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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves to guests while security and other officials mill about around him. Xi wears a black suit and smiles as he looks toward the crowd.

Xi Jinping Is Prioritizing Political Survival Over Economic Prosperity

China is missing out on growth because the Communist Party comes first.

Argument
Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Switchboard operators manually connect calls at a telephone exchange in Paris on March 14, 1935.

Why Europe Is Losing the Tech Race

And what the European Union could do to catch up.

Argument
Agathe Demarais
Officials of BRICS countries pose for a family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Aug. 23, 2023.
Officials of BRICS countries pose for a family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Aug. 23, 2023.

What Is South Africa’s Foreign Policy?

Pretoria says Israel is committing a genocide but is more equivocal about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola explains why.

Q&A
Ravi Agrawal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 24, 2024 in Liverpool, England.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 24, 2024 in Liverpool, England.

Starmerism Is Crashing Against Reality

Britain’s prime minister has a lifelong theory of reform that may not fit current needs.

Argument
John Kampfner

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Israel Is Going It Alone in Lebanon
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch

Israeli Lawmakers Urge Netanyahu to Reject Lebanon Cease-Fire
World Brief
Alexandra Sharp

AMLO Was No Isolationist
Argument
Tom Long, Carsten-Andreas Schulz

The United Nations Is Still the Biggest Platform for Global Cooperation
Situation Report
Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch

Asia & the Pacific

Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in Sri Lanka's presidential election.
Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in Sri Lanka's presidential election.

Sri Lanka’s Next President May Face Uphill Battle
South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

Bangladesh Picks Up the Pieces After the Revolution

South Korea Goes Nuclear. Then What?

As Sri Lanka Heads to the Polls, Economy Takes Center Stage

China

Dark clouds hang over the skyline of Changsha, China, on April 29.
Dark clouds hang over the skyline of Changsha, China, on April 29.

Chinese Official’s Suspicious Death Stirs Speculation
China Brief
James Palmer

China Has Become Powerful Before It Is Rich

China Should Worry About Europe if It Attacks Taiwan

China Half-Heartedly Raises Retirement Age

Middle East & Africa

African leaders stand to applaud Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. A line of country flags stand behind their rows of seats.
African leaders stand to applaud Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. A line of country flags stand behind their rows of seats.

The U.S. Has a Better Offer for Africa Than Debt
Argument
Henry Tugendhat

Somalia-Ethiopia Tensions Mount

The Hezbollah Pager Explosions Are More Dangerous Than You Think

Will Hezbollah Choose to Keep Its Word—or Its Arsenal?

Europe

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in profile as he stands at a podium and speaks into the microphone at NATO summit. His national security advisor stands slightly behind him, watching the crowd. Both men wear dark suits and ties.
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in profile as he stands at a podium and speaks into the microphone at NATO summit. His national security advisor stands slightly behind him, watching the crowd. Both men wear dark suits and ties.

Europe Is Far From Trump-Proofed
Argument
Luke McGee

Don’t Let Germany Go Back to Its Old Russia Tricks

After Centuries, Ukraine Cuts Religious Ties With Russia

NATO Needs to Innovate More and Faster

Americas

U.S. President Joe Biden waves from a podium.
U.S. President Joe Biden waves from a podium.

The World Is Leaving Biden Behind
Analysis
Michael Hirsh

Washington’s Playbook for China Must Change

Rule-of-Law Promotion Should Amount to More Than a Rounding Error

Why Senators Don’t Often Become President
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Situation Report at UNGA79

The U.N. General Assembly’s 79th session is in full swing. FP’s security and defense-focused newsletter will be on the ground this week providing a behind-the-scenes look. Sign up for FP’s weekly SitRep, and get special daily reports in your inbox Sept. 23-26.

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Current Issue: Fall 2024 Archives
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The cover of the Fall 2024 print issue of Foreign Policy magazine.
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Letters to the Next President

No matter who wins the White House, these nine thinkers from around the world would like a word.

Analysis
Catherine Ashton, Jason Bordoff, Arancha González, Martin Kimani, Mark Malloch-Brown, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Danny Quah, Nirupama Rao, Joseph E. Stiglitz
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.

Is 2024 Really the Most Important Election in History?

Democracy—and the global system—might not be so easily dismantled.

Essay
Michael Hirsh

The Top International Relations Schools of 2024, Ranked
Infographic
Irene Entringer García Blanes, Susan Peterson, Michael J. Tierney

Revisiting Chinese Empire
Review
Bethany Allen

Politics Is TikTok’s Newest Dance Move
Essay
Jordan Hoffman

Modi’s Long Game
Review
Salil Tripathi
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A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.
A collage illustration shows Kamala Harris atop a world map with arrows pointing in various directions.

The Kamala Harris Doctrine

Everything we know about the Democratic nominee’s foreign-policy views.

Analysis
FP Staff
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.
Small headshots inside red circles of 11 of Donald Trumps foreign-policy advisors.

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Influencers
Feature
FP Staff

Insider Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy By Ravi Agrawal

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Questions Harris and Trump Still Need to Be Asked
Argument
Stephen M. Walt
An illustration shows a circular fortress made of shipping containers surrounding a U.S. flag on a pole.
An illustration shows a circular fortress made of shipping containers surrounding a U.S. flag on a pole.

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Protectionism
Analysis
Bob Davis

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A view of the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 22.

Can the United Nations Still Be Effective?
Insider
Ravi Agrawal
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.

U.S. Interest Rates are Finally Dropping. Is That Good?
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses media in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2022.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses media in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2022.

NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg on the Future of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Insider
Ravi Agrawal

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A New South African Foreign Policy?

FP sits down with Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister, to discuss the country’s policy of “nonalignment,” BRICS, and its role in Africa.

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Inside the U.N. General Assembly
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NATO’s Future with Jens Stoltenberg
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H.R. McMaster on America’s Foreign-Policy Choices
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Nick Burns - Thumb - No bug

Amb. Nicholas Burns on the China Challenge

Weekend Reads

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Silicon Valley Hasn’t Revolutionized Warfare—Yet

The Pentagon is warming up to commercial technologies, but it has a long way to go.

Review
Sam Winter-Levy
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A group of people in period costume, one holding a large bird of prey.

What Happens in 14th-Century Florence Does Not Stay in 14th-Century Florence
Review
Jordan Hoffman
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A photo illustration shows a fine art from with a woman in a green cocktail dress.

When a Love Triangle Meets Economics
Review
Johannes Lichtman
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A portrait of Nate Silver in a circle atop a green background with poker chips falling.

‘On the Edge’ Puts Its Bets in the Wrong Places
Review
Dave Karpf

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A selection of paywall-free articles

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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.

America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

Essay
Adam Posen
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism
Essay
Gordon Brown
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training.
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training.

Asian Powers Set Their Strategic Sights on Europe
Analysis
C. Raja Mohan
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.

A Day Inside Putin’s Surreal Television Empire
Analysis
Anastasia Edel
An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.
An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance.

The China-Russia Axis Takes Shape
Analysis
Bonny Lin
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.

No, the World Is Not Multipolar
Essay
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.

6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
Analysis
Cliff Kupchan

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People gather at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center.

The Biggest Question About the Hezbollah Pager Attack Is Why Now

A technically adroit strike could be a curtain-raiser for an expanded conflict.

Analysis
Colin P. Clarke
A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters.
A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters.

How Does the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ End?

Republicans are divided on whether regime change in Beijing should be the ultimate goal.

Deep Dive
Lili Pike
A photo illustration shows a missile in place of a direction indicator on the face of a compass.
A photo illustration shows a missile in place of a direction indicator on the face of a compass.

A Course Correction on National Security

The next president will need to embark on a radically different path from the past two administrations.

Argument
Jane Harman, Eric S. Edelman
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.
Pencil drawn portraits of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are overlapped, one in blue and one in red.

Is 2024 Really the Most Important Election in History?

Democracy—and the global system—might not be so easily dismantled.

Essay
Michael Hirsh

Books

Book covers for several new novels out in September including My Friends and The Hypocrite.
Book covers for several new novels out in September including My Friends and The Hypocrite.

The Novels We’re Reading in September

From Sicilian psychodrama to Qaddafi’s Libya.

Books
Chloe Hadavas, Allison Meakem
Other Rivers: A Chinese Education, Peter Hessler, Penguin Press, $32, 464 pp, July 2024
Other Rivers: A Chinese Education, Peter Hessler, Penguin Press, $32, 464 pp, July 2024

Peter Hessler’s ‘Rivers’ Have Been Damned by the Chinese Government
Review
James Palmer
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The book cover for Punishing Putin by Stephanie Baker

The Art of Punishing Putin
Review
Keith Johnson
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The book cover for America's Cold Warrior

The Return of Paul Nitze—and His Dangers
Review
Theodore Bunzel
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The book cover of From the Periphery to the Center, an autobiography of

How to Get Kim Jong Un’s Email
Q&A
S. Nathan Park
This article has been adapted from The Abiy Project: God, Power, and War in the New Ethiopia by Tom Gardner (Hurst, 368 pp., $37.99, September 2024).
This article has been adapted from The Abiy Project: God, Power, and War in the New Ethiopia by Tom Gardner (Hurst, 368 pp., $37.99, September 2024).

The Many Faces of Abiy Ahmed
Excerpt
Tom Gardner
A cartoon shows Stalin as the central figure with Roosevelt at left and Churchill smoking at right as they lean over a map of Europe.
A cartoon shows Stalin as the central figure with Roosevelt at left and Churchill smoking at right as they lean over a map of Europe.

Roosevelt, Yalta, and the Origins of the Cold War
Excerpt
Phillips Payson O’Brien

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Four men, three with prosthetic legs, wear bike helmets and t-shirts as they stand in a parking lot, gathered around a bicycle held up by the man second from the right. The sky above is a dim, dark blue; it seems to be either dawn or dusk.

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Hundreds of prisoners are lined up in rows, kneeling on the floor with a prison guard standing in the middle, dressed in a black uniform and holding up a clear riot shield.

The Problem With El Salvador’s Crime Numbers

Bukele’s government has been undercounting homicides since its 2022 crackdown.

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