U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan for overhauling the State Department’s 300-plus bureaus and offices has drawn howls of protest from the usual quarters. Critics contend that by restructuring ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where at least one of your co-authors is spending the long July 4 holiday weekend at the beach in Delaware. (No sighting thus ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a U.S.-proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, who will be the next Dalai Lama, and a landmark agreement between Mercosur and the European ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Thailand’s political instability, trade concerns in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, and controversy over a satirical cartoon in Turkey. Deferential Tone Thailand’s ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China agrees to rare-earth deal with the United States, the Dalai Lama prepares to announce succession plans, and a new video ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israeli strikes on Gaza, U.S.-Canada trade talks, and a dangerous heat wave in Southern Europe. Truce Talks for Gaza Top Israeli ...
In the days before the surprise U.S. attack on Iran, Politico reported that one man in the Defense Department was having an outsized say on Washington’s Iran strategy: Erik Kurilla, ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Rwanda-Congo peace deal, U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal win, and anti-LGBTQ+ policies in Hungary. ‘Turning Point’ Rwanda and the Democratic ...
On a sunny day last October, Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived at the National Zoo in Washington. A 19-hour trans-Pacific flight aboard a FedEx cargo jet had ferried the ...
It’s tempting to think that the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran has dealt with the problem posed by Iran’s nuclear program. The Trump administration and Washington’s hawks are certainly trying ...
