Trump, Bukele Discuss Deportation Flights to El Salvador by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to the White House on Monday. Their meeting centered on... Read more
A Drawdown of U.S. Forces in Europe Is All but Certain by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 The Trump administration has only just begun to fill its ranks with the political appointees who will flesh out the... Read more
Why Beijing Is Standing Up to Trump by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 Despite threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose sweeping tariffs worldwide, only China has truly stood firm. The European... Read more
Mario Vargas Llosa: A Literary Colossus Who Aimed to Change the World by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 In his acceptance speech for the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, who died on April 13 at... Read more
Ukraine’s Democracy Still Works Without Elections by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 In early April, Ukraine’s leadership quietly began taking preliminary steps toward holding new elections, presumably in the event of a... Read more
The Experts Who Kept the United States out of Recession by Foreign Policy April 14, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump maintains a hostile relationship with expertise. His disdain has been on full display as he dismissed... Read more
The Fight Over Language, From Haiti to Kyrgyzstan by Foreign Policy April 13, 2025 In the coming weeks, Flash Points will have a new name: The Reading List. Expect continued curated guides to the... Read more
The Awful History of Tariffs and Depressions by Foreign Policy April 12, 2025 It is rare that we can watch the unfolding of a global economic downturn with such precision as we can... Read more
Can Universities Use Their Fortunes to Fight Trump? by Foreign Policy April 12, 2025 Emboldened by Columbia University’s recent capitulation to a series of sweeping government demands, U.S. President Donald Trump is weaponizing vast... Read more
How Tariffs on China Brought Back Decoupling With a Vengeance by Foreign Policy April 12, 2025 Since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on countries around the world, the United States has experienced... Read more
Why Is Fruit Becoming Sweeter? The Answer to This Question Is More Complex Than You Think April 20, 2025