Michele Barbero – Foreign Policy

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" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/pope-francis-autobiography-politics-migration-trump-hope-book-review/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Pope Francis waves to a large crowd from a jeep, surrounded by security guards and flashing lights." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?quality=90 3072w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1-pope-frances-hope-autobiography-catholic-vatican-GettyImages-2170483050-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Pope Francis waves to a large crowd from a jeep, surrounded by security guards and flashing lights.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/pope-francis-autobiography-politics-migration-trump-hope-book-review/"> <h3 class="hed"> A Hopeful Pope Francis Won’t Be Silenced </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2025-02-14" class="date-time"> February 14, 2025, 2:00 PM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1183252"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/jean-marie-le-pen-obituary-france-national-front-far-right/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Jean-Marie Le Pen, a man in his 90s wearing a pinstriped suit, adjusts how he sits in a chair in front of a black wall. He is looking down and to the side, showing his face in partial profile." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jean-marie-le-pen-obit-lede-GettyImages-507242972.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Jean-Marie Le Pen, a man in his 90s wearing a pinstriped suit, adjusts how he sits in a chair in front of a black wall. He is looking down and to the side, showing his face in partial profile.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/jean-marie-le-pen-obituary-france-national-front-far-right/"> <h3 class="hed"> Jean-Marie Le Pen Embodied France’s Dark Side </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/obituary/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Obituary </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2025-01-07" class="date-time"> January 7, 2025, 9:15 AM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1154357"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/23/paris-2024-olympics-france-macron-medals-sports-marchand-wembanyama/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="French President Emmanuel Macron holds an Olympic gold medal as he delivers a speech to representatives of stakeholders who helped organize and host the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, seen at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Aug. 12." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Macron-France-Olympics-Paris-GettyImages-2165932609.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">French President Emmanuel Macron holds an Olympic gold medal as he delivers a speech to representatives of stakeholders who helped organize and host the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, seen at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Aug. 12.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/23/paris-2024-olympics-france-macron-medals-sports-marchand-wembanyama/"> <h3 class="hed"> France’s Quest for Olympic Glory </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2024-08-23" class="date-time"> August 23, 2024, 11:20 AM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1150080"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/paris-olympics-macron-hidalgo-snap-elections-politics-seine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wear hard hats and orange construction vests as they stand against a clear blue sky. Macron looks to the left and gestures with one hand while Hidalgo looks in the same direction, smiling." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wear hard hats and orange construction vests as they stand against a clear blue sky. Macron looks to the left and gestures with one hand while Hidalgo looks in the same direction, smiling.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/paris-olympics-macron-hidalgo-snap-elections-politics-seine/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Competition for France’s Olympic Legacy </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2024-07-11" class="date-time"> July 11, 2024, 10:12 AM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1129769"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/17/macron-israel-hamas-war-france-cease-fire/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/macron-israel-hamas-GettyImages-1745435444.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/17/macron-israel-hamas-war-france-cease-fire/"> <h3 class="hed"> Macron Breaks Ranks With the West on Israel-Hamas War </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Dispatch </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2023-11-17" class="date-time"> November 17, 2023, 6:00 AM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1128814"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/07/israel-hamas-war-europe-left-debate/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Individuals gather in Paris for a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/france-protest-GettyImages-1760552018.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Individuals gather in Paris for a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/07/israel-hamas-war-europe-left-debate/"> <h3 class="hed"> The Israel-Hamas War Is Dividing Europe’s Left </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time datetime="2023-11-07" class="date-time"> November 7, 2023, 6:00 AM </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="staff-member-post blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1127812"> <div class="excerpt-content--list "> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/24/italy-immigration-right-wing-meloni-migrant-crisis/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rests her chin on her hand as she sits in front of a microphone during a press conference in Rome. Meloni, a woman in her 40s wearing a black suit jacket, frowns slightly as she looks to the side." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MELONI-GettyImages-1244682377.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rests her chin on her hand as she sits in front of a microphone during a press conference in Rome. 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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/French-Defense-Budget.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/French-Defense-Budget.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/French-Defense-Budget.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/French-Defense-Budget.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Mont-de-Marsan Air Base in southwestern France to deliver his New Year address to the French Army.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/08/france-defense-budget-macron-ukraine-russia/"> <h3 class="hed"> Can France’s Big Bucks Fill the Defense Gaps? </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a 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class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?w=800?quality=90" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/french-riviera-cannes-GettyImages-451093419.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Sunbathers under umbrellas line the beach with sailboats dotting the sea behind them in Cannes, France, on Sept. 1, 1948.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/14/cannes-film-festival-french-riviera-tourism-history-review/"> <h3 class="hed"> How the French Riviera Got Its Glitz </h3> </a> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michele-barbero/" data-author-id="1026786" class="author"> Michele Barbero</a></address> </div> <div class="meta-data -ago"> <time 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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=90 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1250826179.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption 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