Middle East and Africa News & Analysis: Politics, Conflicts, International Relations, & Policy

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" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/gaza-israel-winter-rain-flooding-humanitarian-aid-us-biden/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Displaced Palestinians gather amid tents flooded by heavy rain at a makeshift camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 27." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Palestine-Gaza-floods-GettyImages-1956027102.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Displaced Palestinians gather amid tents flooded by heavy rain at a makeshift camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 27.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/gaza-israel-winter-rain-flooding-humanitarian-aid-us-biden/"> <h3 class="hed">The U.S. Must Support Gaza Before Winter</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Seasonal rains and flooding portend further humanitarian catastrophe.</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/sarah-e-parkinson/" data-author-id="961384" class="author"> Sarah E. Parkinson</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/feroze-sidhwa/" data-author-id="1179621" class="author"> Feroze Sidhwa</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179631"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/real-reason-israel-ban-unrwa/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2154477931.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/21/real-reason-israel-ban-unrwa/"> <h3 class="hed">The Real Reason Israel Wants to Ban UNRWA</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel’s motivations may extend far beyond the current war in Gaza.</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/anchal-vohra/" data-author-id="924696" class="author"> Anchal Vohra</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1179593"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/icc-israel-hamas-gaza-karim-khan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan visits Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on July 6, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/karim-khan-icc-GettyImages-1508057061.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan visits Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, on July 6, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/icc-israel-hamas-gaza-karim-khan/"> <h3 class="hed">To Protect the ICC, Its Chief Prosecutor Must Step Aside</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Sexual misconduct allegations threaten to undermine the court’s important work. An independent investigation is needed to uphold its moral authority.</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/james-a-goldston/" data-author-id="153127" class="author"> James A. Goldston</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="1179334"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/jihadi-violence-looms-over-ghanas-election/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Armored vehicles are positioned at a military checkpoint in Bawku, Ghana, on Dec. 7, 2022." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ghana-border-violence-GettyImages-1246834791.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Armored vehicles are positioned at a military checkpoint in Bawku, Ghana, on Dec. 7, 2022.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/20/jihadi-violence-looms-over-ghanas-election/"> <h3 class="hed">Jihadi Violence Looms Over Ghana’s Election</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Countering the spillover of Islamist militants from the Sahel will be a major challenge for the country’s next leader.</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="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="1164236"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; 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" 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="1164096"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/gaza-war-israel-humanitarian-aid-crisis-biden-us-military-law/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Biden looks pensive as he sits in front of Israeli and U.S. flags." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Biden-Israel-Gaza-GettyImages-1731157124.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Biden looks pensive as he sits in front of Israeli and U.S. flags.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/gaza-war-israel-humanitarian-aid-crisis-biden-us-military-law/"> <h3 class="hed">What Biden Must Do to Help Gaza Now</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The outgoing administration has one last chance to do the right thing.</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/stacy-gilbert/" data-author-id="1164097" class="author"> Stacy Gilbert</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163979"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/trump-sisi-egypt-gaza-strongman-politics/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and then-U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speak during a bilateral meeting in Biarritz, France on August 26, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/trump-sisi-GettyImages-1164124622.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and then-U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speak during a bilateral meeting in Biarritz, France on August 26, 2019.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/trump-sisi-egypt-gaza-strongman-politics/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Trump Is Good News for Egypt</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Sisi is poised to once again be the president’s favorite dictator. </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="1163961"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/iran-nuclear-threshold-bomb-israel/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Iranians walk and drive past a billboard with an image depicting a missile attack over Israel in Tehran on Oct. 3." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/tehran-billboard-GettyImages-2175544922.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Iranians walk and drive past a billboard with an image depicting a missile attack over Israel in Tehran on Oct. 3.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/13/iran-nuclear-threshold-bomb-israel/"> <h3 class="hed">Will Tehran Make a Dash for the Bomb?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">With other components of its defense strategy in tatters, attention turns to Iran’s nuclear threshold capability.</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/sina-azodi/" data-author-id="1124316" class="author"> Sina Azodi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163884"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/what-trump-inherits-in-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Smoke billows on an orange-hued horizon over the devastated landscape of the Gaza Strip." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gaza-trump-GettyImages-2179364584_9d8da0.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Smoke billows on an orange-hued horizon over the devastated landscape of the Gaza Strip.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/what-trump-inherits-in-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">What Trump Inherits in Gaza</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">New challenges will make it even harder for him to end the war there.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163896"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/syria-israel-assad-war-gaza-lebanon/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Syrian government forces secure a road for a military convoy in the desert area of Saba' Biyar, in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, on May 10, 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-681601824.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Syrian government forces secure a road for a military convoy in the desert area of Saba' Biyar, in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, on May 10, 2017.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/syria-israel-assad-war-gaza-lebanon/"> <h3 class="hed">Syria Has Never Really Cared About Israel</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Why Damascus has conspicuously avoided getting involved in the region’s ongoing war.</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/anchal-vohra/" data-author-id="924696" class="author"> Anchal Vohra</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163805"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/gaza-humanitarian-aid-israel-us-deadline-biden/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A large crowd of displaced Palestinians wait to buy bread in Gaza." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AidGazaFamine-GettyImages-2180922752.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A large crowd of displaced Palestinians wait to buy bread in Gaza.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/12/gaza-humanitarian-aid-israel-us-deadline-biden/"> <h3 class="hed">Israel Has Failed to Meet U.S. Gaza Aid Demands, Humanitarian Groups Report</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The territory’s humanitarian situation has declined ahead of the Biden administration’s deadline, according to aid groups.</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/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/alexandra-sharp/" data-author-id="1033414" class="author"> Alexandra Sharp</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163471"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/russia-houthis-targeting-data-war-western-shipping-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Houthi fighters sit with heavy machine guns atop a vehicle." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HOUTHIS-YEMEN-SHIPPING-GettyImages-2172930002.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Houthi fighters sit with heavy machine guns atop a vehicle.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/russia-houthis-targeting-data-war-western-shipping-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">Russia Is Running an Undeclared War on Western Shipping</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Supplying the Houthis with targeting data crosses every red line of maritime law.</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="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="1163122"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/as-a-lame-duck-biden-could-become-tougher-with-israel/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) in the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 25.U.S. President Joe Biden (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) in the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 25." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021.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 (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) in the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 25.U.S. President Joe Biden (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) in the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 25.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/as-a-lame-duck-biden-could-become-tougher-with-israel/"> <h3 class="hed">As a Lame Duck, Biden Could Become Tougher With Israel</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Netanyahu’s sacked defense chief had helped smooth tensions with Washington.</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/david-rosenberg/" data-author-id="990117" class="author"> David E. Rosenberg</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1163022"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/young-voters-oust-botswanas-ruling-party/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko (R) shakes hands with the outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Office of the President in Gaborone on Nov. 4 as Masisi officially hands over office to Boko." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/botswana-boko-transition-GettyImages-2182187327.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko (R) shakes hands with the outgoing President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Office of the President in Gaborone on Nov. 4 as Masisi officially hands over office to Boko.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/06/young-voters-oust-botswanas-ruling-party/"> <h3 class="hed">Young Voters Oust Botswana’s Ruling Party</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The opposition trounced the party that has governed for more than 50 years.</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="1162160"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/sudan-refugee-migrants-immigration-eu-us-humanitarian-aid/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People line up to register for a potential food aid delivery at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in South Kordofan, Sudan on June 17, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sudan-Refugees-GettyImages-2158457651.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People line up to register for a potential food aid delivery at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in South Kordofan, Sudan on June 17, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/sudan-refugee-migrants-immigration-eu-us-humanitarian-aid/"> <h3 class="hed">Europe Helps Fuel Conflict in Sudan While Shutting Its Victims Out</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The EU needs to see Sudanese refugees as “part of the neighborhood” and provide them the same support as Ukrainians.</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/suha-musa/" data-author-id="1134515" class="author"> Suha Musa</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1162070"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/anti-abortion-africa-funding-usa/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Anti-abortion, and pro family activists hold placards during a prayer rally in Nairobi, on November 14, 2019." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1182248627.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Anti-abortion, and pro family activists hold placards during a prayer rally in Nairobi, on November 14, 2019.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/04/anti-abortion-africa-funding-usa/"> <h3 class="hed">America’s Anti-Abortion Business Is Booming in Africa</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.S. groups opposed to reproductive rights are massively increasing their spending abroad.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/the-full-story/" class="department-name -excerpt "> The Full Story </a> <p class="separator" aria-hidden="true">|</p> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/neha-wadekar/" data-author-id="921366" class="author"> Neha Wadekar</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="1161514"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/netanyahu-favors-trump-but-could-regret-it/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2020." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=550,366&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=768,511&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=400,266&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=1000,666&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1228528835.jpg?resize=325,216&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Then-U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2020.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/31/netanyahu-favors-trump-but-could-regret-it/"> <h3 class="hed">Netanyahu Favors Trump, but He Could Come to Regret It</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A second Trump administration might have less sympathy for Israel.</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/david-rosenberg/" data-author-id="990117" class="author"> David E. Rosenberg</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="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="1161332"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/the-g-20-needs-a-grand-bargain-with-the-global-south/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad arrives for a press conference during a break of the G-20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BRICS-G20-REFORM-GettyImages-2162951953.png?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad arrives for a press conference during a break of the G-20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/the-g-20-needs-a-grand-bargain-with-the-global-south/"> <h3 class="hed">The G-20 Needs a Grand Bargain With the Global South</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A revitalized group can act as a counterweight to BRICS.</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="1161302"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/africa-trump-harris-whats-at-stake-for-africa-2024-elections/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses youth gathered on Black Star square in Accra, Ghana, on March 28, 2023." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kamala-harris-ghana-2023-GettyImages-1249684121.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 addresses youth gathered on Black Star square in Accra, Ghana, on March 28, 2023.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/africa-trump-harris-whats-at-stake-for-africa-2024-elections/"> <h3 class="hed">What’s at Stake for Africa in the U.S. Elections?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The next administration’s policies could have a major impact across the continent. </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="1161292"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/tamil-tigers-hamas-gaza-sinwar-survive/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Sri Lankan soldiers carry the remains of what is said to be Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in the district of Mullaittivu on May 19, 2009." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-92907617.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Sri Lankan soldiers carry the remains of what is said to be Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in the district of Mullaittivu on May 19, 2009.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/30/tamil-tigers-hamas-gaza-sinwar-survive/"> <h3 class="hed">The Tamil Tigers Were Completely Crushed. Is Hamas Next?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">History shows that vicious wars can eliminate a terrorist organization—or help keep it alive.</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/ajai-sahni/" data-author-id="1161297" class="author"> Ajai Sahni</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1161052"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/election-michigan-harris-trump-arab-americans-lebanon-war-israel-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman in a white button up shirt waves a red and white keffiyah above her head. Behind her are a crowd of people holding Lebanese and Palestinian flags. Just over her shoulder is a stroller and two young children framed by flags." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?quality=80 1497w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Lebanon-michigan-election-swing-state-AP24270604929082.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 a white button up shirt waves a red and white keffiyah above her head. Behind her are a crowd of people holding Lebanese and Palestinian flags. Just over her shoulder is a stroller and two young children framed by flags.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/28/election-michigan-harris-trump-arab-americans-lebanon-war-israel-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">Michigan’s Lebanese Americans Feel Abandoned by Democrats</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Amid Israel’s campaign in southern Lebanon, voters in the city of Dearborn express anger and indifference.</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/abdelhalim-abdelrahman/" data-author-id="1154015" class="author"> Abdelhalim Abdelrahman</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="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="1160957"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/26/israel-iran-strike-biden-harris-trump-netanyahu/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A view of Tehran's skyline at dawn after several explosions were heard in the city." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TehranIsraelStrikes-2180313507.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A view of Tehran's skyline at dawn after several explosions were heard in the city.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/26/israel-iran-strike-biden-harris-trump-netanyahu/"> <h3 class="hed">What Israel’s Attack on Iran Means for the Region</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">This week’s strikes could draw a line in the sand—or set the stage for a bigger offensive.</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/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="1160876"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/where-is-massive-hezbollah-response-to-israels-attacks/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Rockets fired by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system on Aug 9." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?quality=80 3663w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=80 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=80 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=80 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2165448662.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Rockets fired by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system on Aug 9.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/where-is-massive-hezbollah-response-to-israels-attacks/"> <h3 class="hed">Where Is the Massive Hezbollah Response to Israel’s Attacks?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The devastating bombardment anticipated by many has failed to materialize.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/skyeler-jackson/" data-author-id="1160877" class="author"> Skyeler Jackson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160890"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/nobel-prize-economics-global-inequality-controversy-acemoglu-johnson-robinson/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A man in a suit delivers a speech in front of a blue screen." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nobel-prize-economics-2024-GettyImages-2177640139.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 suit delivers a speech in front of a blue screen.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/nobel-prize-economics-global-inequality-controversy-acemoglu-johnson-robinson/"> <h3 class="hed">Why This Year’s Nobel in Economics Is So Controversial</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The award has elicited unusually strong criticism—and for good reason.</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/howard-w-french/" data-author-id="365143" class="author"> Howard W. French</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160756"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/senegal-cryptocurrency-akon-city-akoin/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Akon, wearing a light blue suit and holding a microphone gestures and looks down as he sings agains a blue and purple background." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Akon-city-senegal-crypto-GettyImages-2173113821.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Akon, wearing a light blue suit and holding a microphone gestures and looks down as he sings agains a blue and purple background.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/senegal-cryptocurrency-akon-city-akoin/"> <h3 class="hed">Senegal’s Cryptocurrency City Has Evaporated</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Singer Akon wanted to help his childhood country—but tokens were a dead end. </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/david-gerard/" data-author-id="959948" class="author"> David Gerard</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160831"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/sudan-united-nations-genocide-peackeeping-force/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Displaced Sudanese who have returned from Ethiopia gather in a camp run by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Sudan's border town of Gallabat on Sept. 11." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sudan-unhcr-GettyImages-2170724471.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Displaced Sudanese who have returned from Ethiopia gather in a camp run by the United Nations Refugee Agency in Sudan's border town of Gallabat on Sept. 11.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/25/sudan-united-nations-genocide-peackeeping-force/"> <h3 class="hed">How the U.N. Can Prevent Genocide in Sudan</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A peacekeeping mission might not be politically feasible, but there are other ways to protect civilians.</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/romeo-dallaire/" data-author-id="1160829" class="author"> Roméo Dallaire</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/shelly-whitman/" data-author-id="1160830" class="author"> Shelly Whitman</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="1160726"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/eu-deforestation-regulation-coffee-cocoa-imports-africa-farmers-impact/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People walk with bags in a coffee field." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?quality=80 8256w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=80 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=80 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=80 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1158840695.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People walk with bags in a coffee field.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/eu-deforestation-regulation-coffee-cocoa-imports-africa-farmers-impact/"> <h3 class="hed">How New EU Rules Could Change Rural Africa</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The bloc’s scheme to fight deforestation could disrupt farmers’ work—but they might be able to use it to their advantage.</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/liam-taylor/" data-author-id="1058694" class="author"> Liam Taylor</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160702"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/trump-harris-election-saudi-arabia-uae-mbs-mbz-iran-yemen-sudan/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Donald Trump (far right) holds a chart showing military hardware sales as he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Trump-MBS-USA-Saudi-GettyImages-935180874.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 (far right) holds a chart showing military hardware sales as he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 20, 2018.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/trump-harris-election-saudi-arabia-uae-mbs-mbz-iran-yemen-sudan/"> <h3 class="hed">Why the Gulf States Are Likely Backing Trump</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates see his return to the White House as an opportunity to further bolster their regional ambitions.</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/talal-mohammad/" data-author-id="1102062" class="author"> Talal Mohammad</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160696"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/iran-nuclear-israel-strategy-weapons-missiles-hamas-hezbollah-axis-resistance/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An Iranian flag fluttering at an undisclosed location in the Islamic republic next to a surface-to-surface missile on Aug. 20, 2010." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1242173330.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An Iranian flag fluttering at an undisclosed location in the Islamic republic next to a surface-to-surface missile on Aug. 20, 2010.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/24/iran-nuclear-israel-strategy-weapons-missiles-hamas-hezbollah-axis-resistance/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran Has Every Reason Now to Go Nuclear</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel’s latest wars are changing Tehran’s strategic calculations.</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/ellie-geranmayeh/" data-author-id="934479" class="author"> Ellie Geranmayeh</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160544"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/israel-hamas-war-gaza-sinwar-death-netayahu-ceasefire/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="A crowd of Israeli protesters gathers on a street in Tel Aviv at night. A woman close to the front holds up a handwritten sign that says "Now end the Sin-War. Bring them home." Others gathered around wave Israeli flags or signs printed in Hebrew." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?quality=80 8192w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=1535,1024&quality=80 1535w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=1536,1025&quality=80 1536w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=2048,1366&quality=80 2048w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=1920,1281&quality=80 1920w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2178196858.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 Israeli protesters gathers on a street in Tel Aviv at night. A woman close to the front holds up a handwritten sign that says "Now end the Sin-War. Bring them home." Others gathered around wave Israeli flags or signs printed in Hebrew.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/israel-hamas-war-gaza-sinwar-death-netayahu-ceasefire/"> <h3 class="hed">Sinwar’s Death Gives Bibi a Boost—but Not Much More</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas remains far off.</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/daniel-c-kurtzer/" data-author-id="183730" class="author"> Daniel C. Kurtzer</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/aaron-david-miller/" data-author-id="358740" class="author"> Aaron David Miller</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160591"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/david-petraeus-israel-gaza-strategy-sinwar/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli soldiers sit in the turret of a battle tank along the border between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip on Jan. 31." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1967407468-e1729704694208.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1967407468-e1729704694208.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1967407468-e1729704694208.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1967407468-e1729704694208.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1967407468-e1729704694208.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli soldiers sit in the turret of a battle tank along the border between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip on Jan. 31.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/david-petraeus-israel-gaza-strategy-sinwar/"> <h3 class="hed">David Petraeus: Israel Needs to Adapt Its Strategy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The former U.S. general and CIA chief on the importance of rebuilding in Gaza—and lessons for Israel from America’s wars in the Middle East.</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="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="1160527"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/lebanon-un-unifil-hezbollah-israel-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A soldier from the Indian Battalian of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force of Lebanon patrols along the border with Israel and Syria in an effort to maintain peacekeeping in the former Israeli occupation zone, July 25, 2001." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1605250.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A soldier from the Indian Battalian of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force of Lebanon patrols along the border with Israel and Syria in an effort to maintain peacekeeping in the former Israeli occupation zone, July 25, 2001.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/lebanon-un-unifil-hezbollah-israel-war/"> <h3 class="hed">The U.N. Is Ineffective in Lebanon—and Indispensable</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">UNIFIL is loved by no one—but may be needed by 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/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="1160520"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/sinwar-hamas-israel-war-palestinians-iran-middle-east/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Hamas leader Sinwar" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-hamas-israel-GettyImages-1243644178-e1729682450885.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-hamas-israel-GettyImages-1243644178-e1729682450885.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-hamas-israel-GettyImages-1243644178-e1729682450885.jpg?w=600&h=401 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-hamas-israel-GettyImages-1243644178-e1729682450885.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-hamas-israel-GettyImages-1243644178-e1729682450885.jpg?w=200&h=134 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Hamas leader Sinwar</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/23/sinwar-hamas-israel-war-palestinians-iran-middle-east/"> <h3 class="hed">Why Sinwar’s Death Matters</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Hamas leader’s demise closes the first act of the war and sets up what comes next.</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/raphael-s-cohen/" data-author-id="1086241" class="author"> Raphael S. Cohen</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="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="1160288"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/is-southern-lebanon-next-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A man stands amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings following strikes on the the town of Naqura in southern Lebanon close to the border with northern Israel on January 4, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1899173929.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A man stands amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings following strikes on the the town of Naqura in southern Lebanon close to the border with northern Israel on January 4, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/is-southern-lebanon-next-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">Is Southern Lebanon the Next Gaza?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel is again laying waste to a neighboring country without any clear plan for the day after.</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/anchal-vohra/" data-author-id="924696" class="author"> Anchal Vohra</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160267"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/sinwar-dead-hamas-gaza-israel-history-resistance/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A crowd swirls around Yahya Sinwar. Some hold guns in the air." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hamas-gaza-sinwar-GettyImages-1233191879.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A crowd swirls around Yahya Sinwar. Some hold guns in the air.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/18/sinwar-dead-hamas-gaza-israel-history-resistance/"> <h3 class="hed">Sinwar Is Dead. Hamas Is Very Much Alive.</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">History shows that you can’t kill your way out of a resistance movement.</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/steven-a-cook/" data-author-id="3964" class="author"> Steven A. Cook</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160157"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/sinwar-death-hamas-gaza-israel-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman holds up a sign that says Sinwar's End --> End the War amid a crowd of protesters on a city street at night." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-israel-gaza-whats-next-GettyImages-2178172696.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman holds up a sign that says Sinwar's End --> End the War amid a crowd of protesters on a city street at night.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/sinwar-death-hamas-gaza-israel-war/"> <h3 class="hed">What Sinwar’s Death Means for Hamas and the War in Gaza</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The militant leader was a singular figure who will be hard to replace.</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="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="1160133"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/israel-hamas-gaza-yahya-sinwar-death/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Yahya Sinwar looks over his shoulder while standing in a crowd of people at a rally in a square or street in Gaza. He makes a "V" for victory sign with the fingers of one raised hand. A man in camouflage stands next to him. Both of them and many of the rally attendees wear green scarves." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sinwar-gaza-israel-GettyImages-1233193855.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Yahya Sinwar looks over his shoulder while standing in a crowd of people at a rally in a square or street in Gaza. He makes a "V" for victory sign with the fingers of one raised hand. A man in camouflage stands next to him. Both of them and many of the rally attendees wear green scarves.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/israel-hamas-gaza-yahya-sinwar-death/"> <h3 class="hed">Israel’s Killing of Yahya Sinwar Is Not a Turning Point</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">While the Hamas leader’s death represents a political victory for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel is no closer to a realistic plan for governing Gaza.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1160021"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/mozambique-election-daniel-chapo-cabo-delgado-terrorism/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People in red t-shirts stand and sit in front of a large billboard which says "VOTA CHAPO," with a photo of Daniel Chapo." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/chapo-mozambique-GettyImages-2176227011.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People in red t-shirts stand and sit in front of a large billboard which says "VOTA CHAPO," with a photo of Daniel Chapo.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/17/mozambique-election-daniel-chapo-cabo-delgado-terrorism/"> <h3 class="hed">A New Leader Rises in Mozambique</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Can Daniel Chapo finally stamp out terrorism in the country’s resource-rich north?</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/tendai-marima/" data-author-id="884845" class="author"> Tendai Marima</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159720"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/algeria-economy-tebboune-oil-gas-reform-unemployment-brain-drain/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People walking past a banner of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on Sept. 5." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Algeria-election-Tebboune-GettyImages-2169666118.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People walking past a banner of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on Sept. 5.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/algeria-economy-tebboune-oil-gas-reform-unemployment-brain-drain/"> <h3 class="hed">Algeria Needs an Economic Transformation</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">With the right reforms, it can become more than a petrostate.</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/rabah-arezki/" data-author-id="1058544" class="author"> Rabah Arezki</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159729"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/africa-crises-coups-civil-society-history-government/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="People hold up their arms in protest on the street." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kenya-protests-GettyImages-2157587094.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People hold up their arms in protest on the street.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/africa-crises-coups-civil-society-history-government/"> <h3 class="hed">The Common Denominator Behind Africa’s Crises</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">States are unable to ensure citizens’ well-being, but civil society is fighting back.</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/howard-w-french/" data-author-id="365143" class="author"> Howard W. French</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159689"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/egypt-somalia-eritrea-sisi-anti-ethiopia-alliance/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, attends the High-Level Meeting on Peace and Security of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, on Sept. 5." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mohamud-somalia-GettyImages-2169641994.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, attends the High-Level Meeting on Peace and Security of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, on Sept. 5.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/16/egypt-somalia-eritrea-sisi-anti-ethiopia-alliance/"> <h3 class="hed">An Anti-Ethiopia Alliance Takes Shape</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Egypt is aligning with Eritrea and Somalia to challenge what they perceive as Abiy Ahmed’s regional provocations. </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="1159469"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/bridging-the-green-power-gap/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Two workers in orange suits and hard hats hoist a large solar panel into place in Toto, Nigeria, on June 12." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=1000,668&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-green-power-gap-Nigeria-0LIG03336.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Two workers in orange suits and hard hats hoist a large solar panel into place in Toto, Nigeria, on June 12.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/bridging-the-green-power-gap/"> <h3 class="hed">Bridging the Green Power Gap</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">One Nigerian village shows how to develop human opportunity and protect the planet at the same time.</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/rajiv-shah/" data-author-id="245677" class="author"> Rajiv J. Shah</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="1159346"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/us-must-learn-to-leave-iraq-war-troops-withdrawal/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A vehicle part of a US military convoy drives in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Sept. 17." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/us-iraq-GettyImages-2171837841.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A vehicle part of a US military convoy drives in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Sept. 17.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/15/us-must-learn-to-leave-iraq-war-troops-withdrawal/"> <h3 class="hed">The U.S. Must Learn to Leave Iraq</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Getting personnel and equipment out may prove the easy part.</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/reid-smith/" data-author-id="1115037" class="author"> Reid Smith</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jason-beardsley/" data-author-id="1159348" class="author"> Jason Beardsley</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159432"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/irans-israel-strategy-has-already-changed/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2164693699.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Iranian Basij militia parade to mark the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran on November 26, 2005.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/irans-israel-strategy-has-already-changed/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran’s Israel Strategy Has Already Changed</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Even if a broader war never breaks out, the region will never again be the same.</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/arash-reisinezhad/" data-author-id="1131169" class="author"> Arash Reisinezhad</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159385"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/lebanon-israel-war-invasion-civilians-displacement-netanyahu/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman is helped through the rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Oct. 11. At least 22 people died and more than 100 were injured in the strike." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Beirut-Israeli-airstrike-GettyImages-2177151485.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A woman is helped through the rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Oct. 11. At least 22 people died and more than 100 were injured in the strike.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/11/lebanon-israel-war-invasion-civilians-displacement-netanyahu/"> <h3 class="hed">Israel Is Weaponizing Forced Displacement—Again</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">In Lebanon as in Gaza, Israel cannot bomb its way into 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/lama-mourad/" data-author-id="1159386" class="author"> Lama Mourad</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/sarah-e-parkinson/" data-author-id="961384" class="author"> Sarah E. Parkinson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159299"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/biden-israel-hamas-war-gaza-us-policy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Biden-Israel-GettyImages-2162794271.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 shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/biden-israel-hamas-war-gaza-us-policy/"> <h3 class="hed">Biden’s ‘Bear Hug’ of Israel Is a Failure</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The administration’s unwavering support has brought the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.</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/khaled-elgindy/" data-author-id="18098" class="author"> Khaled Elgindy</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159283"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/israel-intelligence-shin-bet-october-7-hamas-hezbollah-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A group of people are seen from behind as they stand in a line with their arms around each other during a nighttime memorial service. One person has the Israeli flag slung over their shoulders like a cape." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ISRAEL-INTELLIGENCE-MOSSAD-HEZBOLLAH-HAMAS-GettyImages-2177317249.png?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 are seen from behind as they stand in a line with their arms around each other during a nighttime memorial service. One person has the Israeli flag slung over their shoulders like a cape.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/israel-intelligence-shin-bet-october-7-hamas-hezbollah-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">Is Israeli Intelligence Back on Top?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The devastation of Hezbollah and Hamas has wiped away some of the stain of Oct. 7 failures. </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/david-v-gioe/" data-author-id="1105214" class="author"> David V. Gioe</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elena-grossfeld/" data-author-id="1126741" class="author"> Elena Grossfeld</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/marc-polymeropoulos/" data-author-id="1159287" class="author"> Marc Polymeropoulos</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159239"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/iran-nuclear-weapon-warhead-missile-how-soon/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv on Apr. 30, 2018." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-archive-GettyImages-953162074.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv on Apr. 30, 2018.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/10/iran-nuclear-weapon-warhead-missile-how-soon/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran Could Build a Nuclear Weapon Sooner Than You Think</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The history of other countries’ weapons programs shows that Tehran could complete and deploy a missile-deliverable warhead in a matter of months.</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/gregory-s-jones/" data-author-id="1159240" class="author"> Gregory S. Jones</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/henry-sokolski/" data-author-id="150298" class="author"> Henry Sokolski</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159205"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/lebanon-aid-refugee-humanitarian-crisis-israel-hezbollah/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Men stand by a crater where a collapsed building stood following an overnight Israeli airstrike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176438308.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Men stand by a crater where a collapsed building stood following an overnight Israeli airstrike on the neighborhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/lebanon-aid-refugee-humanitarian-crisis-israel-hezbollah/"> <h3 class="hed">‘The Human Toll Is Staggering’: Aid Groups Triage Yet Another Middle East Crisis</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel’s invasion of Lebanon has triggered a new wave of displaced people in a region already under record strain.</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="1159168"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/ta-nehisi-coates-the-message-israel-palestine-media-controversy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Ta-Nehisi Coates sits on a couch with a hand to his head against patterned wallpaper." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-GettyImages-1496820780.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ta-Nehisi Coates sits on a couch with a hand to his head against patterned wallpaper.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/ta-nehisi-coates-the-message-israel-palestine-media-controversy/"> <h3 class="hed">Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Not-So-Radical Departure</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The author’s decision to write about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shouldn’t come as a surprise to his longtime readers.</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/deborah-baker/" data-author-id="1159167" class="author"> Deborah Baker</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159149"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/iran-israel-hamas-hizbollah-houthis-gaza-geopolitics-middle-east/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A participant holds an anti-Israel sign during a rally celebrating an Iranian missile attack on Israel in Palestine Square in Tehran on Oct. 1." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-israel-GettyImages-2175300664-e1728490686975.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-israel-GettyImages-2175300664-e1728490686975.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-israel-GettyImages-2175300664-e1728490686975.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-israel-GettyImages-2175300664-e1728490686975.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-israel-GettyImages-2175300664-e1728490686975.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A participant holds an anti-Israel sign during a rally celebrating an Iranian missile attack on Israel in Palestine Square in Tehran on Oct. 1.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/iran-israel-hamas-hizbollah-houthis-gaza-geopolitics-middle-east/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran’s Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Year</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Tehran was in a stronger strategic position before its proxies plunged the region into war.</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/raphael-s-cohen/" data-author-id="1086241" class="author"> Raphael S. Cohen</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159116"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/lebanon-army-war-israel-hezbollah/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A tight crop of a Lebanese Army soldier in combat gear with arms crossed on chest." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-840290754-1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A tight crop of a Lebanese Army soldier in combat gear with arms crossed on chest.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/09/lebanon-army-war-israel-hezbollah/"> <h3 class="hed">Will Lebanon’s Army Defend Lebanon?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The national military is staying on the sidelines of Israel’s invasion to avoid an even bigger possible war.</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/anchal-vohra/" data-author-id="924696" class="author"> Anchal Vohra</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="1159056"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/iraq-sunni-shiite-womens-rights-religion-law/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Women attend a demonstration in support of a proposed parliamentary amendment to the Personal Status Law in Baghdad on Sept. 15." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iraq-Women-Protest-GettyImages-2171389513.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Women attend a demonstration in support of a proposed parliamentary amendment to the Personal Status Law in Baghdad on Sept. 15.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/iraq-sunni-shiite-womens-rights-religion-law/"> <h3 class="hed">Iraq Is Threatening to Roll Back Women’s Rights</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A country that was once a trailblazer for gender equality in the Arab world is embracing regressive sectarian policies.</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/mina-al-oraibi/" data-author-id="1023205" class="author"> Mina Al-Oraibi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1159030"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/aaron-david-miller-israel-hamas-hezbollah-oct-7-anniversary/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli soldiers stand on a tank as they look over the Gaza Strip on Jan. 19." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1936728011-e1728404289641.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1936728011-e1728404289641.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=80 800w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1936728011-e1728404289641.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1936728011-e1728404289641.jpg?w=400&h=267 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1936728011-e1728404289641.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w" sizes="auto" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli soldiers stand on a tank as they look over the Gaza Strip on Jan. 19.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/aaron-david-miller-israel-hamas-hezbollah-oct-7-anniversary/"> <h3 class="hed">Did Oct. 7 Transform the Middle East?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Former U.S. negotiator Aaron David Miller on the road to ending the conflict.</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="1158915"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/the-economic-impact-of-oct-7-and-the-israel-hamas-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A crowd of people are seen at a market reacting to a bombardment, seen as a pillar of smoke in the distance at a busy market amid war destruction in Gaza. Some people cover their ears and look up, others run for cover." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gaza-economy-israel-war-GettyImages-2147055541.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 are seen at a market reacting to a bombardment, seen as a pillar of smoke in the distance at a busy market amid war destruction in Gaza. Some people cover their ears and look up, others run for cover.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/07/the-economic-impact-of-oct-7-and-the-israel-hamas-war/"> <h3 class="hed">The Economic Impact of Oct. 7 and the Israel-Hamas War</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The wider region has weathered the storm, but Gaza may never be the same.</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/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="1158813"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/international-fiction-new-releases-review-yoko-ogawa-minas-matchbox-yasmin-zaher-coin/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A grid of book covers for 12 books released in October including Mina's Matchbox and The Coin." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-2024.png?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-October-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 book covers for 12 books released in October including Mina's Matchbox and The Coin.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/international-fiction-new-releases-review-yoko-ogawa-minas-matchbox-yasmin-zaher-coin/"> <h3 class="hed">The Novels We’re Reading in October</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Familial wealth and intrigue, from Japan to Palestine.</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="1158697"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/west-bank-settler-violence-serves-israel-interests-idf-gaza-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A group of Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raid the Old City area of Hebron." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175529158-1.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 Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raid the Old City area of Hebron.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/04/west-bank-settler-violence-serves-israel-interests-idf-gaza-war/"> <h3 class="hed">How Settler Violence Serves Israel’s Interests</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have surged since Oct. 7, 2023. </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/yagil-levy/" data-author-id="139536" class="author"> Yagil Levy</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158751"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/oil-markets-israel-iran-middle-east-war-conflict/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Waste gasses are burnt off at an oil refinery in the South Pars gas field near Assaluyeh Port in Iran in 2021." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Oil-refinery-GettyImages-1659525947.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Waste gasses are burnt off at an oil refinery in the South Pars gas field near Assaluyeh Port in Iran in 2021.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/oil-markets-israel-iran-middle-east-war-conflict/"> <h3 class="hed">The Middle East Crisis Has Finally Shaken Oil Markets</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel’s vowed reprisals on Iran, and likely escalation afterward, have jolted complacent energy markets.</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="1158719"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/middle-east-crisis-iran-israel-lebanon-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An anti-Israel sign is displayed in Tehran’s Palestine Square on Oct. 1 during a celebratory rally after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IRAN-ISRAEL-LEBANON-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT-GettyImages-2175300664.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An anti-Israel sign is displayed in Tehran’s Palestine Square on Oct. 1 during a celebratory rally after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/middle-east-crisis-iran-israel-lebanon-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">Our Best Reads on the Middle East Crisis</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The region is perched on a knife-edge. Here’s where things could go. </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="1158708"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/israel-iran-nuclear-weapons-biden-netanyahu-destroy-now/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A banner depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is placed next to a ballistic missile in Baharestan Square in Tehran on Sept. 26, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iran-khamenei-missile-GettyImages-2174079442.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A banner depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is placed next to a ballistic missile in Baharestan Square in Tehran on Sept. 26, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/israel-iran-nuclear-weapons-biden-netanyahu-destroy-now/"> <h3 class="hed">The Case for Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Program Now</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel is entitled to retaliate against Iran’s act of aggression, and the risks of military action are far lower than they once were.</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-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="1158690"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/iran-israel-hezbollah-biden-netanyahu-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="People stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iran-Israel-Missile-GettyImages-2175364153.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">People stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/iran-israel-hezbollah-biden-netanyahu-war/"> <h3 class="hed">What Is Iran Trying to Prove?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Leaders in Tehran believe that Washington will restrain Israel in order to prevent a regional conflagration.</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/vali-nasr/" data-author-id="22749" class="author"> Vali Nasr</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158326"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/more-wars-failed-state-step-back-by-united-states/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Soldiers in combat gear are silhouetted against a smoky, hazy landscape with buildings in the background." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-gaza-war-october-7-GettyImages-2041264508.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Soldiers in combat gear are silhouetted against a smoky, hazy landscape with buildings in the background.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/more-wars-failed-state-step-back-by-united-states/"> <h3 class="hed">More Wars, a Failed State, and a Step Back by the United States</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">What to expect after the war in Gaza ends.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158434"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/israel-gaza-hamas-war-netanyahu-biden/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="561" alt="An illustration shows two missiles arcing across the sky above a lone figure amid a scene of destruction with the shells of buildings on either side." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=150,105&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=550,385&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=768,538&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=1461,1024&quality=80 1461w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=400,280&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=1000,701&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/israel-gaza-hamasoctober-7-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=325,228&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An illustration shows two missiles arcing across the sky above a lone figure amid a scene of destruction with the shells of buildings on either side.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/israel-gaza-hamas-war-netanyahu-biden/"> <h3 class="hed">Is the Israel-Hamas War Closer to Its Beginning or Its End?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A year on, FP asks experts to assess the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.</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/ahmed-fouad-alkhatib/" data-author-id="1137947" class="author"> Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/m-l-deraismes-combes/" data-author-id="1158451" class="author"> M.L. deRaismes Combes</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/dana-el-kurd/" data-author-id="1158556" class="author"> Dana El Kurd</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/marwan-muasher/" data-author-id="1510" class="author"> Marwan Muasher</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/john-nagl/" data-author-id="199844" class="author"> John Nagl</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/amit-segal/" data-author-id="1158445" class="author"> Amit Segal</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/hagar-shezaf/" data-author-id="1158446" class="author"> Hagar Shezaf</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158641"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/israel-iran-hezbollah-war-us-leverage-biden/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A photographer approaches the remains of a missile on the shore of the Dead Sea." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2147977976.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">A photographer approaches the remains of a missile on the shore of the Dead Sea.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/israel-iran-hezbollah-war-us-leverage-biden/"> <h3 class="hed">Can the U.S. Still Prevent an All-Out Middle East War? </h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">As Israel plans its response to Iran, Biden is attempting a diplomatic Hail Mary.</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="1158579"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/israel-netanyahu-lebanon-iran-gaza-strategy-mission-accomplished/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with American soldiers during a visit on the US aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush, as it docks at the Haifa port, on July 3, 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-806167868.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with American soldiers during a visit on the US aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush, as it docks at the Haifa port, on July 3, 2017.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/israel-netanyahu-lebanon-iran-gaza-strategy-mission-accomplished/"> <h3 class="hed">Israel’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Moment in the Middle East</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Netanyahu may be making the same big mistake as George W. Bush.</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/stephen-m-walt/" data-author-id="368" class="author"> Stephen M. Walt</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158522"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/un-resolution-1701-israel-lebanon-iran-conflict/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="534" alt="Columns of pale gray smoke rise from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, leveled to the ground now. Intact midrise buildings loom beyond the plumes of smoke, and a closer, lower building is silhouetted as a black shadow against the smoke." style="height:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=768,513&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Israel-Lebanon-GettyImages-2175377276.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Columns of pale gray smoke rise from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, leveled to the ground now. Intact midrise buildings loom beyond the plumes of smoke, and a closer, lower building is silhouetted as a black shadow against the smoke.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/un-resolution-1701-israel-lebanon-iran-conflict/"> <h3 class="hed">The U.N. Resolution at the Heart of the Israel-Lebanon Conflict</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">U.N. Resolution 1701 was a great idea—if only Lebanon had been able to curb Hezbollah.</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="1158332"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/gaza-israel-hamas-war-anniversary-biden-united-states-leverage/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smile as they stand side-by-side in the Oval Office in front of framed photos of former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln. Both men wear dark suits and ties." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794058.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 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smile as they stand side-by-side in the Oval Office in front of framed photos of former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln. Both men wear dark suits and ties.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/gaza-israel-hamas-war-anniversary-biden-united-states-leverage/"> <h3 class="hed">Don’t Blame Biden for the Yearlong War in Gaza</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Yes, the United States has leverage—but not like you think. </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/aaron-david-miller/" data-author-id="358740" class="author"> Aaron David Miller</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/author/lauren-morganbesser/" data-author-id="1158557" class="author"> Lauren Morganbesser</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158406"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/nasrallah-assassination-netanyahu-coalition-hezbollah-war-politicial-survival/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a podium during a news conference in Jerusalem." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2169352635.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a podium during a news conference in Jerusalem.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/nasrallah-assassination-netanyahu-coalition-hezbollah-war-politicial-survival/"> <h3 class="hed">Will Nasrallah’s Demise Save Netanyahu?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Israeli leader is taking credit for weakening Hezbollah.</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/david-rosenberg/" data-author-id="990117" class="author"> David E. Rosenberg</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158498"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/tunisias-one-man-show/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied hold his image during a rally along the Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, on July 25." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kais-saied-tunisia-election-GettyImages-2162766356.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied hold his image during a rally along the Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, on July 25.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/02/tunisias-one-man-show/"> <h3 class="hed">Tunisia’s One-Man Show</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Kais Saied puts the final nail in the coffin of the Arab Spring’s first democratic success story.</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="1158458"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/israel-invasion-lebanon-hezbollah-2006-war-lessons-learned/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Smoke seeps out from building rubble at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern Laylaki neighborhood." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175200333.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Smoke seeps out from building rubble at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern Laylaki neighborhood.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/israel-invasion-lebanon-hezbollah-2006-war-lessons-learned/"> <h3 class="hed">What Israel Learned From the 2006 Lebanon War</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The unfolding campaign against Hezbollah has been decades in the making.</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/amy-mackinnon/" data-author-id="836004" class="author"> Amy Mackinnon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <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="1158462"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-war-ain-ed-delb-strike-civilians/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An emergency vehicle is seen amid a scene of building rubble and destruction. An excavator can be seen on top of the rubble. Several intact buildings and the dome of a mosque are seen farther in the background." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebanon-Israel-airstrike-FP_Saida_SGlinski-10.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An emergency vehicle is seen amid a scene of building rubble and destruction. An excavator can be seen on top of the rubble. Several intact buildings and the dome of a mosque are seen farther in the background.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-war-ain-ed-delb-strike-civilians/"> <h3 class="hed">Israeli Airstrikes Fuel Anger, Desperation in Southern Lebanon</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Residents of a Lebanese village are reeling from an Israeli bombing that killed dozens.</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/stefanie-glinski/" data-author-id="973094" class="author"> Stefanie Glinski</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158440"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/china-backs-iran-middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-gaza/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Ambassador Fu Cong, the permanent representative of China to the United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on July 31." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/china-unga-delegate-GettyImages-2164689811.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Ambassador Fu Cong, the permanent representative of China to the United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on July 31.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/china-backs-iran-middle-east-conflict-israel-lebanon-gaza/"> <h3 class="hed">China Says It Backs Iran. Does It?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">As conflict escalates in the Middle East, Beijing’s moral support for Tehran isn’t likely to mean much.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/category/china-brief/" class="department-name -excerpt "> China Brief </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="1158376"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/israel-hamas-gaza-ngo-usaid-biden-double-standards-are-failing-palestine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Dozens of people run away from the camera across a sandy clearing strewn with rubble from partly destroyed midrise buildings looming in the background. Overhead, silver parachutes carrying small aid packages drop from the sky." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Gaza-Aid-GettyImages-2149260148.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Dozens of people run away from the camera across a sandy clearing strewn with rubble from partly destroyed midrise buildings looming in the background. Overhead, silver parachutes carrying small aid packages drop from the sky.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/israel-hamas-gaza-ngo-usaid-biden-double-standards-are-failing-palestine/"> <h3 class="hed">U.S. Double Standards Are Failing Palestine</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">One-sided U.S. policy leaves Palestinians and aid workers vulnerable while Israel acts with impunity.</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/allan-j-wind/" data-author-id="1158378" class="author"> Allan J. Wind</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158168"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/kenya-protests-corruption-us-national-security-good-governance/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Protesters gesture at police during anti-government protests in Nairobi on July 16." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kenya-protests-Ruto-GettyImages-2161661166.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Protesters gesture at police during anti-government protests in Nairobi on July 16.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/01/kenya-protests-corruption-us-national-security-good-governance/"> <h3 class="hed">Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Protests Are a Wake-Up Call for Washington</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Checking Russia’s and China’s influence requires promoting good governance abroad.</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/chris-murphy/" data-author-id="1000125" class="author"> Chris Murphy</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158234"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/29/can-israel-kill-to-victory-over-hezbollah/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Mourners carry the caskets, covered in yellow cloth, and signs depicting the images of Hezbollah members Ibrahim Sharaf al-Din, Muhammad Hussein Ali Rabah, and Hussein Ali Majid in Beirut." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173810392.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Mourners carry the caskets, covered in yellow cloth, and signs depicting the images of Hezbollah members Ibrahim Sharaf al-Din, Muhammad Hussein Ali Rabah, and Hussein Ali Majid in Beirut.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/29/can-israel-kill-to-victory-over-hezbollah/"> <h3 class="hed">Can Israel Kill Its Way to Victory Over Hezbollah?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The group has been degraded but can still inflict serious harm.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158213"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/beirut-reacted-to-nasrallahs-death-lebanon-israel/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="A woman in a headscarf and dark dress sits on steps with her head in her arms crying." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Beirut-Lebanaon-Israel-strike-6O1A7152.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 a headscarf and dark dress sits on steps with her head in her arms crying.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/beirut-reacted-to-nasrallahs-death-lebanon-israel/"> <h3 class="hed">How Beirut Reacted to Nasrallah’s Death</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">After Hezbollah confirmed its leader had been killed in an Israeli airstrike, all hell broke loose in the streets.</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/stefanie-glinski/" data-author-id="973094" class="author"> Stefanie Glinski</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158204"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-lebanon-israel/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="An Iraqi demonstrator holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, during a protest vigil in Baghdad on Sept. 28." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2174261057.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">An Iraqi demonstrator holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, during a protest vigil in Baghdad on Sept. 28.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-lebanon-israel/"> <h3 class="hed">Charisma and Militancy Powered Nasrallah’s Rise, but He Became One More Corrupt Warlord</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The Hezbollah leader’s death will not bring lasting peace for Israel.</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/thanassis-cambanis/" data-author-id="27126" class="author"> Thanassis Cambanis</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158188"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/nasrallah-hezbollah-leader-killed-israeli-airstrike-war/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Smoke billows from Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Beirut-Strike.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Smoke billows from Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/nasrallah-hezbollah-leader-killed-israeli-airstrike-war/"> <h3 class="hed">Hezbollah Leader Killed in Israeli Airstrike, Group Confirms</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Hassan Nasrallah’s death marks a dramatic escalation in Israel’s campaign against the militant group. </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/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="1158162"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/hezbollah-israel-intelligence-pager-attacks-bombings/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Young people march with large portraits depicting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172192509.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Young people march with large portraits depicting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/28/hezbollah-israel-intelligence-pager-attacks-bombings/"> <h3 class="hed">Pinpoint Israeli Intelligence Enabled Strike on Nasrallah in Lebanon</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Israel killed the Hezbollah leader, capping a series of stunning operations.</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/daniel-byman/" data-author-id="359804" class="author"> Daniel Byman</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158092"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/iran-pezeshkian-united-nations-nuclear-deal-outreach/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses parliament during a session to approve his new cabinet appointments in Tehran on August 21, 2024." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2166990123.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses parliament during a session to approve his new cabinet appointments in Tehran on August 21, 2024.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/iran-pezeshkian-united-nations-nuclear-deal-outreach/"> <h3 class="hed">Iran’s New Outreach to the West Is Risky</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Masoud Pezeshkian says he wants to rekindle the nuclear deal. The ball is now in the West’s court.</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/sina-toossi/" data-author-id="951769" class="author"> Sina Toossi</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="excerpt-content--list --first-post content-block " data-post-id="1158082"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/is-confronting-hezbollah-or-de-escalating-likelier-to-bring-peace/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli troops deploy in an area in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Sept. 27." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/israel-tanks-GettyImages-2173879522.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli troops deploy in an area in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Sept. 27.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/27/is-confronting-hezbollah-or-de-escalating-likelier-to-bring-peace/"> <h3 class="hed">Is Confronting Hezbollah or De-Escalating Likelier to Bring Peace?</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">As the Middle East teeters on the brink of a wider war, Washington is calling for a cease-fire in Lebanon, while Israel seeks a knockout blow.</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="1158059"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/26/israel-lebanon-un-diplomacy-cease-fire-zelensky-washington/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img width="800" height="533" alt="Israeli army vehicles move through northern Israel on Sept. 26." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit horizontal-orientation" src="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?w=800?quality=80" srcset="https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?quality=80 1500w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=80 150w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=80 550w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=80 768w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=80 400w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=1000,667&quality=80 1000w, https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2173723231.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=80 325w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" > </a> <figcaption style="height:0;opacity:0;">Israeli army vehicles move through northern Israel on Sept. 26.</figcaption> </figure> <div class="list-text" "> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" 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