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" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/27/trump-putin-deal-peace-ukraine-russia-war-europe/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump walk together at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-ukraine-GettyImages-1152488863-1-e1732699050635.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-ukraine-GettyImages-1152488863-1-e1732699050635.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-ukraine-GettyImages-1152488863-1-e1732699050635.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-ukraine-GettyImages-1152488863-1-e1732699050635.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-ukraine-GettyImages-1152488863-1-e1732699050635.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump walk together at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/27/trump-putin-deal-peace-ukraine-russia-war-europe/"> <h3 class="hed">The Pitfalls for Europe of a Trump-Putin Deal on Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Russian interest in peace is no given, and Europe may not be on board.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fredrik-wesslau/" data-author-id="1137729" class="author"> Fredrik Wesslau</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1180165"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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Bare trees line the road." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?quality=80 1447w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-ukraine-russia-peace-GettyImages-2023746082.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A tattered blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag is seen along a snow-covered road beneath a pale cloudy sky. Bare trees line the road.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/26/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-zelensky-peace-negotiations-diplomacy/"> <h3 class="hed">The Price of a Bad Peace</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The West is tired. Putin is not.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/anastasia-edel/" data-author-id="1042146" class="author"> Anastasia Edel</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179792"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/25/russia-ukraine-war-casualties-deaths-losses-soldiers-killed-meatgrinder-attacks/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian conscripts in uniform holding their winter hat in their hands stand in attention in a line." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-russian-soldiers-AP24294399261011.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian conscripts in uniform holding their winter hat in their hands stand in attention in a line.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/25/russia-ukraine-war-casualties-deaths-losses-soldiers-killed-meatgrinder-attacks/"> <h3 class="hed">Putin Is Throwing Human Waves at Ukraine but Can’t Do It Forever</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Russian meat grinder strategy is terribly effective, terribly wasteful, and boundlessly cruel.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexey-kovalev/" data-author-id="1033839" class="author"> Alexey Kovalev</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179798"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/russia-war-ukraine-peace-putin-history-identity-sovereignty/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A group of young children all wearing the same red shirt and khaki pants take part in a ceremony." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-russia-ukraine-history-security-peace-GettyImages-1246582342.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A group of young children all wearing the same red shirt and khaki pants take part in a ceremony.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/russia-war-ukraine-peace-putin-history-identity-sovereignty/"> <h3 class="hed">The Only Way to Achieve Lasting Peace in Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">History shows that security arrangements alone will not be enough.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/excerpt/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Excerpt </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/eugene-finkel/" data-author-id="1179800" class="author"> Eugene Finkel</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179769"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/britain-nuclear-bomb-scandal-bbc-weapons-testing-radiation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People wear white protective suits and gloves with black goggles as they sit aboard a ship." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-nuclear-test-britain-GettyImages-1166998508.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People wear white protective suits and gloves with black goggles as they sit aboard a ship.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/britain-nuclear-bomb-scandal-bbc-weapons-testing-radiation/"> <h3 class="hed">How Britain Poisoned Its Own Soldiers</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new documentary exposes a grim nuclear history.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-bloodworth/" data-author-id="946713" class="author"> James Bloodworth</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179801"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/alanmoore-watchmen-moonandserpent-stevemoore/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Alan Moore sits at a table while holding a cane in the shape of a snake." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2-Alan-Moore-author-magic-GettyImages-526516744-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Alan Moore sits at a table while holding a cane in the shape of a snake.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/22/alanmoore-watchmen-moonandserpent-stevemoore/"> <h3 class="hed">Alan Moore Wants You to Invent Your Own God</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">An acclaimed English author offers his take on creativity and magic.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-palmer/" data-author-id="29390" class="author"> James Palmer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179727"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/biden-ukraine-legacy-support-f-16-atacms-russia-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zelensky-biden-white-house-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-GettyImages-2173752309.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/biden-ukraine-legacy-support-f-16-atacms-russia-war/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden’s Complicated Ukraine Legacy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A vital but halting supply of military aid has opened up the U.S. president to criticism from all sides.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179691"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/russia-missiles-nuclear-meltdown-ukraine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station and currently held by Russian occupying forces, is pictured on October 29, 2022 from Prydniprovske in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1244319909-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station and currently held by Russian occupying forces, is pictured on October 29, 2022 from Prydniprovske in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/russia-missiles-nuclear-meltdown-ukraine/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s Missiles Threaten a Nuclear Meltdown in Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Ukrainian power grid is under severe attack—with potentially catastrophic consequences.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paul-hockenos/" data-author-id="360765" class="author"> Paul Hockenos</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179657"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/ukraine-russia-war-atacms-missiles-strategy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A Ukrainian government expert examines remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1245436898.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A Ukrainian government expert examines remnants of shells and missiles used by the Russian army to attack the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/ukraine-russia-war-atacms-missiles-strategy/"> <h3 class="hed">New Missiles Won’t Change Ukraine’s Broken War Math</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The incoming Trump administration needs to learn from Biden’s mistakes.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jennifer-kavanagh/" data-author-id="1112160" class="author"> Jennifer Kavanagh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179650"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/ukraine-trump-peace/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Children sit on metro station steps. One is holding a phone while the other looks over." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-PEACE-GettyImages-2185247940.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Children sit on metro station steps. One is holding a phone while the other looks over.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/ukraine-trump-peace/"> <h3 class="hed">It’s Time for Ukraine to Make the Best Peace It Can</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.S. policymakers can help shape a deal that preserves national security.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/matthew-duss/" data-author-id="140665" class="author"> Matthew Duss</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robert-farley/" data-author-id="140721" class="author"> Robert Farley</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179603"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/will-denmark-expose-chinese-russian-sabotage-in-the-baltic/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) off the coast of Denmark, on Nov. 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/yi-peng-3-denamrk-navy-GettyImages-2185112108.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) off the coast of Denmark, on Nov. 20.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/will-denmark-expose-chinese-russian-sabotage-in-the-baltic/"> <h3 class="hed">Will Denmark Expose Chinese-Russian Sabotage in the Baltic?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Danish Navy is circling a suspicious Chinese ship off its coast—but deterring ill-intentioned merchant vessels presents a geopolitical dilemma.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/" data-author-id="19002" class="author"> Elisabeth Braw</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179570"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/trump-autocracies-russia-northkorea-ukraine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The flags of North Korea and Russia are hanging from a while building that has white statues in front. Two people walk nearby." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?quality=80 1502w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/NORTHKOREA-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2157829452.png?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The flags of North Korea and Russia are hanging from a while building that has white statues in front. Two people walk nearby.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/trump-autocracies-russia-northkorea-ukraine/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump May Not Understand How Dangerous the World Is Now</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new axis of autocrats has European diplomats worried.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/luke-mcgee/" data-author-id="1157900" class="author"> Luke McGee</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164640"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/russia-ukraine-scenario-peace-settlement-frozen-conflict-forever-war-minsk/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A protester holds a banner at a demonstration in favor of increased German military aid to Ukraine outside the Chancellery in Berlin on Jan. 6." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-forever-war-GettyImages-1905089534-e1732027594816.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-forever-war-GettyImages-1905089534-e1732027594816.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-forever-war-GettyImages-1905089534-e1732027594816.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-forever-war-GettyImages-1905089534-e1732027594816.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ukraine-forever-war-GettyImages-1905089534-e1732027594816.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A protester holds a banner at a demonstration in favor of increased German military aid to Ukraine outside the Chancellery in Berlin on Jan. 6.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/russia-ukraine-scenario-peace-settlement-frozen-conflict-forever-war-minsk/"> <h3 class="hed">The Russia-Ukraine War in 2030</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Let’s imagine a future much like the past—with Moscow and Kyiv irreconcilable but agreeing to manage their war.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/happymon-jacob/" data-author-id="1108837" class="author"> Happymon Jacob</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1165732"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/baltic-sea-russia-putin-nato-cables/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="532" alt="A ship lays a telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=1000,665&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Baltic-Sea-Cables-GettyImages-2184796994.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A ship lays a telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/baltic-sea-russia-putin-nato-cables/"> <h3 class="hed">Baltic Cable Outages Raise Questions—and Tensions with Moscow</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Russia’s been up to so much in the Baltic that anything that goes boom is laid at Moscow’s door.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164845"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/gender-wars-are-an-early-warning-sign-for-authoritarianism/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Women protesters hold up signs." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PROTESTS-WOMEN-GEORGIA-GettyImages-2184608445.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Women protesters hold up signs.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/gender-wars-are-an-early-warning-sign-for-authoritarianism/"> <h3 class="hed">Gender Wars Are an Early Warning Sign for Authoritarianism</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Women’s rights are at the forefront of security risks—and resistance. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kathleen-j-mcinnis/" data-author-id="1006858" class="author"> Kathleen J. McInnis</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kyleanne-hunter/" data-author-id="1164849" class="author"> Kyleanne Hunter</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164443"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/us-china-commission-report-biden-trump-xi-jinping/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="532" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=1000,665&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-871914020.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/us-china-commission-report-biden-trump-xi-jinping/"> <h3 class="hed">What an Even More Hawkish China Policy Could Look Like</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new report lays out recommendations on artificial intelligence, trade, and investment as Trump prepares to take office. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164420"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/anglican-church-justin-welby-john-smyth-child-sexual-abuse/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="England's King Charles III sits on a throne of carved wood and red velvet, wearing a large crown and gold robes while he holds a scepter in each hand. Priests in lighter gold robes stand in formation around him, including the archbishop standing directly in front of him, speaking while his hands are clasped in prayer." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JUSTINWELBY-ARCHBISHOPOFCANTERBURY-CHURCHOFENGLAND-GettyImages-1252751496.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">England's King Charles III sits on a throne of carved wood and red velvet, wearing a large crown and gold robes while he holds a scepter in each hand. Priests in lighter gold robes stand in formation around him, including the archbishop standing directly in front of him, speaking while his hands are clasped in prayer.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/anglican-church-justin-welby-john-smyth-child-sexual-abuse/"> <h3 class="hed">Anglicanism Is in Its Worst Crisis Since Henry VIII</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A child abuse scandal that spans two continents is the latest challenge for a divided faith.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-palmer/" data-author-id="29390" class="author"> James Palmer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164389"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/ukraine-russia-proxy-war-china-north-korea-south-japan-geopolitics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="532" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during an event at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-north-korea-GettyImages-2157787216-e1731946185583.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-north-korea-GettyImages-2157787216-e1731946185583.jpg?w=800&h=532&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-north-korea-GettyImages-2157787216-e1731946185583.jpg?w=600&h=399 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-north-korea-GettyImages-2157787216-e1731946185583.jpg?w=400&h=266 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-north-korea-GettyImages-2157787216-e1731946185583.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during an event at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/ukraine-russia-proxy-war-china-north-korea-south-japan-geopolitics/"> <h3 class="hed">Ukraine Is Now a Proxy War for Asian Powers</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Growing East Asian involvement shows that Putin’s war has already gone global.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jeffrey-w-hornung/" data-author-id="951832" class="author"> Jeffrey W. Hornung</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164283"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/brics-currency-dollar-russia-china-swift-finance-sanctions/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brics-currency-GettyImages-2179663902-e1731922208572.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brics-currency-GettyImages-2179663902-e1731922208572.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brics-currency-GettyImages-2179663902-e1731922208572.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brics-currency-GettyImages-2179663902-e1731922208572.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brics-currency-GettyImages-2179663902-e1731922208572.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/brics-currency-dollar-russia-china-swift-finance-sanctions/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s Plans to Replace the Dollar Are Going Nowhere</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">BRICS countries show little interest in Moscow’s proposal for an alternative financial system.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/agathe-demarais/" data-author-id="1096048" class="author"> Agathe Demarais</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164301"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-settlement/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear at a press conference after their summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-peace-GettyImages-1000209212-e1731698497437.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-peace-GettyImages-1000209212-e1731698497437.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-peace-GettyImages-1000209212-e1731698497437.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-peace-GettyImages-1000209212-e1731698497437.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-putin-peace-GettyImages-1000209212-e1731698497437.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear at a press conference after their summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-settlement/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Dealmaking Record Could Be Bad News for Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">He clearly has no time for lengthy and complicated diplomatic processes. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/carl-bildt/" data-author-id="953666" class="author"> Carl Bildt</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164219"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/baltic-trains-railroad-soviet-estonia-latvia-lithuania/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A man with a dirty face and hands in workman's clothes and cap smokes a cigarette in front of a blue train with Cyrillic type on ti." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-baltic-train-railway-soviet-GettyImages-635965709.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A man with a dirty face and hands in workman's clothes and cap smokes a cigarette in front of a blue train with Cyrillic type on ti.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/baltic-trains-railroad-soviet-estonia-latvia-lithuania/"> <h3 class="hed">The Soviet Trains That Sidetracked the Baltic States</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were isolated from Europe, but now there is a light at the end of the tunnel.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/grant-wyeth/" data-author-id="1013107" class="author"> Grant Wyeth</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164189"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/trump-biden-defense-putin-ukraine-sudan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-Election-GettyImages-2183216502.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/trump-biden-defense-putin-ukraine-sudan/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump Sets His Sights on the Pentagon</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">His defense secretary pick wants to get rid of “woke” generals.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164118"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/trump-transition-cabinet-picks-john-bolton-security/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump on the left speaks to the media while National Security Advisor John Bolton listens nearby." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-bolton-white-house-GettyImages-1169209737.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump on the left speaks to the media while National Security Advisor John Bolton listens nearby.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/trump-transition-cabinet-picks-john-bolton-security/"> <h3 class="hed">Trump’s Early Picks Worry John Bolton</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The former national security advisor says that crises will “come very early on” in the new administration.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163864"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Putin visits Russian tank factory" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-war-economy-GettyImages-2005632144-e1731426251905.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-war-economy-GettyImages-2005632144-e1731426251905.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-war-economy-GettyImages-2005632144-e1731426251905.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-war-economy-GettyImages-2005632144-e1731426251905.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/russia-war-economy-GettyImages-2005632144-e1731426251905.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Putin visits Russian tank factory</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Key weapons are running out as Moscow tries to mobilize ever more labor and resources.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/marc-r-devore/" data-author-id="1073235" class="author"> Marc R. DeVore</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexander-mertens/" data-author-id="1163859" class="author"> Alexander Mertens</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1164019"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/trump-north-korea-diplomacy-putin-russia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands with North Korean and U.S. flags behind them." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Trump-KimJongUn-GettyImages-1152907322.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands with North Korean and U.S. flags behind them.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/trump-north-korea-diplomacy-putin-russia/"> <h3 class="hed">Could Trump Rekindle Diplomacy With North Korea?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Now backed by Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is less likely to be open to the kind of diplomacy we saw in Trump’s first term.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163971"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/europe-ukraine-replace-america-military-spending/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Ursula von der Leyen observes tanks engaged in military exercises at the Bundeswehr combat training center on January 28, 2014 in Letzlingen, Germany." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-465583447.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ursula von der Leyen observes tanks engaged in military exercises at the Bundeswehr combat training center on January 28, 2014 in Letzlingen, Germany.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/europe-ukraine-replace-america-military-spending/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe Can Take Over America’s Role in Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Ready or not, the continent must now take responsibility for its own backyard.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paul-hockenos/" data-author-id="360765" class="author"> Paul Hockenos</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163813"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/georgia-parliamentary-election-contested-russia-georgian-dream-protests/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman in sunglasses holds up a Georgian flag, with an EU flag wrapped around her shoulders." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Georgia-election-protests-Russia-GettyImages-2182220368.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman in sunglasses holds up a Georgian flag, with an EU flag wrapped around her shoulders.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/georgia-parliamentary-election-contested-russia-georgian-dream-protests/"> <h3 class="hed">How Russia Could Exploit Georgia’s Political Turmoil</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A contested election may cement Tbilisi’s drift away from the West.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Dispatch </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michal-kranz/" data-author-id="976274" class="author"> Michal Kranz</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/guga-chomakhidze/" data-author-id="1163812" class="author"> Guga Chomakhidze</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163724"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/cop29-climate-talks-finance-trump-azerbaijan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People walk past the logotype at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 11." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2183521851-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People walk past the logotype at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 11.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/cop29-climate-talks-finance-trump-azerbaijan/"> <h3 class="hed">COP29 Kicks Off Under Trump’s Shadow</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The former U.S. leader’s reelection has cast a pall over tense climate talks in Baku.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/christina-lu/" data-author-id="1029959" class="author"> Christina Lu</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163721"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/ukraine-taiwan-lessons-resilience-invasion-china-russia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Taiwanese soldiers participate in a disaster simulation during training at the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UKRAINE-TAIWAN-INVASION-RESILIENCE-GettyImages-2150283918.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Taiwanese soldiers participate in a disaster simulation during training at the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/ukraine-taiwan-lessons-resilience-invasion-china-russia/"> <h3 class="hed">How to Prepare a Country for ‘Zero Day’ of Invasion</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Lessons in resilience are being shared from Ukraine to Taiwan.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/heather-a-conley/" data-author-id="132807" class="author"> Heather A. Conley</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/bonnie-glaser/" data-author-id="135345" class="author"> Bonnie S. Glaser</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163707"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/us-arctic-strategy-china-russia-alaska-geopolitics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A Russian soldier patrols the Northern Clover military base on the island of Kotelny in the Russian Arctic on April 3, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arctic-us-nato-russia-GettyImages-1134944419-e1731323203309.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arctic-us-nato-russia-GettyImages-1134944419-e1731323203309.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arctic-us-nato-russia-GettyImages-1134944419-e1731323203309.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arctic-us-nato-russia-GettyImages-1134944419-e1731323203309.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arctic-us-nato-russia-GettyImages-1134944419-e1731323203309.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A Russian soldier patrols the Northern Clover military base on the island of Kotelny in the Russian Arctic on April 3, 2019.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/us-arctic-strategy-china-russia-alaska-geopolitics/"> <h3 class="hed">The New U.S. Arctic Strategy Is Wrong to Focus on China</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">It emphasizes limited Chinese activities instead of the much more potent Russian threat.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jo-inge-bekkevold/" data-author-id="1082708" class="author"> Jo Inge Bekkevold</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paal-sigurd-hilde/" data-author-id="1119848" class="author"> Paal Sigurd Hilde</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163698"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/eu-sanctions-russia-putin-united-nations/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Josep Borrell arrives at an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on May 31, 2022." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/borrell-eu-GettyImages-1241012513.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Josep Borrell arrives at an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on May 31, 2022.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/11/eu-sanctions-russia-putin-united-nations/"> <h3 class="hed">In Defense of Sanctions</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The European Union’s top diplomat makes the case for sanctions to protect global peace.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/josep-borrell/" data-author-id="1027910" class="author"> Josep Borrell</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163653"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/08/trump-ukraine-russia-war-peace-deal-putin-zelensky/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-GettyImages-2173926230-e1731095133954.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-GettyImages-2173926230-e1731095133954.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-GettyImages-2173926230-e1731095133954.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-GettyImages-2173926230-e1731095133954.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-GettyImages-2173926230-e1731095133954.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/08/trump-ukraine-russia-war-peace-deal-putin-zelensky/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Ukraine Is Ready to Gamble on Trump</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Kyiv has been increasingly frustrated with the outgoing Biden team, and a Kamala Harris victory would have posed its own challenges.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/luke-coffey/" data-author-id="941440" class="author"> Luke Coffey</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163633"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/08/britain-labour-party-trump-administration-starmer-lammy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="British newspapers including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, and the Mirror are scattered on a tabletop overlapping each other. Each has a photo of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the page; accompanying headlines include "American dread" and "Again?"" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-BRITAIN-STARMER-GettyImages-2182693039.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">British newspapers including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, and the Mirror are scattered on a tabletop overlapping each other. Each has a photo of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the page; accompanying headlines include "American dread" and "Again?"</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/08/britain-labour-party-trump-administration-starmer-lammy/"> <h3 class="hed">Britain’s Labour Will Struggle With Trump in White House</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Past criticisms are coming back to haunt U.K. leaders.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/azeem-ibrahim/" data-author-id="201043" class="author"> Azeem Ibrahim</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163457"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/economies-respond-trump/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Trader Walter Lundon shows off his shirt featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182550504.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Trader Walter Lundon shows off his shirt featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/economies-respond-trump/"> <h3 class="hed">How Economies Around the World Will Respond to Trump 2.0</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The incoming U.S. president will be more extreme and less restrained.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/q-a/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Q&A </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cameron-abadi/" data-author-id="150083" class="author"> Cameron Abadi</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adam-tooze/" data-author-id="953136" class="author"> Adam Tooze</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163459"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/germany-government-collapse-scholz-coalition-elections/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a session of the Bundestag in Berlin on Nov. 7." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scholz-germany-government-collapse-GettyImages-2183500625-e1731007741592.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scholz-germany-government-collapse-GettyImages-2183500625-e1731007741592.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scholz-germany-government-collapse-GettyImages-2183500625-e1731007741592.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scholz-germany-government-collapse-GettyImages-2183500625-e1731007741592.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/scholz-germany-government-collapse-GettyImages-2183500625-e1731007741592.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a session of the Bundestag in Berlin on Nov. 7.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/germany-government-collapse-scholz-coalition-elections/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Germany’s Government Collapse Could Be Good News</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A dysfunctional, dithering government has no place in the era of Donald Trump.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/liana-fix/" data-author-id="1088630" class="author"> Liana Fix</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163383"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/trump-win-nato-ukraine-israel-iran-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. 7." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-israel-billboard-GettyImages-2182689573.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. 7.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/trump-win-nato-ukraine-israel-iran-china/"> <h3 class="hed">What Trump’s Win Will Mean for NATO, Ukraine, Israel, and Iran</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Foreign policy might have mattered in the election after all—but mainly in Michigan.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/its-debatable/" class="department-name -excerpt "> It's Debatable </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/emma-ashford/" data-author-id="354307" class="author"> Emma Ashford</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/matthew-kroenig/" data-author-id="380678" class="author"> Matthew Kroenig</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163366"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/ukraine-now-faces-a-nuclear-decision/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands in New York City on Sept. 27." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173922474.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands in New York City on Sept. 27.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/ukraine-now-faces-a-nuclear-decision/"> <h3 class="hed">Ukraine Now Faces a Nuclear Decision</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Under a new Trump administration, Ukraine’s government can't avoid considering a nuclear weapon.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/casey-michel/" data-author-id="355461" class="author"> Casey Michel</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163240"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/trump-election-victory-ukraine-war-russia-security-nato/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People walk on a bridge past an American flag and above an art installation by French street artist James Colomina called the "Swing" which depicts a little girl wearing an oversized military helmet as sits on a playground swing hanging from the bridge." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TRUMP-UKRAINE-WAR-RUSSIA-GettyImages-2182554421.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People walk on a bridge past an American flag and above an art installation by French street artist James Colomina called the "Swing" which depicts a little girl wearing an oversized military helmet as sits on a playground swing hanging from the bridge.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/trump-election-victory-ukraine-war-russia-security-nato/"> <h3 class="hed">Even Trump Can’t Afford to Lose the Ukraine War</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Victory for Putin would be a grave blow to U.S. power.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/luke-mcgee/" data-author-id="1157900" class="author"> Luke McGee</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163227"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/trump-ukraine-russia-war-biden-weapons-fund-congress/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. and Ukrainian flags fly near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-congress-GettyImages-2147958635-e1730919590507.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-congress-GettyImages-2147958635-e1730919590507.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-congress-GettyImages-2147958635-e1730919590507.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-congress-GettyImages-2147958635-e1730919590507.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-ukraine-congress-GettyImages-2147958635-e1730919590507.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. and Ukrainian flags fly near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 20.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/trump-ukraine-russia-war-biden-weapons-fund-congress/"> <h3 class="hed">Before Trump Returns, Congress Should Buy Weapons for Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">An arms procurement fund would secure Ukraine’s ability to fight while helping American workers.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/josh-rudolph/" data-author-id="1039638" class="author"> Josh Rudolph</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1162533"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/05/russia-north-korea-ukraine-war-china-biden-escalation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="North Korean soldiers march in a military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/north-kora-military-pyongyang-GettyImages-1565508410.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">North Korean soldiers march in a military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/05/russia-north-korea-ukraine-war-china-biden-escalation/"> <h3 class="hed">North Korea Joining Russia’s War Is a Sign of Weakness</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Instead of leveraging Moscow’s faltering prospects by upping aid to Ukraine, Western leaders are paralyzed by fright.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kori-schake/" data-author-id="359162" class="author"> Kori Schake</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161978"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/ai-technology-us-presidential-election-democracy-marietje-schaake-gary-marcus/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Sam Altman speaks into a microphone onstage at an event, flanked on either side by a group of five men and one woman in suits. A screen behind him shows the Open AI logo." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173285756.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Sam Altman speaks into a microphone onstage at an event, flanked on either side by a group of five men and one woman in suits. A screen behind him shows the Open AI logo.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/ai-technology-us-presidential-election-democracy-marietje-schaake-gary-marcus/"> <h3 class="hed">How Technology Ruined Democracy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Two new books issue fresh warnings about Silicon Valley ahead of the U.S. election.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1162064"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/vance-trump-mussolini-motherhood-fascist-birthrate-population-fertility/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A person takes a photo of a fascist memorabilia exhibit." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/mussolini-women-motherhood-italy-GettyImages-1242955664.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A person takes a photo of a fascist memorabilia exhibit.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/vance-trump-mussolini-motherhood-fascist-birthrate-population-fertility/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Republicans Are Embracing Mussolini’s Motherhood Agenda</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Italian fascists’ pro-natalist policies are being revived today by figures from J.D. Vance to Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/flynn-coleman/" data-author-id="1075667" class="author"> Flynn Coleman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161800"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/rumours-movie-review-guy-maddin-cate-blanchett-g7-summit-diplomacy-bog-bodies/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The fictitious leaders of the G-7 gather for a dinner at their annual summit in this still from the Rumours movie." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1-RUMOURS-diplomacy-movie-review-G-7Still-6.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The fictitious leaders of the G-7 gather for a dinner at their annual summit in this still from the Rumours movie.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/rumours-movie-review-guy-maddin-cate-blanchett-g7-summit-diplomacy-bog-bodies/"> <h3 class="hed">Diplomacy That Goes Bump in the Night</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A dark comedy explores what happens when the G-7 leaders are literally and figuratively lost in the woods.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/megan-dubois/" data-author-id="1088578" class="author"> Megan DuBois</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161848"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/new-international-fiction-olga-tokarczuk-empusium-dinaw-mengestu-someone-like-us/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A grid of 10 small books and two larger books, all being released in November." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-November-2024.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A grid of 10 small books and two larger books, all being released in November.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/new-international-fiction-olga-tokarczuk-empusium-dinaw-mengestu-someone-like-us/"> <h3 class="hed">The Novels We’re Reading in November</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">From a modern twist on “The Magic Mountain” to Ethiopian American family secrets. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/books/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Books </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/chloe-hadavas/" data-author-id="1015537" class="author"> Chloe Hadavas</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/allison-meakem/" data-author-id="1015539" class="author"> Allison Meakem</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160977"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/electoral-violence-political-united-states/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A photo collage illustration shows fractured images of political violence in Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Brazil, and Ethiopia. At center is a silhouette of the U.S. Capitol with protesters silhouetted in front of it." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-political-electorial-violence-alice-lagarde-illustration.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photo collage illustration shows fractured images of political violence in Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Brazil, and Ethiopia. At center is a silhouette of the U.S. Capitol with protesters silhouetted in front of it.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/01/electoral-violence-political-united-states/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Electoral Violence Starts—and How It Can End</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">As Americans prepare to vote in a tense presidential contest, these countries show a way out of political polarization.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robert-a-pape/" data-author-id="165193" class="author"> Robert A. Pape</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/dushni-weerakoon/" data-author-id="1160693" class="author"> Dushni Weerakoon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/oliver-stuenkel/" data-author-id="986130" class="author"> Oliver Stuenkel</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adem-k-abebe/" data-author-id="1017441" class="author"> Adem Kassie Abebe</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/daniel-finn/" data-author-id="1160692" class="author"> Daniel Finn</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161739"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-ukraine-middle-east-election-trump-harris/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media at a press conference during a European Council session on Oct. 17." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zelensky-GettyImages-2178159078.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media at a press conference during a European Council session on Oct. 17.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-ukraine-middle-east-election-trump-harris/"> <h3 class="hed">What the U.S. Election Means for Ukraine and the Middle East</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The result will have profound consequences for the major crises roiling the world </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161626"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-election-expert-poll-harris-trump-foreign-policy-military/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Kamala Harris raises her eyebrows and reaches out to shake hands with Donald Trump behind his lecturn on a debate stage." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/harris-trump-us-election-foreign-policy-GettyImages-2170583836.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Kamala Harris raises her eyebrows and reaches out to shake hands with Donald Trump behind his lecturn on a debate stage.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-election-expert-poll-harris-trump-foreign-policy-military/"> <h3 class="hed">IR Experts See Glaring Differences Between Harris and Trump</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Scholars don’t trust the Republican nominee when it comes to managing U.S. foreign policy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/irene-entringer-garcia-blanes/" data-author-id="1022711" class="author"> Irene Entringer García Blanes</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/susan-peterson/" data-author-id="23276" class="author"> Susan Peterson</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ryan-powers/" data-author-id="23277" class="author"> Ryan Powers</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-j-tierney/" data-author-id="23278" class="author"> Michael J. Tierney</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161596"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-election-2024-ukraine-zelensky-trump-harris-aid-russia-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak to the press before a private meeting in Washington on Sept. 26." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Harris-Zelensky-Ukraine-US-GettyImages-2173768528.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speak to the press before a private meeting in Washington on Sept. 26.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/us-election-2024-ukraine-zelensky-trump-harris-aid-russia-war/"> <h3 class="hed">Ukraine Walks a Tightrope on the U.S. Election</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Dependent on American support for the war, Kyiv is trying to avoid getting caught in the politics of it all.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fabrice-deprez/" data-author-id="1090234" class="author"> Fabrice Deprez</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161606"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/2024-us-election-foreign-interference-after-vote/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Police officers wearing face masks hold out their arms to bar election challengers from entering a building. Detroit Department of Elections signs hang on the doors of the building." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/election-interference-misinformation-GettyImages-1229468223.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Police officers wearing face masks hold out their arms to bar election challengers from entering a building. Detroit Department of Elections signs hang on the doors of the building.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/2024-us-election-foreign-interference-after-vote/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Officials: Foreign Election Interference Could Get Worse After Nov. 5</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new onslaught from abroad is expected as the votes are counted and certified.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-hirsh/" data-author-id="947578" class="author"> Michael Hirsh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161544"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/europe-green-deal-eu-climate-policy-leyen-italy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="GettyImages-1246713265 (1)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1246713265-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">GettyImages-1246713265 (1)</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/europe-green-deal-eu-climate-policy-leyen-italy/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe’s Big Climate Plan Isn’t Working</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The continent has put the world’s strictest environmental standards into law—and is failing to meet them.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/giovanni-legorano/" data-author-id="1143619" class="author"> Giovanni Legorano</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161350"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/brics-summit-kazan-declaration-global-south-russia-china-iran-west-global-order/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Xi and Putin look at each other; a man is between them, and others look on from behind." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-Russia-China-Xi-Putin-GettyImages-2179802112.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Xi and Putin look at each other; a man is between them, and others look on from behind.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/brics-summit-kazan-declaration-global-south-russia-china-iran-west-global-order/"> <h3 class="hed">No, BRICS Isn’t Trying to Rival the West</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The declaration from last week’s summit reads like a cri de coeur for the existing order.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/nicholas-bequelin/" data-author-id="156366" class="author"> Nicholas Bequelin</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161259"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/enduring-mystery-trump-relationship-russia/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An illustration shows the large face of Vladimir Putin. A red wedge cuts across one of his eyes. Inside the wedge is a walking Donald Trump giving the thumbs up sign." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/trump-putin-russia-influence-mystery-mark-harris-illustratrion.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An illustration shows the large face of Vladimir Putin. A red wedge cuts across one of his eyes. Inside the wedge is a walking Donald Trump giving the thumbs up sign.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/enduring-mystery-trump-relationship-russia/"> <h3 class="hed">The Enduring Mystery of Trump’s Relationship With Russia</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After years of government investigations, we still don’t know if the former president is actually in Putin’s pocket.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/deep-dive/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Deep Dive </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/michael-hirsh/" data-author-id="947578" class="author"> Michael Hirsh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161098"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/georgia-election-results-georgian-dream-dispute-eu-russia-protests/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Georgian opposition supporters hold signs and protest the results of the parliamentary elections in central Tbilisi on Oct. 28." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-elections-protest-GettyImages-2180886090.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Georgian opposition supporters hold signs and protest the results of the parliamentary elections in central Tbilisi on Oct. 28.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/georgia-election-results-georgian-dream-dispute-eu-russia-protests/"> <h3 class="hed">The U.S. Should Not Recognize Georgia’s Illegitimate Elections</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Washington and its allies must stand with the Georgian people.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ian-kelly/" data-author-id="1053624" class="author"> Ian Kelly</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/david-j-kramer/" data-author-id="139879" class="author"> David J. Kramer</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161088"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/russia-economy-spending-sanctions-budget-war-ukraine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in advance of the bloc’s Russian summit, seen in Moscow on Oct. 18." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/putin-russia-brics-summit-GettyImages-2178395066.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in advance of the bloc’s Russian summit, seen in Moscow on Oct. 18.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/russia-economy-spending-sanctions-budget-war-ukraine/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia Can’t Keep Spending Like This for Long</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Moscow is depleting its rainy-day savings to plug its war-induced fiscal deficit while preserving social stability.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/agathe-demarais/" data-author-id="1096048" class="author"> Agathe Demarais</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160882"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/election-2024-arizona-maricopa-adrian-fontes-bill-gates/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An election worker processes a stack of 2024 general election ballots with the tabulation machine in front of observers." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3-maricopa-county-election-GettyImages-2179764413.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An election worker processes a stack of 2024 general election ballots with the tabulation machine in front of observers.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/election-2024-arizona-maricopa-adrian-fontes-bill-gates/"> <h3 class="hed">How America’s Fourth-Largest County Is Preparing for Election Interference</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Maricopa County in Arizona has been a lightning rod for election deniers since 2020. Officials there say they’re prepared this time around.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161009"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/conscription-ukraine-military-men-russia-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="607" alt="Ukrainian serviceman and police officers check the documents of a man in the center of Kyiv on April 25, 2024. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=150,114&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=550,417&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=768,583&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=1350,1024&quality=80 1350w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=400,303&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=1000,759&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2149547362.jpg?resize=325,247&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ukrainian serviceman and police officers check the documents of a man in the center of Kyiv on April 25, 2024. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/conscription-ukraine-military-men-russia-war/"> <h3 class="hed">Conscription Is Breaking Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Ukraine is desperate for men on the front—but Ukrainians are increasingly desperate for a break.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paul-hockenos/" data-author-id="360765" class="author"> Paul Hockenos</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160858"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/greater-west-us-foreign-policy-liberalism-empire/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Illustrated planes and ships are seen on the blue field and red and white stripes of the U.S. flag." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/american-empire-west-hegemony-GettyImages-1137242308.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Illustrated planes and ships are seen on the blue field and red and white stripes of the U.S. flag.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/greater-west-us-foreign-policy-liberalism-empire/"> <h3 class="hed">The Case for the Greater West</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Washington should abandon liberal universalism and work with the empire it already has.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/peter-slezkine/" data-author-id="1160860" class="author"> Peter Slezkine</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160924"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/27/brics-summit-2024-russia-west-global-south-dollar-dominance/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="513" alt="Putin speaks at a podium with flags behind him." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=150,96&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=550,352&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=768,492&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=400,256&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=1000,641&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/brics-alliance-2024-GettyImages-2160941127.jpg?resize=325,208&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Putin speaks at a podium with flags behind him.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/27/brics-summit-2024-russia-west-global-south-dollar-dominance/"> <h3 class="hed">How Big of a Deal Is BRICS, Really?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">What to know about the bloc as its summit concludes.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/flash-points/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Flash Points </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/chloe-hadavas/" data-author-id="1015537" class="author"> Chloe Hadavas</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160893"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/georgia-elections-us-china-russia-eu-integration-diplomacy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Supporters of the Georgian Dream party hold the edges of a giant Georgian flag as hold it horizontally above the pavement and march it down the center of a street at dusk in Tbilisi." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Georgia-election-GettyImages-2179652987.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Supporters of the Georgian Dream party hold the edges of a giant Georgian flag as hold it horizontally above the pavement and march it down the center of a street at dusk in Tbilisi.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/georgia-elections-us-china-russia-eu-integration-diplomacy/"> <h3 class="hed">Could Elections Reverse Georgia’s Breakup With the West?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The country’s drift away from Washington and Brussels has pushed it closer to Moscow and Beijing.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/natia-seskuria/" data-author-id="1055470" class="author"> Natia Seskuria</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160845"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/ukraine-russia-war-west-victory-plan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 17." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ukraine-NATO-GettyImages-2178167578.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 17.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/ukraine-russia-war-west-victory-plan/"> <h3 class="hed">A Western Victory Plan for Ukraine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Lofty rhetoric can’t hide the lack of serious thinking about what a credible victory would entail.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robin-niblett/" data-author-id="998913" class="author"> Robin Niblett</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160776"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/interpol-crime-russia-iran-intelligence/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="The entrance of the International Criminal Police Organization headquarters, known as Interpol." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Interpol-GettyImages-1645775618.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The entrance of the International Criminal Police Organization headquarters, known as Interpol.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/interpol-crime-russia-iran-intelligence/"> <h3 class="hed">Organized Crime Is Surging Dramatically, Warns Interpol’s Secretary-General</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Police are struggling to stay ahead of a pandemic-fueled boom.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160671"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/jake-sullivan-speech-china-brookings-allies-biden-election/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivers a speech at the Brookings Institution." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brookings_102324_001.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivers a speech at the Brookings Institution.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/jake-sullivan-speech-china-brookings-allies-biden-election/"> <h3 class="hed">Jake Sullivan’s Closing Argument on Biden’s Global Economic Agenda</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. national security advisor defended the administration’s approach to allies and adversaries alike. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lili-pike/" data-author-id="1121803" class="author"> Lili Pike</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160585"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/north-korea-troops-russia-war-ukraine-explained/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="532" alt="Images of Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=1000,665&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/North-Korea-Russia-GettyImages-2157829684.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Images of Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 20.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/north-korea-troops-russia-war-ukraine-explained/"> <h3 class="hed">Why North Korea’s Deployment of Troops to Russia Really Matters</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Questions abound about the combat quality of Pyongyang’s troops, but they could bail out Moscow and end up alarming Seoul.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/explainer/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Explainer </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160600"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/georgia-election-democracy-eu-protests-foreign-agent-law/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A group of people is seen from across a cobblestone plaza as they stand in a line, holding one edge of a giant Georgian flag as they wave it over the plaza." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-election-flag-rally-GettyImages-2179653110.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A group of people is seen from across a cobblestone plaza as they stand in a line, holding one edge of a giant Georgian flag as they wave it over the plaza.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/georgia-election-democracy-eu-protests-foreign-agent-law/"> <h3 class="hed">Georgia Braces for High-Stakes Election</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Opposition leaders say the Oct. 26 vote is crucial for the country’s democracy—as well as its chance to join the European Union.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/brawley-benson/" data-author-id="1113776" class="author"> Brawley Benson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160559"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/turkey-brics-application-summit-erdogan-gaza-ukraine-nonalignment/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Erdogan walks toward the camera; the wall to his right reads: "BRICS."" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Erdogan-Turkey-BRICS-GettyImages-1006012194.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Erdogan walks toward the camera; the wall to his right reads: "BRICS."</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/turkey-brics-application-summit-erdogan-gaza-ukraine-nonalignment/"> <h3 class="hed">Turkey’s BRICS Balancing Act</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">By applying to join the group, Ankara is signaling to the West that it should not be taken for granted.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jorge-heine/" data-author-id="1111554" class="author"> Jorge Heine</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ariel-gonzalez-levaggi/" data-author-id="1079547" class="author"> Ariel González Levaggi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160420"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/russia-arms-dealer-viktor-bout-houthis-red-sea-yemen/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is seen from the shoulders upward as he attends an art gallery opening. Bout is a man in his 50s with brown hair and a thick mustache, wearing a dark gray blazer over a black T-shirt. Large photographs hang from the gallery walls behind him." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RUSSIA-HOUTHIS-VIKTORBOUT-GettyImages-1247854053.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is seen from the shoulders upward as he attends an art gallery opening. Bout is a man in his 50s with brown hair and a thick mustache, wearing a dark gray blazer over a black T-shirt. Large photographs hang from the gallery walls behind him.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/russia-arms-dealer-viktor-bout-houthis-red-sea-yemen/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s Most Infamous Arms Dealer Is Backing Maritime Terror</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Viktor Bout’s talks with the Houthis show that Moscow has few limits.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/" data-author-id="19002" class="author"> Elisabeth Braw</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160343"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/ai-nobel-prize-demis-hassabis-queen-square-deepmind-innovation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="520" alt="A view of multiple buildings in Queen Square in London, circa 1910." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=150,98&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=550,358&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=768,499&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=400,260&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=1000,650&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/queens-square-london-ai-GettyImages-1166207326.jpg?resize=325,211&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A view of multiple buildings in Queen Square in London, circa 1910.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/ai-nobel-prize-demis-hassabis-queen-square-deepmind-innovation/"> <h3 class="hed">The United States Owes Its Edge in AI to a London Landmark</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Innovation happens through international networks like the one running through Queen Square.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/nicholas-wright/" data-author-id="1160345" class="author"> Nicholas Wright</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160397"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/far-right-center-europe-austria-kickl/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Austria Freedom Party, the FPOe, arrives for the Vienna state FPOe congress on April 06, 2024 in Vienna." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2142648522.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Austria Freedom Party, the FPOe, arrives for the Vienna state FPOe congress on April 06, 2024 in Vienna.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/far-right-center-europe-austria-kickl/"> <h3 class="hed">The Far Right Really Believes It Is Moderate</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Why hard-line populists now say that others are the extremists.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/caroline-de-gruyter/" data-author-id="1019064" class="author"> Caroline de Gruyter</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160387"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/biden-germany-scholz-trump-obama-merkel/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Chancellery on October 18, 2024 in Berlin, Germany." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178333201.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Chancellery on October 18, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/22/biden-germany-scholz-trump-obama-merkel/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden’s Most Special Relationship Was With Germany</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Last week’s state visit to Berlin might be the last feel-good transatlantic moment for a while.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/john-kampfner/" data-author-id="1122202" class="author"> John Kampfner</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160290"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/21/brics-russia-china-kazan-summit-west-dollar/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A photo illustration shows five men joining hands and lifting them up as they stand atop a globe with Europe hightlighted." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-West-expansion-alliance-foreign-policy-illustration-small.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photo illustration shows five men joining hands and lifting them up as they stand atop a globe with Europe hightlighted.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/21/brics-russia-china-kazan-summit-west-dollar/"> <h3 class="hed">Can BRICS Finally Take On the West?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">How an ad hoc gaggle of countries turned themselves into global revolutionaries and why it might yet matter for the West.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160222"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/russia-influence-propaganda-social-media-maga-right-populism/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A group of people of all ages sit on the ground some with fingers extended in V signs as a man takes a picture with a cell phone. Behind them is St. Basil's cathedral." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-foreign-visa-tradtional-culture-GettyImages-2157681460.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A group of people of all ages sit on the ground some with fingers extended in V signs as a man takes a picture with a cell phone. Behind them is St. Basil's cathedral.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/russia-influence-propaganda-social-media-maga-right-populism/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s Virtual Reality Is Where Conservatives Can Find Their Dreams</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Kremlin has devised a very 21st-century way to gather fellow travelers.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ian-garner/" data-author-id="1072341" class="author"> Ian Garner</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160153"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/biden-germany-trump-ukraine-nato-europe/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="511" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schonefeld, Germany, on Oct. 17." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=150,96&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=550,351&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=768,490&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=400,255&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=1000,639&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178216575.jpg?resize=325,208&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schonefeld, Germany, on Oct. 17.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/biden-germany-trump-ukraine-nato-europe/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden Embarks on Farewell Tour to Germany</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The U.S. president's final visit to Europe will focus on his legacy—and what comes next.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/rishi-iyengar/" data-author-id="1092802" class="author"> Rishi Iyengar</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160144"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/slavin-lee-alliance-of-autocracies-north-korea-iran-russia-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="FP-Live-TK-1500x1000" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?quality=80 3125w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=1536,1024&quality=80 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=2048,1365&quality=80 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=1920,1280&quality=80 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FP-Live-TK-1500x1000-1.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">FP-Live-TK-1500x1000</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/slavin-lee-alliance-of-autocracies-north-korea-iran-russia-china/"> <h3 class="hed">How to Manage an Alliance of Autocracies</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are expanding their collaborations.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="/insider" class="department-name -excerpt insider"> <svg class="lock-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="10" height="12.11270476" viewBox="0 0 9.831 11.908" role="img" aria-hidden="true"> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width="10" height="12.11270476" fill="none"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g data-name="Group 2798" clip-path="url(#clip-path)"> <path fill="#a70e13" data-name="Path 378" d="M9.042,4.637H8.591V3.529A3.608,3.608,0,0,0,4.915,0,3.608,3.608,0,0,0,1.24,3.529V4.637H.788A.773.773,0,0,0,0,5.394v5.757a.773.773,0,0,0,.788.757H9.042a.773.773,0,0,0,.788-.757V5.394a.773.773,0,0,0-.788-.757M2.423,3.529A2.447,2.447,0,0,1,4.915,1.135,2.447,2.447,0,0,1,7.408,3.529V4.637H2.423Z" /> </g> </svg> Insider </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ravi-agrawal/" data-author-id="938808" class="author"> Ravi Agrawal</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159710"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/moldova-russia-election-interference-sandu-putin-ukraine-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="566" alt="People stand next to a flag depicting former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a march organized by pro-Russian groups in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on May 9." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/moldova-russia-election-GettyImages-2151597950-e1729068714865.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/moldova-russia-election-GettyImages-2151597950-e1729068714865.jpg?w=800&h=566&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/moldova-russia-election-GettyImages-2151597950-e1729068714865.jpg?w=600&h=425 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/moldova-russia-election-GettyImages-2151597950-e1729068714865.jpg?w=400&h=283 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/moldova-russia-election-GettyImages-2151597950-e1729068714865.jpg?w=200&h=142 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People stand next to a flag depicting former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a march organized by pro-Russian groups in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on May 9.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/moldova-russia-election-interference-sandu-putin-ukraine-war/"> <h3 class="hed">Will Moldova’s Election Finally Loosen Russia’s Grip?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Kremlin is desperate to return Moldova to its sphere of influence, but its meddling is no longer working.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/maxim-samorukov/" data-author-id="1098325" class="author"> Maksim Samorukov</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159627"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/ukraine-russia-hybrid-warfare-middle-east-israel-lebanon-iran/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Two Ukrainian servicemen dressed casually in T-shirts sit in a small room crowded with electronic cables and other devices. The man closer to the camera is seen in profile with a headset on and a controller in his hands as he operates a drone using a monitor screen to the right. The other man sits farther back, holding a controller as well as he supports his comrade." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UKRAINE-WAR-MIDDLEEAST-GettyImages-2156522768.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Two Ukrainian servicemen dressed casually in T-shirts sit in a small room crowded with electronic cables and other devices. The man closer to the camera is seen in profile with a headset on and a controller in his hands as he operates a drone using a monitor screen to the right. The other man sits farther back, holding a controller as well as he supports his comrade.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/ukraine-russia-hybrid-warfare-middle-east-israel-lebanon-iran/"> <h3 class="hed">Ukraine’s Sprawling Hybrid Warfare Could Be the Middle East’s Future</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Political and economic assaults are a growing part of conflict.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/eugene-chausovsky/" data-author-id="1055511" class="author"> Eugene Chausovsky</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159390"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/14/indonesia-soccer-football-world-cup-qualifiers-dutch-netherlands-naturalization/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Rizky Ridho (second right) celebrates after scoring the Indonesian team's second goal during the FIFA World Cup Asian second qualifier Group F match between Indonesia and the Philippines in Jakarta on June 11." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/indonesia-world-cup-GettyImages-2157126659_a748c5.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Rizky Ridho (second right) celebrates after scoring the Indonesian team's second goal during the FIFA World Cup Asian second qualifier Group F match between Indonesia and the Philippines in Jakarta on June 11.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/14/indonesia-soccer-football-world-cup-qualifiers-dutch-netherlands-naturalization/"> <h3 class="hed">Indonesia’s Soccer Team Is Going Dutch</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A new embrace of colonial legacies has finally put the squad in reach of the World Cup tournament.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/john-duerden/" data-author-id="355248" class="author"> John Duerden</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158339"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/why-portugal-chose-democracy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman with gray hair and glasses smiles as she lifts a red carnation from a bouquet. A woman stands next to her supporting her arm. Behind them is a military vehicle with two men in it." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/portugal-communism-GettyImages-2149550444.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman with gray hair and glasses smiles as she lifts a red carnation from a bouquet. A woman stands next to her supporting her arm. Behind them is a military vehicle with two men in it.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/why-portugal-chose-democracy/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Portugal Chose Democracy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A Soviet-born journalist investigates how Lisbon shed its imperialist dreams. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/dispatch/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Dispatch </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/anna-nemtsova/" data-author-id="359695" class="author"> Anna Nemtsova</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159370"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/ukraine-pokrovsk-russia-war-coal-military/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An abandoned playground next to a heavily damaged building in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 24." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pokrovsk-Ukraine-GettyImages-2173419924.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An abandoned playground next to a heavily damaged building in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 24.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/ukraine-pokrovsk-russia-war-coal-military/"> <h3 class="hed">Ukraine Faces a Double Threat if Russia Takes Pokrovsk</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The eastern city is a key military hub, but it’s also critical to Ukraine’s steel industry.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159280"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/germany-china-supply-chains-de-risking-globalization/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="542" alt="Visitors stand at an exhibit at the InnoTrans fair, an international industry platform for buyers and sellers of passenger and freight transport technology, in Berlin." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=150,102&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=550,373&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=768,520&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=400,271&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=1000,677&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GERMANY-LOGISTICS-CHINA-GettyImages-2173383553.jpg?resize=325,220&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Visitors stand at an exhibit at the InnoTrans fair, an international industry platform for buyers and sellers of passenger and freight transport technology, in Berlin.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/germany-china-supply-chains-de-risking-globalization/"> <h3 class="hed">Germany Is Hardening Its Supply Chains Against Chinese Control</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Berlin has finally realized a globalized world is also a risky one.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/" data-author-id="19002" class="author"> Elisabeth Braw</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159097"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/uk-chagos-islands-mauritius-diego-garcia-last-colony/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Shadow Home Affairs minister, Andrew Rosindell (2R) joins members of the Chagossian community as they gather with banners and placards outside Parliament on Oct. 7." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/uk-mauritius-chagos-GettyImages-2176470831.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Shadow Home Affairs minister, Andrew Rosindell (2R) joins members of the Chagossian community as they gather with banners and placards outside Parliament on Oct. 7.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/uk-chagos-islands-mauritius-diego-garcia-last-colony/"> <h3 class="hed">U.K. Returns Its Last Colony</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After a protracted legal dispute, the British government will hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius while preserving the U.S. military base at Diego Garcia.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/africa-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Africa Brief </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/nosmot-gbadamosi/" data-author-id="993237" class="author"> Nosmot Gbadamosi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158996"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/harris-trump-us-election-ukraine-war-russia-campaign-swing-states-polish-americans/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="A crowd of people squint into the sun as they gather at a cemetery with rows of uniform-cross-shaped headstones visible in the distance. A U.S. and Polish flag are held by one attendee standing close the camera." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-polish-american-us-election-GettyImages-2173065923.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A crowd of people squint into the sun as they gather at a cemetery with rows of uniform-cross-shaped headstones visible in the distance. A U.S. and Polish flag are held by one attendee standing close the camera.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/harris-trump-us-election-ukraine-war-russia-campaign-swing-states-polish-americans/"> <h3 class="hed">Could Polish American Voters Swing the U.S. Election?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Kamala Harris hopes to turn Ukraine into a winning issue in the battleground states.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adrian-karatnycky/" data-author-id="838715" class="author"> Adrian Karatnycky</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158939"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/kursk-russia-ukraine-incursion-land-trade-peace-negotiations-victory/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An elderly man in a yellow shirt stands with his bicycle and waves toward the camera. To the left and right and closer to the camera are Ukrainian soldiers in combat gear looking toward the man. A dirt road, a field, and low buildings are visible behind him." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kursk-russia-ukraine-GettyImages-2172545410.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An elderly man in a yellow shirt stands with his bicycle and waves toward the camera. To the left and right and closer to the camera are Ukrainian soldiers in combat gear looking toward the man. A dirt road, a field, and low buildings are visible behind him.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/kursk-russia-ukraine-incursion-land-trade-peace-negotiations-victory/"> <h3 class="hed">Inside Kursk, Ukrainians Hope for a Path to Victory</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Kyiv wants to hold land to trade with Moscow in any future peace deal.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/news/report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/oz-katerji/" data-author-id="1015054" class="author"> Oz Katerji</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158983"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/russia-china-axis-alliance-xi-putin-geopolitics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A historic image of Stalin and Mao in an office." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-russia-soviet-stalin-mao-GettyImages-548811539.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A historic image of Stalin and Mao in an office.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/russia-china-axis-alliance-xi-putin-geopolitics/"> <h3 class="hed">The Beijing-Moscow Axis Is Much Stronger This Time Around</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Sino-Russian partnership is tighter than the Sino-Soviet one, with no reason for a split any time soon.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jo-inge-bekkevold/" data-author-id="1082708" class="author"> Jo Inge Bekkevold</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158907"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/sanctions-russia-evasion-eu-europe-uk-secondary-economic-warfare/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Protestors demand more restrictive sanctions against Russia and arms supplies for Ukraine during a demonstration in front of the European Commission office in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 8." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sanctions-russia-GettyImages-1910715278-e1728310611130.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sanctions-russia-GettyImages-1910715278-e1728310611130.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sanctions-russia-GettyImages-1910715278-e1728310611130.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sanctions-russia-GettyImages-1910715278-e1728310611130.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sanctions-russia-GettyImages-1910715278-e1728310611130.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Protestors demand more restrictive sanctions against Russia and arms supplies for Ukraine during a demonstration in front of the European Commission office in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 8.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/sanctions-russia-evasion-eu-europe-uk-secondary-economic-warfare/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe Expands Its Sanctions Reach</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Germany and others have been reluctant to close loopholes for their exporters, but that is slowly starting to change.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/maria-shagina/" data-author-id="1087548" class="author"> Maria Shagina</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158743"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/northkorea-war-nuclear-russia-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="View of portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with banners underneath that translate to "Long live the undefeated friendship and unity of DPRK-Russia!" and "We warmly welcome Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the President of the Russian Federation" outside the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang on June 20." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NORTHKOREA-WAR-NUCLEAR-GettyImages-2157829435.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">View of portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with banners underneath that translate to "Long live the undefeated friendship and unity of DPRK-Russia!" and "We warmly welcome Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the President of the Russian Federation" outside the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang on June 20.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/northkorea-war-nuclear-russia-china/"> <h3 class="hed">The Risk of Another Korean War Is Higher Than Ever</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Pyongyang is playing Russia and China against each other—and has given up on the United States. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robert-a-manning/" data-author-id="133440" class="author"> Robert A. Manning</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158833"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/russia-ukraine-putin-wikipedia-ruwiki-disinformation/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Russia-wikipedia-weapon" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-wikipedia-weapon.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Russia-wikipedia-weapon</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/russia-ukraine-putin-wikipedia-ruwiki-disinformation/"> <h3 class="hed">How Russia Invaded Wikipedia</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Kremlin is weaponizing an alternative version of the website—and rewriting the facts of Putin’s war against Ukraine. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/olga-boichak/" data-author-id="1095915" class="author"> Olga Boichak</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158750"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/fredric-jameson-french-theory-postmodernism-literature-globalization/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A grid of images and swirling red, white and blue lines shows headshots of French thinkers." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/French-theory-derrida-foucault-Sartre-Levi-Strausse-Lacan-foreign-policy-illustration.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A grid of images and swirling red, white and blue lines shows headshots of French thinkers.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/fredric-jameson-french-theory-postmodernism-literature-globalization/"> <h3 class="hed">The World Still Needs French Theory</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Postmodernism is dead. Long live postmodernism.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/gregory-jones-katz/" data-author-id="1146359" class="author"> Gregory Jones-Katz</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158798"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/russia-propaganda-social-media-platforms-information-warfare/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A protester holds a placard reading "No to Russian propaganda" during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-propaganda-GettyImages-2027701661-e1728040171260.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-propaganda-GettyImages-2027701661-e1728040171260.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-propaganda-GettyImages-2027701661-e1728040171260.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-propaganda-GettyImages-2027701661-e1728040171260.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/russia-propaganda-GettyImages-2027701661-e1728040171260.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A protester holds a placard reading "No to Russian propaganda" during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/russia-propaganda-social-media-platforms-information-warfare/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia’s Global Information Operations Have Grown Up</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">What began with Russian trolls on Facebook will require a lot more coordination to root out.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/josh-a-goldstein/" data-author-id="1064131" class="author"> Josh A. Goldstein</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/renee-diresta/" data-author-id="1064132" class="author"> Renée DiResta</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158666"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/north-korea-russia-weapons-arms-ukraine-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are seen from the front as they walk side by side through a doorway in front of security guards and other officials. Small North Korean and Russian flags cross over each other in the foreground." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Russia-NorthKorea-Putin-KimJongUn-GettyImages-2157615883.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are seen from the front as they walk side by side through a doorway in front of security guards and other officials. Small North Korean and Russian flags cross over each other in the foreground.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/north-korea-russia-weapons-arms-ukraine-war/"> <h3 class="hed">North Korean Shells Fuel Russia’s War—and Kim’s Ambitions</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Pyongyang’s decrepit artillery rounds have kept Russia in the fight, and they might be the currency of even greater threats in Asia.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/keith-johnson/" data-author-id="34" class="author"> Keith Johnson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158688"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/georgia-democracy-russia-protests-foreign-agents-law/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A crowd of black uniform-clad police officers is seen from above as they push and grapple with a demonstrator draped in a blue flag." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/georgia-democracy-russia-protest-GettyImages-2152346023.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A crowd of black uniform-clad police officers is seen from above as they push and grapple with a demonstrator draped in a blue flag.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/georgia-democracy-russia-protests-foreign-agents-law/"> <h3 class="hed">Georgian Democracy Is Slipping Into Russia’s Grip</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Ahead of elections, the government is trying to crush the press and NGOs.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ani-chkhikvadze/" data-author-id="1060757" class="author"> Ani Chkhikvadze</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158503"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/europes-far-right-is-now-its-establishment/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Herbert Kickl, parliamentary group leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), speaks during a protest against the official coronavirus restrictions, in Vienna on March 6, 2021." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1231559403.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Herbert Kickl, parliamentary group leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), speaks during a protest against the official coronavirus restrictions, in Vienna on March 6, 2021.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/europes-far-right-is-now-its-establishment/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe’s Far Right Is Now Its Establishment</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The victory of Austria’s Freedom Party marks the normalization of the continent’s conservative fringe.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/channel/analysis/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Analysis </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/paul-hockenos/" data-author-id="360765" class="author"> Paul Hockenos</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158115"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/climate-politics-environment-germany-robert-habeck/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A man in a white shirt and jacket gestures with both hands as he talks behind a bank of microphones. Solar panels are seen above him." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?quality=80 1434w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Habeck-Germany-climate-GettyImages-1554100666.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A man in a white shirt and jacket gestures with both hands as he talks behind a bank of microphones. Solar panels are seen above him.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/climate-politics-environment-germany-robert-habeck/"> <h3 class="hed">Hard Truths Come for Germany’s Climate Prophet</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Robert Habeck may be deepening the social divisions over environmental policy that he always wanted to overcome.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/excerpt/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Excerpt </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/cameron-abadi/" data-author-id="150083" class="author"> Cameron Abadi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158066"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/americans-before-emily-in-paris-movies/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A grid of six photos atop a map background of Paris. Images from left show two men, one with a saxophone; a man and woman overlooking the Seine; a man and woman in hats dancing; a man and woman walking on a night street; a shirtless man and a woman in a hat with her head in her hands; a man on a Paris rooftop." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Americans-in-Paris-movies-2.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A grid of six photos atop a map background of Paris. Images from left show two men, one with a saxophone; a man and woman overlooking the Seine; a man and woman in hats dancing; a man and woman walking on a night street; a shirtless man and a woman in a hat with her head in her hands; a man on a Paris rooftop.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/americans-before-emily-in-paris-movies/"> <h3 class="hed">The Americans Before Emily in Paris</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">From Gene Kelly to Harrison Ford, here are nine movies you can stream set in the City of Lights. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/review/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Review </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jordan-hoffman/" data-author-id="1138779" class="author"> Jordan Hoffman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158027"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/26/europe-technology-eu-commission-venture-capital-research-development/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Switchboard operators manually connect calls at a telephone exchange in Paris on March 14, 1935." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/europe-techology-GettyImages-1157315971-e1727360129507.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Switchboard operators manually connect calls at a telephone exchange in Paris on March 14, 1935.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/26/europe-technology-eu-commission-venture-capital-research-development/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Europe Is Losing the Tech Race</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">And what the European Union could do to catch up.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/agathe-demarais/" data-author-id="1096048" class="author"> Agathe Demarais</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157932"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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Security Council holds a meeting on the theme of “Leadership for Peace” at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 25." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173566683.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">The U.N. Security Council holds a meeting on the theme of “Leadership for Peace” at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 25.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/25/the-united-nations-is-still-the-biggest-platform-for-global-cooperation/"> <h3 class="hed">The United Nations Is Still the Biggest Platform for Global Cooperation</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Despite its failure to stop wars, the U.N. has made progress on issues from disease eradication to climate change.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/situation-report/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Situation Report </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jack-detsch/" data-author-id="999847" class="author"> Jack Detsch</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1157901"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/25/europe-trump-proof-united-states-election-security-geopolitics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in profile as he stands at a podium and speaks into the microphone at NATO summit. His national security advisor stands slightly behind him, watching the crowd. Both men wear dark suits and ties." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EUROPE-DONALDTRUMP-ELECTION-GettyImages-996942170.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in profile as he stands at a podium and speaks into the microphone at NATO summit. His national security advisor stands slightly behind him, watching the crowd. Both men wear dark suits and ties.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/25/europe-trump-proof-united-states-election-security-geopolitics/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe Is Far From Trump-Proofed</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A divided continent is still fatally dependent on Washington.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/analysis/argument/" class="department-name -excerpt "> Argument </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/luke-mcgee/" data-author-id="1157900" class="author"> Luke McGee</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="anchor-scroll-loading"> <div class="loading-placeholder">Loading graphics</div> </div> <div id="subscribe-takeover--insider"></div> </main>  <footer id="footer" 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