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Security Council, but taking on that role will clash with some fundamental tenets of Swiss foreign policy. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephanie-fillion/" rel="author" class="author"> Stéphanie Fillion</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content -noimage"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/far-right-extremism-global-problem-worldwide-solutions/"> <h3 class="hed">Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">And it is time to treat it like one. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Argument </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/heather-ashby/" rel="author" class="author"> Heather Ashby</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="read-more"> <a href="/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/latest/">See All Stories</a> </div> </div> <div class="header-footer-nav"> <span> </span> <span> </span> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div class="header-subnav-wrapper"> <nav class="header-subnav"> <ul class="header-menu -top"> <li class="header-menu-item"> <a href="#" class="navlink -top -user -signin FP-paywall--login">Sign In</a> </li> <li class="header-menu-item subscribe-link"> <a href="/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe" class="navlink -top -user -emph subscribe-prompt"> <span class="subscribe--long">Subscribe</span> <span class="subscribe--short">Subscribe</span> </a> <a href="/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/subscribe" class="navlink -top -user -emph upgrade-to-insider-prompt"> <span class="subscribe--long">Upgrade to Insider</span> <span class="subscribe--short">Upgrade</span> </a> </li> </ul> <div class="expando-search"> <div class="icon"> <svg viewbox="0 0 18 18"> <circle class="search-icon" cx="7.5" cy="7.3" r="6.5"/> <line class="search-icon" x1="12.1" y1="11.9" x2="17.5" y2="17.3"/> </svg> </div> <form role="search" method="get" id="searchform-desktop" class="searchform" action="/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/"> <label class="hide" for="searchfield-desktop">Search</label> <input class="search" type="search" name="s" id="searchfield-desktop"/> <input type="submit" value="search-submit" style="display:none"/> </form> </div> </nav> </div> <button class="hamburger-button"> <span class="line"></span> <span class="hide">Toggle display of website navigation</span> </button> </header> <div id="channel_d_1" class="channel-ad-region-1"></div> <h1 class="title--narrow"><span>Report</span></h1> <div class="blog-content"> <div class="blog-list"> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1031479"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1031479"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/trump-last-minute-cut-funding-foreign-aid-vaccines-diplomacy-rescission-billions-congress-biden-transition/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=150,106&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=550,388&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=768,542&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=1452,1024&quality=90 1452w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=400,282&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=401,283&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=800,564&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=275,194&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=325,229&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?resize=600,423&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?w=800&h=564&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1053152194.jpg?w=800&h=564&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/trump-last-minute-cut-funding-foreign-aid-vaccines-diplomacy-rescission-billions-congress-biden-transition/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Mounts Last-Minute Attempt to Starve Funding for Foreign Aid, Global Vaccine Efforts</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">But congressional sources say it’s highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1031239"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1031239"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeached-again-live/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=150,107&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=550,391&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=768,546&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=1440,1024&quality=90 1440w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=400,285&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=401,285&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=800,569&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=275,196&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=325,231&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=600,427&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?w=800&h=569&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?w=800&h=569&quality=90" alt="U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeached-again-live/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Impeached—Again</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cailey-griffin/" rel="author" class="author"> Cailey Griffin</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1031080"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1031080"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/u-s-afghanistan-camp-attack-hit-silence/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A plume of smoke rises over Khost city moments after a car bomb detonated at the gates of an Afghan National Security Forces base on Oct. 27, 2020, leading to an eight-hour battle between Afghan forces and unknown attackers part of a spate of violence in the region near Camp Chapman." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Camp-Chapman-Afghanistan-taliban-4.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A plume of smoke rises over Khost city moments after a car bomb detonated at the gates of an Afghan National Security Forces base on Oct. 27, 2020, leading to an eight-hour battle between Afghan forces and unknown attackers part of a spate of violence in the region near Camp Chapman." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/u-s-afghanistan-camp-attack-hit-silence/"> <h3 class="hed">Another Base Attack in Afghanistan Hushed Up to Hurry U.S. Exit</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Camp Chapman, once the scene of the CIA’s second-deadliest day, was hit again in December—but never reported.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lynzy-billing/" rel="author" class="author"> Lynzy Billing</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1031099"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1031099"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeachment-vote-historic-house-pelosi-senate-liz-cheney-republicans-rebuke-president/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=150,107&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=550,391&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=768,546&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=1440,1024&quality=90 1440w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=400,285&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=401,285&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=800,569&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=275,196&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=325,231&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?resize=600,427&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?w=800&h=569&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230555941.jpg?w=800&h=569&quality=90" alt="U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/trump-impeachment-vote-historic-house-pelosi-senate-liz-cheney-republicans-rebuke-president/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Impeached—Again</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cailey-griffin/" rel="author" class="author"> Cailey Griffin</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1031072"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1031072"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/biden-names-former-u-n-envoy-to-head-usaid-beefs-up-asia-staff/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=150,112&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=550,411&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=768,574&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=1370,1024&quality=90 1370w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=400,299&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=401,300&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=800,598&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=275,206&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=325,243&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?resize=600,448&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?w=800&h=598&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="United States Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power speaks during a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, at the United Nations September 25, 2016 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sam-Power.jpg?w=800&h=598&quality=90" alt="United States Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power speaks during a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on the situation in Syria, at the United Nations September 25, 2016 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/13/biden-names-former-u-n-envoy-to-head-usaid-beefs-up-asia-staff/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden Names Former U.N. Envoy to Head USAID, Beefs Up Asia Staff</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Samantha Power, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., will seek to revive a troubled agency, while Obama-era veterans Kurt Campbell and Ely Ratner get top Asia jobs. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1030841"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030841"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/team-trump-last-minute-moves-to-box-in-biden-on-foreign-policy-transition-pompeo-cuba-yemen-taiwan-china-sanctions-iran/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump speak at the White House." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pompeo-Trump-Biden-transition-foreign-policy.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump speak at the White House." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/team-trump-last-minute-moves-to-box-in-biden-on-foreign-policy-transition-pompeo-cuba-yemen-taiwan-china-sanctions-iran/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Team Makes Last-Minute Moves to Box In Biden on Foreign Policy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">On Taiwan, Yemen, and Cuba, the Trump administration is laying political land mines for Biden on its way out the door.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030804"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030804"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/biden-taps-william-burns-cia-director/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=401,268&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns speaks during an event about economic partnership with China at the State Department in Washington on July 11, 2013." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/William-Burns.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns speaks during an event about economic partnership with China at the State Department in Washington on July 11, 2013." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/biden-taps-william-burns-cia-director/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden Taps Career Diplomat William Burns as CIA Director</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The final big name for Biden’s national security team signals a break with the CIA’s dark past. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1030544"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030544"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/cyberattack-hackers-russia-svr-gru-solarwinds-virus-internet/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?quality=90 6000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 19, 2020." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cyberattack-hackers-russia-gru-svr-solarwinds-virus.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 19, 2020." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/11/cyberattack-hackers-russia-svr-gru-solarwinds-virus-internet/"> <h3 class="hed">Why The Latest Cyberattack Was Different</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The epic SolarWinds hack affecting thousands of government agencies and companies could mark the beginning of the end of the open internet.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robert-muggah/" rel="author" class="author"> Robert Muggah</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030446"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030446"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/09/trump-help-iran-evade-sanctions-turkey-halkbank/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-erdogan-turkey-halkbank-GettyImages-1186404820.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/09/trump-help-iran-evade-sanctions-turkey-halkbank/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Inexplicable Crusade to Help Iran Evade Sanctions</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president never could grasp that shielding Turkey’s Halkbank for Erdogan would make Iranian sanctions evasion easier.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kelly-bjorklund/" rel="author" class="author"> Kelly Bjorklund</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030664"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030664"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/08/dissent-cable-live/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House with President Donald Trump." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1157179629-1.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House with President Donald Trump." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/08/dissent-cable-live/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Diplomats Draft Dissent Cable</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">State Department officials expressed anger at the department’s gag order on messaging as violence wracked Washington.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1030557"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030557"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/growing-number-trump-officials-resign-following-insurrection-capitol-chao-mulvaney-pottinger/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump watches as former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9, 2020." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/trump-chao-1192749730.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump watches as former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9, 2020." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/growing-number-trump-officials-resign-following-insurrection-capitol-chao-mulvaney-pottinger/"> <h3 class="hed">Growing Number of Trump Officials Resign Following Insurrection at Capitol</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Wednesday’s assault was not the first time the president has incited violence, but for several administration officials, it was a step too far.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/allison-meakem/" rel="author" class="author"> Allison Meakem</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/audrey-wilson/" rel="author" class="author"> Audrey Wilson</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cailey-griffin/" rel="author" class="author"> Cailey Griffin</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030461"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030461"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/impeachment-gains-momentum-trump-mob-storms-congress/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachment at the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1230470396.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls for the removal of President Donald Trump from office either by invocation of the 25th Amendment by Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the Cabinet members or Impeachment at the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/impeachment-gains-momentum-trump-mob-storms-congress/"> <h3 class="hed">Impeachment Calls Gain Momentum After Pro-Trump Mob Storms Congress</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Trump has become “unmoored” from reality, warns lone Republican congressman joining Democrats in calls to remove the president. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1030392"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030392"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/trump-enablers-live/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Trump supporters clash with police and security forces, as they storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-violence-insurrection-police-security-GettyImages-1230456032.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Trump supporters clash with police and security forces, as they storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/trump-enablers-live/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Enablers Face Violent Reckoning</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says Trump will “deservedly be left a man without a country.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1030402"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030402"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/world-looks-on-live/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?quality=90 1400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=150,108&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=550,395&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=768,552&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=400,287&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=401,288&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=800,575&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=275,198&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=325,234&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?resize=600,431&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?w=800&h=575&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Congressional staffers hold up their hands while Capitol Police SWAT teams secure the floor in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-mob-GettyImages-1230460001.jpg?w=800&h=575&quality=90" alt="Congressional staffers hold up their hands while Capitol Police SWAT teams secure the floor in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/07/world-looks-on-live/"> <h3 class="hed">Mob Invades U.S. Capitol as World Looks On</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The attack on Congress sets a new low for the United States as it begins 2021.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colm-quinn/" rel="author" class="author"> Colm Quinn</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030630"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030630"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/u-s-allies-abroad-condemn-live/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol building in Washington after breaking into it on Jan. 6." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol building in Washington after breaking into it on Jan. 6." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/u-s-allies-abroad-condemn-live/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Allies Abroad Condemn Pro-Trump Mob Storming U.S. Capitol</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">European leaders urge Trump to finally concede the election for the sake of American democracy. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/chloe-hadavas/" rel="author" class="author"> Chloe Hadavas</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/allison-meakem/" rel="author" class="author"> Allison Meakem</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030290"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030290"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/capitol-mob-storming-trump-united-states-allies/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol building in Washington after breaking into it on Jan. 6." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/us-capitol-mob-window-break-dont-tread-GettyImages-1230457520.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol building in Washington after breaking into it on Jan. 6." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/capitol-mob-storming-trump-united-states-allies/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Allies Abroad Condemn Pro-Trump Mob Storming U.S. Capitol</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">European leaders urge Trump to finally concede the election for the sake of American democracy. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/chloe-hadavas/" rel="author" class="author"> Chloe Hadavas</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/allison-meakem/" rel="author" class="author"> Allison Meakem</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1030260"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1030260"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/national-guard-deployed-pro-trump-mob-us-capitol/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=150,101&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=550,370&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=768,517&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=400,269&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=401,270&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=800,539&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=275,185&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=325,219&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?resize=600,404&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?w=800&h=539&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294930640.jpg?w=800&h=539&quality=90" alt="U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/national-guard-deployed-pro-trump-mob-us-capitol/"> <h3 class="hed">National Guard Deployed as Pro-Trump Rioters Storm Capitol</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president doubles down on baseless claims he won reelection, while Biden decries an “insurrection.”</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1029936"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1029936"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/04/gregory-meeks-new-house-foreign-affairs-committee-chairman-investigations-pompeo-interview-trump-russia-cybersecurity/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Rep. Gregory Meeks in 2017" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-858354472.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Rep. Gregory Meeks in 2017" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/04/gregory-meeks-new-house-foreign-affairs-committee-chairman-investigations-pompeo-interview-trump-russia-cybersecurity/"> <h3 class="hed">New House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vows Pompeo Investigations Will Continue</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Rep. Gregory Meeks, who took the gavel this week, also urged the State Department to reverse its decision to close the last two U.S. consulates in Russia.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1028305"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1028305"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/22/yemen-trump-biden-middle-east-iran-houthi-rebels-peace-talks-humanitarian-crisis-top-reads/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=150,93&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=550,340&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=768,475&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=400,247&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=401,248&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=800,494&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=275,170&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=325,201&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?resize=600,371&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?w=800&h=494&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A fighter in Yemen walks past a burning oil tanker." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia-uae-iran-trump-biden-middle-east.jpg?w=800&h=494&quality=90" alt="A fighter in Yemen walks past a burning oil tanker." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/22/yemen-trump-biden-middle-east-iran-houthi-rebels-peace-talks-humanitarian-crisis-top-reads/"> <h3 class="hed">In Yemen, No End in Sight to the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/the-year-in-review/" class="department-name -excerpt"> The Year in Review </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1028043"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1028043"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/12/legalization-advocates-hope-end-mexico-drug-war-decriminalization/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=401,268&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Members of the Guerrero Community Police" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Mexico-drug-war-legaliztation-decriminilization-GettyImages-944976764.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="Members of the Guerrero Community Police" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/12/legalization-advocates-hope-end-mexico-drug-war-decriminalization/"> <h3 class="hed">Legalization Advocates Hope to End Mexico’s Drug War</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Threats, violence, and clampdowns have failed. Can decriminalization work?</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/justin-ling/" rel="author" class="author"> Justin Ling</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1027858"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1027858"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/09/senate-vote-uae-trump-arms-sales-gulf-security-iran-f-35-drones-middle-east-democrats-biden/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=768,510&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=800,532&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?resize=600,399&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type of drone that could be sold to the United Arab Emirates, is seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on April 25, 2013." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reaper-Drone-arms-sales-middle-east-congress.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=90" alt="A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type of drone that could be sold to the United Arab Emirates, is seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on April 25, 2013." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/09/senate-vote-uae-trump-arms-sales-gulf-security-iran-f-35-drones-middle-east-democrats-biden/"> <h3 class="hed">Senate Effort to Stop Trump Arms Sales to UAE Fails</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">But the vote laid down a marker for the incoming Biden administration on Democrats’ opposition to Middle Eastern arms sales and U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1027619"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1027619"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/05/us-diplomats-havana-syndrome-cuba-china-russia-radio-frequency/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=150,96&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=550,351&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=768,490&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=400,255&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=401,256&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=800,511&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=275,176&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=325,208&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?resize=600,383&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?w=800&h=511&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="The U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2015." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuba-embassy-diplomats-spies-attacks-report.jpg?w=800&h=511&quality=90" alt="The U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2015." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/05/us-diplomats-havana-syndrome-cuba-china-russia-radio-frequency/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Diplomats and Spies Likely Targeted by Radio Frequency Energy, Long-Withheld Report Determines</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A scientific study that was long kept under wraps by the State Department finally provides some—though not all—of the answers to mysterious health problems of American officials.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" rel="author" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1027507"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1027507"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/04/meeks-makes-history-as-first-black-lawmaker-to-chair-house-foreign-affairs-committee-congress-biden-progressive-centrist-democratic-foreign-policy-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?quality=90 4694w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=150,99&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=550,364&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=768,508&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=1549,1024&quality=90 1549w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=1536,1016&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=2048,1354&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=400,265&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=401,265&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=800,529&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=1920,1270&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=275,182&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=325,215&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?resize=600,397&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?w=800&h=529&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Meeks-House-Foreign-Affairs-Biden.jpg?w=800&h=529&quality=90" alt="Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/04/meeks-makes-history-as-first-black-lawmaker-to-chair-house-foreign-affairs-committee-congress-biden-progressive-centrist-democratic-foreign-policy-trump/"> <h3 class="hed">Meeks Makes History as First Black Lawmaker to Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The New York congressman fended off a progressive challenge in an unusually public race.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1027401"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1027401"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/03/kamala-harris-taps-ex-diplomat-to-be-national-security-adviser-biden-transition-foreign-policy-team/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=150,108&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=550,397&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=768,555&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=1417,1024&quality=90 1417w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=400,289&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=401,290&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=800,578&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=275,199&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=325,235&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?resize=600,434&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?w=800&h=578&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Las Vegas." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Harris-National-Security-Team-Biden-Transition.jpg?w=800&h=578&quality=90" alt="Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at an event in Las Vegas." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/03/kamala-harris-taps-ex-diplomat-to-be-national-security-adviser-biden-transition-foreign-policy-team/"> <h3 class="hed">Kamala Harris Taps Ex-Diplomat to Be Her National Security Advisor</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Nancy McEldowney is one of several former senior foreign service officers expected to join the senior ranks of the new U.S. administration. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1027234"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1027234"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/02/progressive-centrist-biden-split-foreign-policy-meeks-castro-showdown-in-house-foreign-affairs-chair-race-reflects-rifts-in-democratic-party/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?quality=90 4000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=2048,1366&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="House Foreign Affairs Committee member Joaquin Castro speaks at a hearing." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1228547221.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="House Foreign Affairs Committee member Joaquin Castro speaks at a hearing." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/02/progressive-centrist-biden-split-foreign-policy-meeks-castro-showdown-in-house-foreign-affairs-chair-race-reflects-rifts-in-democratic-party/"> <h3 class="hed">Showdown in House Foreign Affairs Chair Race Reflects Rifts in Democratic Party</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The battle between centrists and progressives over U.S. foreign policy that is dogging Biden’s transition is also playing out in a crucial committee.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1026706"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1026706"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/25/biden-likely-lift-sanctions-icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?quality=90 1497w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=150,90&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=550,331&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=768,462&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=400,240&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=401,241&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=800,481&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=275,165&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=325,195&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?resize=600,361&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?w=800&h=481&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1024754302.jpg?w=800&h=481&quality=90" alt="International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/25/biden-likely-lift-sanctions-icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden Likely to Lift Sanctions on ICC Chief Prosecutor</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">But it’s unlikely the next U.S. administration will be able to fully embrace the International Criminal Court as the shadow of American prosecutions still lingers.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1026483"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1026483"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-picks-intelligence-national-security-diplomacy-cabinet-officials-state-climate-czar/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=150,96&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=550,350&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=768,489&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=400,255&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=401,255&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=800,509&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=275,175&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=325,207&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?resize=600,382&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?w=800&h=509&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) gestures next to Then-US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield before their bilateral talks with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (not pictured) at the State House in Nairobi on August 22, 2016." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-593363538.jpg?w=800&h=509&quality=90" alt="Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) gestures next to Then-US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield before their bilateral talks with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (not pictured) at the State House in Nairobi on August 22, 2016." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/23/biden-picks-intelligence-national-security-diplomacy-cabinet-officials-state-climate-czar/"> <h3 class="hed">In Break From Trump, Biden Opts for Experience, Expertise for Top National Security Jobs</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president-elect laid out most of his national security team even as more Republicans abandoned Trump and his legal battles over the election results. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1025969"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1025969"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/18/team-biden-urged-to-keep-trump-afghanistan-envoy-zalmay-khalilzad-troop-drawdowns-afghan-taliban-peace-talks/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=401,268&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=275,184&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Donald Trump delivers a speech on foreign policy." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-524974972.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="Donald Trump delivers a speech on foreign policy." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/18/team-biden-urged-to-keep-trump-afghanistan-envoy-zalmay-khalilzad-troop-drawdowns-afghan-taliban-peace-talks/"> <h3 class="hed">Team Biden Urged to Keep Trump’s Afghan Envoy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Biden’s foreign-policy team is weighing the merits of letting Zalmay Khalilzad keep his job or letting him go.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/colum-lynch/" rel="author" class="author"> Colum Lynch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robbie-gramer/" rel="author" class="author"> Robbie Gramer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-list-layout" data-post-id="1025543"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1025543"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/13/un-peacemaking-could-spread-coronavirus-covid-united-nations-pandemic/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen puts on his face mask" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1228223612.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen puts on his face mask" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/13/un-peacemaking-could-spread-coronavirus-covid-united-nations-pandemic/"> <h3 class="hed">U.N. Peacemaking in the Age of Plague</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">United Nations diplomats and civil servants fear peace efforts in Geneva may aid the spread of the coronavirus. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1025220"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1025220"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/10/trump-esper-pentagon-defense-fired-resignations-after-elections-2020-white-house/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trump-fire-top-Pentagon-officials-after-election-loss.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/10/trump-esper-pentagon-defense-fired-resignations-after-elections-2020-white-house/"> <h3 class="hed">More Top Pentagon Officials Out After Trump Sacks Esper</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek"> “It’s embarrassing for the United States,” a former senior intelligence officer who served under Trump said of the recent spate of firings. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" rel="author" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1023732"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1023732"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/02/election-2020-biden-progressives-wish-list/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?quality=90 1496w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=150,90&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=550,331&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=768,462&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=400,241&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=401,241&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=800,481&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=275,165&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=325,196&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?resize=600,361&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?w=800&h=481&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden attend the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 25." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1208699463.jpg?w=800&h=481&quality=90" alt="U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden attend the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 25." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/02/election-2020-biden-progressives-wish-list/"> <h3 class="hed">If Biden Wins, Progressives Are Getting Their Wish List Ready</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Internecine tensions within the Democratic Party have been tamped down to defeat Trump—but that truce could be over Wednesday.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/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="1023550"> <div class="excerpt-content--list content-block" data-post-id="1023550"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/30/montana-election-issue-china-asian-americans-bullock-daines/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" alt="Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Nov. 1, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BULLOCK-MONTANA-CHINA.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Nov. 1, 2019." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/30/montana-election-issue-china-asian-americans-bullock-daines/"> <h3 class="hed">Montana’s Most Pressing Electoral Issue Is Suddenly China</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Both parties are flinging mud, and Asian Americans stand to suffer. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt"> Report </a> <span class="separator">|</span> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210117102253/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kathleen-e-mclaughlin/" rel="author" class="author"> Kathleen E. 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