U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the world’s foremost financial institutions—the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (also known as the Bretton Woods Institutions, or BWIs)—need to “evolve” ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Visits to China from foreign investors and officials alike reflect Beijing’s hardened approach to economic policy, Beijing’s military-industrial purge claims a ...
In one of her first speeches as U.S. treasury secretary in 2021, Janet Yellen declared that “credibility abroad begins with credibility at home.” The words were meant as a rebuke ...
When Hanoi declared its support for China’s proposed “community of shared destiny” during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam last December, it was hailed by Beijing. China wants a ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at opposition victories in Turkey’s local elections, Israel targeting Iran’s consulate in Syria, and the Indonesian president-elect’s first foreign trip. Welcome back ...
Last month, a delegation of around 50 U.S. businesses—among them major players such as Boeing and Meta—traveled to Vietnam to explore investment opportunities. Their visit was overshadowed by the abrupt ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: French President Emmanuel Macron visits Brazil, Venezuela’s opposition maneuvers its way through new electoral obstacles, and Colombia’s best-known daughter releases ...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world now recognizes the importance of addressing global health challenges. But Asian perspectives are still often ignored by the powerful ...
Out of sight, out of mind. That’s the fate of global shipping, even though all of us depend on it for our daily supplies. Everything from bananas to toilet paper ...
It was only a matter of time before Russia’s fast-growing shadow fleet, a group of vessels whose owners do their utmost to conceal their identity while carrying oil to evade ...
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