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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the beginning of a bilateral meeting with the President of Congo in the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, on Sept. 4.
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the beginning of a bilateral meeting with the President of Congo in the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, on Sept. 4.

Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths

China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.

Argument
Alasdair Phillips-Robins
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A photo illustration shows a candle going out on a birthday cake with the U.N. logo on top of it.

For Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a Reset

Going back to first principles has until recently spooked many diplomats.

Argument
Heba Aly
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An aerial view shows sediment in offshore from coastal erosion amid a green landscape.

Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom

Can the carbon-negative country enrich itself without harming the planet?

Feature
Jake Bittle
U.S. Marine Corps' F-35 fighter jets approach José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13.
U.S. Marine Corps' F-35 fighter jets approach José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13.

Three Key Questions About Trump’s War Against Drug Boats

Experts believe the operation is about regime change in Venezuela.

Analysis
John Haltiwanger

The EU, U.S. Hit Russia Where It Hurts

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp

India Warily Welcomes the Taliban

Argument
Harsh V. Pant, Shivam Shekhawat

China Can’t Keep Its Hands Clean in Myanmar’s Scam Cities

Argument
Benedict Rogers

How to Fight Putin on the Information Battlefield

Argument
Peter Pomerantsev, Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi

Asia & the Pacific

Ahmad, a middle aged man in a gray suit, speaks into a microphone while sitting at a long desk. A placard on the desk in front of him says "PAKISTAN" in all caps.
Ahmad, a middle aged man in a gray suit, speaks into a microphone while sitting at a long desk. A placard on the desk in front of him says "PAKISTAN" in all caps.

Pakistan’s Year of Diplomatic Miracles

Analysis
Robert A. Manning

The Deep Roots of Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Violence

Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Inherits a Shaky Office

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN

China

A Chinese security guard in a bright yellow uniform stands in the foreground, partially turned to the side, near the entrance of a hotel. The entrance is marked by a large stone gate structure with three red flags flying on top. Security personnel and barriers are visible near the gate, and a black car is passing by on a crosswalk. Tall trees and a building with a radio tower are in the background under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
A Chinese security guard in a bright yellow uniform stands in the foreground, partially turned to the side, near the entrance of a hotel. The entrance is marked by a large stone gate structure with three red flags flying on top. Security personnel and barriers are visible near the gate, and a black car is passing by on a crosswalk. Tall trees and a building with a radio tower are in the background under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

China Announces Military Purge Ahead of Fourth Plenum

China Brief
James Palmer

Welcome to the Era of Mutually Assured Disruption

Racist AI Fantasies Are Spreading on China’s Internet

China’s Rare-Earth Flex Sends the United States Scrambling

Middle East & Africa

A view of Eskom Kendal Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
A view of Eskom Kendal Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

South Africa Unveils New Energy Policy

Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi

Raila Odinga Embodied the Spirit—and Contradictions—of Kenyan Democracy

The Risk of a New Ethiopian-Eritrean War Is Growing This article has an audio recording

Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.

Europe

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sits behind two microphones. She is wearing a grey blazer. Behind her are the Italian and European Union flags.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sits behind two microphones. She is wearing a grey blazer. Behind her are the Italian and European Union flags.

Giorgia Meloni’s Winning Streak

Analysis
Michele Barbero

Drawing a Line in the Sky This article has an audio recording

Women’s Rights Are Winning

Europe’s Unlikely Capital of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement

Americas

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Wearing a suit with no tie, Rodrigo Paz waves at something or someone out of frame. Behind him is a woman wearing an orange vest.

Is Bolivia Ready for Paz?

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn

Nobody Is Sure How Bolivia’s New President Will Govern

Trump Faces MAGA Backlash for Argentina Bailout

Foreign Aid Groups Grapple With How to Engage Trump

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The Scramble for Critical Minerals

Get briefed on the race for materials crucial to energy and defense sectors with the third edition of FP Collections. Everything you need to know on this century’s great green game, ready to download.

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    An. illustration shows the back of a pickup laden with durian. One is cracked open with an odor waft coming out of it toward a Chinese flag at left. Palm trees frame the scene. The truck plate says Bangkok in Thai lettering.
    An. illustration shows the back of a pickup laden with durian. One is cracked open with an odor waft coming out of it toward a Chinese flag at left. Palm trees frame the scene. The truck plate says Bangkok in Thai lettering.

    The Rise of Durian Diplomacy

    In Asia, soft power rests on a divisive, spiky fruit.

    Analysis
    Gloria Dickie

Trump’s Second Term

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    Cranes extend into a yellow sky high above stacks of container ships at a port on the Panama Canal.

    Trump’s Panama Port Predicament

  • A zoomed-in photo of the heads of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump as they walk next to each other against a backdrop of red and yellow flowers. Trump's mouth is wide open as he speaks, and Xi is smiling.
    A zoomed-in photo of the heads of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump as they walk next to each other against a backdrop of red and yellow flowers. Trump's mouth is wide open as he speaks, and Xi is smiling.

    Rare Earths Threaten Rare Trump-Xi Summit

  • Erdogan and Trump sit beside each other in gold-upholstered chairs in front of an ornate gilded fireplace. Trump is speaking, whereas Erdogan is slightly slumped while wearing an exhausted expression, his hand splayed to cover part of his face. An aide sits beside him holding a folder and a pen, leaning closer to speak.
    Erdogan and Trump sit beside each other in gold-upholstered chairs in front of an ornate gilded fireplace. Trump is speaking, whereas Erdogan is slightly slumped while wearing an exhausted expression, his hand splayed to cover part of his face. An aide sits beside him holding a folder and a pen, leaning closer to speak.

    U.S.-Turkish Relations Have Gotten Duller, Not Better This article has an audio recording

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Shadow-government-democrats-blue-cutout-3-2

SHADOW GOVERNMENT: The view from the Democratic opposition

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The cover of the fall 2025 print issue of Foreign Policy magazine, showing a tattered flag with a globe on it on a stick.
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An illustration shows a globe-shaped wrecking ball swinging.

The End of Development

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

Essay
Adam Tooze
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A child walks across a dirt road carrying a canister of water.

Why the World Turned on NGOs

From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.

Essay
Suparna Chaudhry

The Development Economist Who Wasn’t

Essay
Daniel W. Drezner

How Big Finance Ate Foreign Aid

Essay
Daniela Gabor

Africa Is Now Calling the Shots

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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

The Problem With the Global South’s Self-Help Push

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David C. Engerman

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BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 4: A visitor interacts with a mechanic hand at the Robot Mall, world's first embodied intelligent robot 4S store, on August 4, 2025 in Yizhuang district, Beijing, China. The facility is scheduled to open in a robotics industrial park in Yizhuang, located in southern Beijing, during the 2025 World Robot Conference, which is set for August 8-12. (Photo by Zhang Xiangyi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

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For decades, the party has been mostly counterpunching against the right with no real agenda of its own. 

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An anti-government protest organised by the families of hostages outside the Israeli Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on October 4.

Three Reckonings the Gaza Deal Will Force

After the war ends, Israelis face tough questions about relations with their leaders, the Palestinians, and the United States.

Analysis
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U.S. President Donald Trump points at the border wall with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, on June 23, 2020.

Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

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Visitors look at books at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 15.

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