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CIA Director Ratcliffe’s Trip to Havana
The United States is offering to turn Cuba’s lights back on—for a price.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of May 9: U.S. President Donald Trump visits China, India and Kenya host summits, and several
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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A ‘Lord of the Flies’ for Our Time
This is the perfect project for the creator of ‘Adolescence.’
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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The 156,000 and the 1.4 Billion
What Curaçao figured out about World Cup soccer that India still hasn’t.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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War Is an International Crime. Why Does It Go Unpunished?
A sweeping legal history reveals how the international community failed to live up to the promises of Nuremberg.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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I Was the Russian Commander in a War Game. This Is How I Defeated NATO.
Decision paralysis and divisions among alliance members were easy to exploit.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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The Trump-Xi Summit Was Remarkably Banal
A more confident China is happy to downplay presidential visits.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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The Bureaucratic Tax on Africa Policy
How Washington bargains away its Africa strategy to other regions.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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Hungary’s Power Shift Opens Door for EU Sanctions on Israel
Freed from Viktor Orban’s veto, the bloc should expand its actions against Israeli encroachment in the West Bank.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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Trump’s Lebanon Negotiations Are Breaking the Country
Rather than acting as a good-faith mediator, Trump is humiliating the Lebanese government.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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Argentina Has Milei Malaise
As wages in the country slump, so do the libertarian leader’s ratings.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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What Makes Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy So Alarming
Most worrisome are the terrorist threats missing from the document.
Foreign Policy · May 15, 2026 World
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Talking (and Not Talking) Taiwan
A tale of two readouts.
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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Day 1 of Beijing Summit Produces No Big Wins for Trump
From the Iran war to trade, the U.S. president failed to secure major concessions from his counterpart.
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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Trump, Xi Hold High-Stakes Summit in Beijing
From the Iran war to trade, the U.S. president failed to secure major concessions from his counterpart.
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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Israel’s Lebanon Strategy Is Self-Defeating
A weakened state can’t disarm Hezbollah. 
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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What Happened in India’s West Bengal?
The BJP decisively ousted longtime leaders in the state, but last-minute changes to the voter rolls have fueled allegati
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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Why Keir Starmer Will Fall
The British prime minister’s timid reign will serve as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power.
Foreign Policy · May 14, 2026 World
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Where Does Madagascar’s Gen Z-Led Movement Stand Now?
The country has announced a constitutional referendum and elections. Can that bring democratic change?
Foreign Policy · May 13, 2026 World
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Both Trump and Xi Overestimate Themselves
Elites in both China and the U.S. are too easily tempted to buy into their own myths.
Foreign Policy · May 13, 2026 World
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