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href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/12/russia-ukraine-nato-hegseth-trump-putin-zelensky-call/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pete-hegseth-ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2198504254.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pete-hegseth-ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2198504254.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pete-hegseth-ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2198504254.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pete-hegseth-ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2198504254.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, 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Ukraine </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Trump administration has placed the onus of Kyiv’s security on Europe to allow Washington to shift its focus toward China.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-12" class="date-time"> February 12, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1186394"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/jordan-abdullah-trump-gaza-meeting-displacement-foreign-aid-hostages/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump (right) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II at the White House." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpAbdullah-GettyImages-2198363676.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump (right) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II at the White House.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/jordan-abdullah-trump-gaza-meeting-displacement-foreign-aid-hostages/"> <h3 class="hed"> Jordan’s King Abdullah Talks Gaza With Trump </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The king reiterated his opposition to the U.S. president’s proposal but offered vague answers on how best to help Palestinians in the territory.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-11" class="date-time"> February 11, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1186321"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/10/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-canada-mexico-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Cars wait in line to enter the United States at a border crossing at the Canada-U.S. border." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CanadaTrumpTariffs-GettyImages-2196748973.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Cars wait in line to enter the United States at a border crossing at the Canada-U.S. border.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/10/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-canada-mexico-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Trump to Impose Sweeping Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Further reciprocal tariffs are expected later this week.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-10" class="date-time"> February 10, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1186219"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/07/china-panama-canal-us-trump-bri-mulino/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RubioPanamaChina-GettyImages-2196799943.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/07/china-panama-canal-us-trump-bri-mulino/"> <h3 class="hed"> China Condemns U.S. ‘Coercion’ Over Panama Canal </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Panama maintains that U.S. President Donald Trump did not push the Latin American country to leave the Belt and Road Initiative.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-07" class="date-time"> February 7, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1186043"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/trump-gaza-plan-displacement-israel-katz-ethnic-cleansing/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Widespread destruction is seen in Gaza." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IsraelGazaDisplacement-GettyImages-2197272062.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Widespread destruction is seen in Gaza.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/06/trump-gaza-plan-displacement-israel-katz-ethnic-cleansing/"> <h3 class="hed"> Trump Doubles Down on Gaza Displacement Idea </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Legal experts and rights activists argue that the U.S. president’s proposal would amount to ethnic cleansing.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-06" class="date-time"> February 6, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1185797"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/trump-gaza-strip-takeover-us-ownership-israel-jordan-egypt-saudi-arabia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Activists participate in a rally in South Korea against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TrumpGazaIsrael-GettyImages-2197720183.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Activists participate in a rally in South Korea against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/trump-gaza-strip-takeover-us-ownership-israel-jordan-egypt-saudi-arabia/"> <h3 class="hed"> Trump’s Gaza Proposal Prompts Global Shock, Condemnation </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The United States seizing control of the Palestinian territory would reverse decades of U.S. Middle East policy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-05" class="date-time"> February 5, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1185629"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/trump-netanyahu-israel-cease-fire-hamas-gaza-iran-china-retaliatory-tariffs/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump (left) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/netanyahu-trump-2025-02-04T212530Z_256647604_RC2RNCA4JC88_RTRMADP_3_USA-ISRAEL.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump (left) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/trump-netanyahu-israel-cease-fire-hamas-gaza-iran-china-retaliatory-tariffs/"> <h3 class="hed"> Trump Welcomes Netanyahu for Talks at the White House </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Determining phase two of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal remains a top priority for both leaders.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-04" class="date-time"> February 4, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1185523"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/03/trump-mexico-canada-tariff-pause-delay-trade-war-china-eu/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SheinbaumMexicoTrump-GettyImages-2196920597.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/03/trump-mexico-canada-tariff-pause-delay-trade-war-china-eu/"> <h3 class="hed"> Trump’s Tariff Tango </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Eleventh-hour deals postpone U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month, but the White House’s trade threat to China remains.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt -dept-date>"> <div class="meta-data -date-only"> <div> <time datetime="2025-02-03" class="date-time"> February 3, 2025</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1185403"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/31/germany-afd-cdu-merz-scholz-migration-bill-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="German opposition leader Friedrich Merz listens to the announcement of a vote in Berlin." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GermanyAfD-GettyImages-2196954392.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">German opposition leader Friedrich Merz listens to the announcement of a vote in Berlin.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/31/germany-afd-cdu-merz-scholz-migration-bill-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china/"> <h3 class="hed"> Germany Narrowly Avoids Passage of AfD-Supported Migration Bill </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">CDU/CSU leader Friedrich Merz broke a postwar political taboo by working with the far-right 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