-for-harassing-career-staffers/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?quality=90 960w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=150,78&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=550,288&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=768,402&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=400,209&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=401,210&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=800,418&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=275,144&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=325,170&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?resize=600,314&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?w=800&h=418&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="The State Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gettyimages-151866505.jpg?w=800&h=418&quality=90" alt="The State Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/state-department-watchdog-censures-two-trump-appointees-for-harassing-career-staffers/"> <h3 class="hed">State Department Watchdog Censures Two Trump Appointees for Harassing Career Staffers</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Report says the two appointees targeted career officials they perceived as politically disloyal.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976839"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976839"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/former-officials-decry-diplomatic-disarmament-under-trump-state-department-political-appointees/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=150,101&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=550,369&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=768,515&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=400,268&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=401,269&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=800,536&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=325,218&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=600,402&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?w=800&h=536&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. State Department on Feb. 6." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?w=800&h=536&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. State Department on Feb. 6." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/former-officials-decry-diplomatic-disarmament-under-trump-state-department-political-appointees/"> <h3 class="hed">Diplomats Losing Out to Trump Picks for Top Spots</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Current and former U.S. officials say the deluge of political appointees at the State Department is hurting American diplomacy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976839"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976839"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/former-officials-decry-diplomatic-disarmament-under-trump-state-department-political-appointees/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=150,101&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=550,369&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=768,515&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=400,268&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=401,269&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=800,536&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=325,218&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?resize=600,402&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?w=800&h=536&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. State Department on Feb. 6." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1094533898.jpg?w=800&h=536&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. State Department on Feb. 6." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/15/former-officials-decry-diplomatic-disarmament-under-trump-state-department-political-appointees/"> <h3 class="hed">Diplomats Losing Out to Trump Picks for Top Spots</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Current and former U.S. officials say the deluge of political appointees at the State Department is hurting American diplomacy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976262"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976262"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/capitol-hill-could-imperil-any-new-u-s-uk-trade-deal-brexit-truss-backstop/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="British Trade Secretary Liz Truss arrives at No. 10 Downing St. for a cabinet meeting in London on July 25." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1157636958-2.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="British Trade Secretary Liz Truss arrives at No. 10 Downing St. for a cabinet meeting in London on July 25." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/capitol-hill-could-imperil-any-new-u-s-uk-trade-deal-brexit-truss-backstop/"> <h3 class="hed">Capitol Hill Could Imperil Any New U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Despite Trump’s eagerness to help a post-Brexit Britain, plenty of obstacles stand in the way—and not just the usual suspects.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" rel="author" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="976238"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="976238"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/us-diplomats-under-threat-worldwide-thanks-to-hiring-freeze-report-says-doj-state-department-watchdog/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=150,103&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=550,378&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=768,527&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=1491,1024&quality=90 1491w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=400,275&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=401,275&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=800,549&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=275,189&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=325,223&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?resize=600,412&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?w=800&h=549&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement after his dismissal at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2018." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-931512680.jpg?w=800&h=549&quality=90" alt="Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement after his dismissal at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/us-diplomats-under-threat-worldwide-thanks-to-hiring-freeze-report-says-doj-state-department-watchdog/"> <h3 class="hed">Hiring Freeze Put U.S. Diplomats Under Threat Worldwide, Report Says</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Many programs in counterterrorism, global health, and cybersecurity are also struggling.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975836"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975836"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/cameroon-biya-fara-african-governments-rush-to-hire-trump-linked-lobbyists/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Supporters of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, walk through Bongo Square under the watch of a gendarme in Buea, Cameroon, on Oct. 3, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cameroon_Lobbying_DC.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Supporters of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, walk through Bongo Square under the watch of a gendarme in Buea, Cameroon, on Oct. 3, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/cameroon-biya-fara-african-governments-rush-to-hire-trump-linked-lobbyists/"> <h3 class="hed">African Governments Rush to Hire Trump-Linked Lobbyists </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Accused of atrocities, Cameroon is only the latest to jump in, employing a firm that just brought on Donald Trump’s former acting attorney general.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jefcoate-odonnell/" rel="author" class="author"> Jefcoate O'Donnell</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975824"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975824"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/currency-war-with-china-dooms-trade-talks/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Aug. 5." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1159894022.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Aug. 5." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/currency-war-with-china-dooms-trade-talks/"> <h3 class="hed">Currency War With China Dooms Trade Talks</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Trump’s puzzling move to ratchet up tensions won’t work, experts say.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" rel="author" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975756"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975756"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/tensions-spike-as-turkey-threatens-syria-offensive-kurds-sdf-ypg-isis/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=150,99&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=550,363&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=768,507&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=400,264&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=401,265&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=800,529&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=275,182&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=325,215&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?resize=600,396&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?w=800&h=529&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Turkish-backed Syrian fighters participate in a training maneuver using an armored vehicle provided by the Turkish army, near the town of Tal Hajar in Aleppo province, on Jan. 16." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1083191366.jpg?w=800&h=529&quality=90" alt="Turkish-backed Syrian fighters participate in a training maneuver using an armored vehicle provided by the Turkish army, near the town of Tal Hajar in Aleppo province, on Jan. 16." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/06/tensions-spike-as-turkey-threatens-syria-offensive-kurds-sdf-ypg-isis/"> <h3 class="hed">Tensions Spike as Turkey Threatens Syria Offensive</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.S. defense secretary says a Turkish incursion would be “unacceptable.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975641"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975641"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/05/pacific-tour-tests-new-pentagon-chief-mark-esper-first-international-trip-asia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak during a press conference at the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney on Aug. 4." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1165988163.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak during a press conference at the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney on Aug. 4." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/05/pacific-tour-tests-new-pentagon-chief-mark-esper-first-international-trip-asia/"> <h3 class="hed">Pacific Tour Tests New Pentagon Chief</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Mark Esper sets out to persuade U.S. allies in Asia that the United States has their back.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lara-seligman/" rel="author" class="author"> Lara Seligman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975463"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975463"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/01/north-korean-missile-dismissed-as-standard-by-trump-threatens-u-s-military/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="A woman and a girl chat next to a television news screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looking at the test-fire of a new multiple rocket launcher, at a railway station in Seoul on Aug. 1." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1158925080.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A woman and a girl chat next to a television news screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looking at the test-fire of a new multiple rocket launcher, at a railway station in Seoul on Aug. 1." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/01/north-korean-missile-dismissed-as-standard-by-trump-threatens-u-s-military/"> <h3 class="hed">North Korean Missile Dismissed as ‘Standard’ by Trump Threatens U.S. Military</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Defense experts fear Pyongyang has developed a new rocket that can penetrate U.S. defenses.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="975300"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="975300"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/31/trumps-shadow-war-on-climate-science-state-department-intelligence-analyst-resigns-white-house-muzzles-intelligence-assessment-climate-change-environment/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="A strong wind blows embers around a resident hosing his burning property during the Creek Fire in Sunland, California, on Dec. 5, 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-886713936.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A strong wind blows embers around a resident hosing his burning property during the Creek Fire in Sunland, California, on Dec. 5, 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/31/trumps-shadow-war-on-climate-science-state-department-intelligence-analyst-resigns-white-house-muzzles-intelligence-assessment-climate-change-environment/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Shadow War on Climate Science</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The resignation of a State Department official is the latest instance of a systematic suppression of evidence, former officials and whistleblowers say.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="974626"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="974626"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/25/scope-of-russian-election-hacking-remains-unclear/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin casts his ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Moscow on Sept. 18, 2016." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-607428990.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin casts his ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Moscow on Sept. 18, 2016." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/25/scope-of-russian-election-hacking-remains-unclear/"> <h3 class="hed">Scope of Russian Election Hacking Remains Unclear </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Volume one of a long-awaited Senate report on Kremlin targeting of election systems finds all 50 states may have been targeted. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="974184"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="974184"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/23/senate-foreign-relations-committee-saudi-arabia-bills-menendez-risch-dispute-congress-middle-east-oversight-khashoggi-yemen-conflict/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. Sen. James Risch, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 19." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1150820752.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. Sen. James Risch, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 19." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/23/senate-foreign-relations-committee-saudi-arabia-bills-menendez-risch-dispute-congress-middle-east-oversight-khashoggi-yemen-conflict/"> <h3 class="hed">Senators Break Ranks Over Saudi Arabia</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Foreign Relations Committee, in a rare breach of decorum, engages in a bitter dispute over how to pressure Riyadh.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="974073"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="974073"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/22/trump-does-an-about-face-on-pakistan-and-blunders-into-the-kashmir-dispute/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?quality=90 1501w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 22." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1163576159.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 22." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/22/trump-does-an-about-face-on-pakistan-and-blunders-into-the-kashmir-dispute/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Does an About-Face on Pakistan—and Blunders Into the Kashmir Dispute</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president is desperate to salvage peace talks with the Taliban, even if it means cozying up to Pakistan at the expense of America’s newest partner in the Indo-Pacific.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="973808"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="973808"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/19/iran-overtures-are-the-latest-setback-for-bolton/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="White House National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump as he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on July 18." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1162822392.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="White House National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to U.S. President Donald Trump as he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talk to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on July 18." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/19/iran-overtures-are-the-latest-setback-for-bolton/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran Overtures Are the Latest Setback for Bolton </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Trump’s hawkish national security advisor may be losing credibility fast as the president pushes diplomacy, observers say.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Analysis </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972937"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972937"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/11/all-the-presidents-trolls-carpe-donktum-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the driver's seat of a semi-truck as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House to discuss health care on March 23, 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-656981876.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the driver's seat of a semi-truck as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House to discuss health care on March 23, 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/11/all-the-presidents-trolls-carpe-donktum-trump/"> <h3 class="hed">All the President’s Trolls</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Donald Trump is gathering his favorite meme-makers and trolls for a White House summit.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Analysis </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972855"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972855"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/09/diplomats-fear-chilling-effect-british-ambassador-snub-kim-darroch-uk/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=401,268&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="British Ambassador Kim Darroch speaks to guests at the ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2017." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-674614304.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="British Ambassador Kim Darroch speaks to guests at the ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/09/diplomats-fear-chilling-effect-british-ambassador-snub-kim-darroch-uk/"> <h3 class="hed">Diplomats Fear Chilling Effect of British Ambassador’s Resignation</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Worries over leaks could curtail the flow of frank information from foreign embassies in Washington.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972735"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972735"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/08/unraveling-of-iran-nuclear-deal-exposes-europes-weakness-iran-j-c-p-o-a-uranium-enrichment-deal-breach-trump-sanctions/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=550,365&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=768,510&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=401,266&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=800,531&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?resize=600,398&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?w=800&h=531&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second from left, meets with top European diplomats before a meeting in Brussels on May 15, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-958905632.jpg?w=800&h=531&quality=90" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second from left, meets with top European diplomats before a meeting in Brussels on May 15, 2018." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/08/unraveling-of-iran-nuclear-deal-exposes-europes-weakness-iran-j-c-p-o-a-uranium-enrichment-deal-breach-trump-sanctions/"> <h3 class="hed">Unraveling of Iran Nuclear Deal Exposes Europe’s Weakness</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">It was the U.S. versus 28 EU nations. Guess who’s winning?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" rel="author" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972208"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972208"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/01/iran-linked-hackers-said-to-be-ready-for-attacks-on-u-s-targets/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Protesters gather in front of the White House to speak out against a possible war with Iran on June 23." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GettyImages-1157806800.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Protesters gather in front of the White House to speak out against a possible war with Iran on June 23." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/01/iran-linked-hackers-said-to-be-ready-for-attacks-on-u-s-targets/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran-Linked Hackers Said to Be Ready for Attacks on U.S. Targets</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Even if real war doesn’t start, a cyberwar may soon be underway, experts say.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elias-groll/" rel="author" class="author"> Elias Groll</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972104"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972104"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/28/seeking-to-secure-power-sudans-military-rulers-hire-lobbying-help-hemeti-lobbying-influence-dagolo-hemeti-rsf/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=800,532&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?resize=600,399&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Sudanese protesters sit on a bridge during a demonstration outside the army headquarters in the capital of Khartoum on April 19." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138100587.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" alt="Sudanese protesters sit on a bridge during a demonstration outside the army headquarters in the capital of Khartoum on April 19." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/28/seeking-to-secure-power-sudans-military-rulers-hire-lobbying-help-hemeti-lobbying-influence-dagolo-hemeti-rsf/"> <h3 class="hed">Seeking to Secure Power, Sudan’s Military Ruler Hires Lobbying Help</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Top general brokers a multimillion-dollar deal with a Canadian firm and hosts a former U.S. congressman. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/justin-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Justin Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="972082"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="972082"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/28/to-g-20-leaders-trumps-bully-boy-routine-has-grown-old-japan-g-20-summit-osaka-trump-putin-china-india-germany-japan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump fist-bumps Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a meeting at the G-20 summit on in Osaka, Japan, on June 28." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1152457439.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump fist-bumps Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a meeting at the G-20 summit on in Osaka, Japan, on June 28." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/28/to-g-20-leaders-trumps-bully-boy-routine-has-grown-old-japan-g-20-summit-osaka-trump-putin-china-india-germany-japan/"> <h3 class="hed">To G-20 Leaders, Trump’s Bully Boy Routine Has Grown Old</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">He’ll insult them in public, then demand a deal behind closed doors. The meeting in Osaka is another test case of the president’s dealmaking skills.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Analysis </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="971965"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="971965"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/27/tillerson-secretary-of-state-testimony-transcript-house-foreign-affairs-committee-jared-kushner-role-trump-administration/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?quality=90 1600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=1537,1024&quality=90 1537w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rex-Tillerson-testimony-House-transcript.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/27/tillerson-secretary-of-state-testimony-transcript-house-foreign-affairs-committee-jared-kushner-role-trump-administration/"> <h3 class="hed">Tillerson to Kushner: We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Former U.S. secretary of state’s testimony reveals Jared Kushner’s omnipresent, perhaps unprecedented, role in the Trump administration. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/maya-gandhi/" rel="author" class="author"> Maya Gandhi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="971853"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="971853"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/26/us-stopped-vital-foreign-aid-programs-in-name-of-counter-trafficking-trafficking-in-persons-report-aid-development-programs-humanitarian-organizations/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?quality=90 1600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=1537,1024&quality=90 1537w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" alt="Foreign Policy illustration" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/human-trafficking-foreign-aid.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Foreign Policy illustration" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/26/us-stopped-vital-foreign-aid-programs-in-name-of-counter-trafficking-trafficking-in-persons-report-aid-development-programs-humanitarian-organizations/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Stopped Vital Foreign Aid Programs in the Name of Counter-Trafficking</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Money that could have been used to curtail the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa or support demining programs in Southeast Asia was held up over human trafficking complaints.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="971280"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="971280"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/06/21/trump-fearing-casualties-aborts-iran-strike-at-last-minute/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?resize=768,510&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20190907050609im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1151088613.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, 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