Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Sudan’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe, the lack of a European emissions reduction target, and the latest flash point in the Russia-Ukraine war. ...
How the United States responds to the devastation that Hurricane Melissa wreaked last week across the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica, is shaping up to be a key test of the ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Indonesia struggles with Chinese high-speed rail debt, Myanmar’s bogus election season begins, ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeals at the ...
It’s been more than eight months since U.S. President Donald Trump shocked the world by halting virtually all U.S. foreign aid, terminating billions in congressionally directed funding, and unilaterally dismantling ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at global responses to Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, and unidentified drones over Germany. ‘This Barbarity Must ...
The Supreme Court allowed the government Friday to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel in a rare “pocket rescission” last month. ...
As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) kicks into high gear, it offers a glimpse into what a world devoid of Washington’s diplomacy might look like. ...
In Foreign Policy’s Fall 2025 print issue, economic historian Adam Tooze makes the case that with hindsight, the global development agenda of the last few decades seems like “an effort ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: United Nations agencies struggle to mobilize resources for Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, Malawians await the results of a recent presidential ...
Amid the widespread outcry over the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development, many of the agency’s defenders concede that the U.S. aid system needs to be reformed. They ...
