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The United States is still the most economically and militarily powerful country in the world. But it is becoming absent from, if not actively hostile toward, the existing international order. Read FP’s new print issue, The World Minus One, here:
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FP’s Winter 2026 Print Magazine: The World Minus One
https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine/?issue_id=411142977
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International politics is puncturing the veneer of global sportsmanship.
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Will Geopolitics Overshadow the Milan Cortina Olympics?
What to know as the Winter Games kick off.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/08/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-games-geopolitics/
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Prioritizers understand that U.S. resources are not immune from scarcity.
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Pay Attention to the Prioritizers
The Republican foreign-policy establishment is developing a robust middle way between primacy and restraint.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/prioritizers-primacy-restraint-trump-hegseth-venezuela-greenland/
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Despite recent reforms, Venezuela’s oil sector faces a long read to recovery after two decades of mismanagement, corruption, lack of investment, and a dearth of expertise.
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Venezuela Reformed Its Oil Law. Now What?
Caracas is trying desperately to boost investment in its oil patch, but it may be disappointed.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/venezuela-oil-law-reform-production-pdvsa-trump/
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Virtually all national financial markets are tied to the U.S. Treasury market. This makes it a potentially powerful target for European pressure.
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Bond Markets Are Now Battlefields
The world is returning to an era of weaponized finance.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/finance-trump-europe-us-treasurys-greenland/
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India’s government appears willing to weaponize sports for political purposes, exactly the behavior the International Olympic Committee has warned against, writes Bobby Ghosh.
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A Cricket Crisis With Olympic Consequences
By mishandling the T20 World Cup, India is ruining its 2036 Olympic dream.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/india-pakistan-bangladesh-cricket-world-cup-olympics/
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Costa Rican President-elect Laura Fernández has pledged to use the full scope of her executive power as president, saying that she will bring about “a profound and irreversible” change in the country.
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Costa Rica Elects a Trump Ally
Why the country chose a tough-on-crime candidate for president.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/costa-rica-election-hernandez-chaves-crime-economy/
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European leaders have called for direct talks with Russia as the EU seeks to slowly but surely reduce its dependence on the United States.
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Europe Is Getting Ready to Pivot to Putin
In the face of U.S. bullying, European leaders are considering reaching out to Russia’s president.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/europe-russia-putin-trump-pivot-detente/
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Tensions are high after a U.S. aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea, just days ahead of planned nuclear talks. So, what’s next for negotiations? Karim Sadjadpour will join FP Live on Monday, Feb. 9 to discuss. Register here:
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Will the U.S. and Iran Escalate?
Will the United States attack Iran? Tensions are high after a U.S. aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea, just days ahead of planned nuclear talks. So, what’s next for…
https://foreignpolicy.com/live/united-states-iran-escalation-options/
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Football isn’t just a mainstay of U.S. culture—it’s also an enormous business. Adam Tooze discusses how the economics of football shape American culture.
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The Enormous Business of the Super Bowl
How the economics of football shape American culture.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/super-bowl-lx-economics-commercials-seahawks-patriots/
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The 1936 Summer Olympics loom large in memory, but the Winter Olympics from that same year offer an even more dramatic vantage point on Nazi ideology, argues Paul Hockenos.
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The Other Nazi Olympics
Ninety years ago, Nazi Germany hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics—but the latter has unjustly gone forgotten.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/olympics-winter-germany-hitler-history/
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Weeks before threatening Greenland, the Trump administration used many of the same tactics to sabotage a maritime treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, writes columnist
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America Is Trying to Bully the World Over Climate Change
The Trump administration has sabotaged a key maritime treaty.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/trump-climate-shipping-environment/
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Trump has repeatedly called on Cuban leaders to make a deal, and administration officials have anonymously revealed that Washington is seeking regime change by the end of this year.
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What a Deal Between Trump and Cuba Might Look Like
The regime in Havana may concede on key issues but won’t give up power.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/deal-trump-cuba-oil-tourism-blockade/
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The recent border crisis with Cambodia has reignited pro-military sentiment in Thailand ahead of its national election.
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How Surging Nationalism Could Shape Thailand’s Election
The recent border crisis with Cambodia has reignited pro-military sentiment.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/06/thailand-election-cambodia-border-crisis-military-monarchy/
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The Trump administration’s creative, if controversial, moves in Venezuela offer a way forward on Iran, writes Esfandyar Batmanghelidj.
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An Oil Deal for Trump Can Mean a Nuclear Deal for Iran
Venezuela offers a potential diplomatic model for Washington and Tehran.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/iran-trump-oman-nuclear-talks-oil-venezuela-deal/
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Erdogan is a leading beneficiary of Trump’s force-based international disorder, argues Halil Karaveli.
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Trump Is Strengthening the Logic of Authoritarianism and Nationalism in Turkey
In an illiberal world, the Turkish opposition can no longer convince voters that democracy alone is a source of strength.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/trump-erdogan-turkey-ozel-imamoglu-democracy/
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Ottawa has announced ambitious military spending plans, including in the sparsely protected Arctic.
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Trump Shocked Canada Out of Complacency on Defense. Will It Last?
Ottawa has announced ambitious military spending plans, including in the sparsely protected Arctic.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/trump-canada-defense-spending-nato-norad-carney-arctic/
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Unless the situation on the ground meaningfully improves, optimistic predictions about the Board of Peace simply serve to excuse continued Palestinian suffering, write Natasha Hall and Hardin Lang.
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Managed Deprivation in Gaza
Until humanitarian conditions improve, Trump’s Board of Peace doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/gaza-trump-board-of-peace-humanitarian-hamas-israel/
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Although U.S. officials have described Africa as “peripheral” to Washington’s interests, African engagement is necessary for the White House’s efforts to counter China’s grip on critical minerals.
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What Will the U.S. Critical Minerals Summit Mean for Africa?
How African nations fit into the Trump administration’s plans to combat China.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/us-critical-minerals-summit-africa-mining-china/
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Western sanctions helped to kill the hopes of Iranians who sought to transform the country from within, writes Trita Parsi.
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Iran’s Despair Is U.S. Policy
Western sanctions helped kill Iranians’ earlier hopes of their country’s transformation from within.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/iran-sanctions-trump-despair-protest-revolution-reform-khamenei/
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The two sides are poised to move forward with negotiations, even as the precise agenda of the discussions remains up in the air.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/u...
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The U.S. and Iran Agree on Holding Talks but Not Much Else
The two sides remain at odds over what will be discussed in Oman.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/us-iran-talks-oman-russia-new-start-syria/
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Mohammed Ibrahim is one of hundreds of Palestinian children who report physical abuse in Israeli detention.
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The American Teen Caught in Israel’s Prison System
Mohammed Ibrahim is one of hundreds of Palestinian children who report physical abuse in Israeli detention.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/mohammed-ibrahim-detention-israel-palestine-west-bank-us/
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The Trump administration’s inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial represents one of the White House’s most aggressive moves to secure new supply chains independent of China.
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Trump’s Hot New Critical Minerals Club
The U.S. administration is seeking to form a trade bloc with countries that it has otherwise scorned.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/05/trump-china-rare-earth-critical-mineral-trade-bloc/
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The U.S.-India trade deal announced on Monday by Trump delivers a major boost to a floundering relationship.
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How the U.S. and India Finally Reached a Deal
The new U.S. ambassador in New Delhi may have played an instrumental role in this week’s trade agreement.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/us-india-trade-deal-tariffs-ambassador-gor/
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The Philippines is aiming to conclude negotiations on a South China Sea code of conduct between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China this year.
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The Philippines Brokers South China Sea Talks
Why the ASEAN chair is pushing for a code of conduct with China.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/philippines-south-china-sea-code-conduct/
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Prioritizing GDP-based targets doesn’t necessarily strengthen military capabilities.
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NATO Is Thinking About Defense Spending Wrong
Prioritizing GDP-based targets doesn’t necessarily strengthen military capabilities, as Italy shows.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/nato-defense-spending-italy-gdp/
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In courting Trump, Latin American leaders could undermine the region’s long-term strategic interests and endanger their own political survival.
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Showering Trump With Flattery Is a Risky Political Strategy
Latin American conservatives love to lavish praise upon the U.S. president. But doing so could undermine the region’s long-term interests.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/trump-far-right-machado-milei-bukele-bolsonaro-honduras/
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Once sacrosanct, the enormous U.S. aid package to Israel is now in doubt, writes David E. Rosenberg.
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The End of U.S. Military Aid to Israel?
Once sacrosanct, the enormous aid package is now in doubt.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/trump-netanyahu-israel-military-aid/
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Trump wants an American sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere, but he is unwilling to grant similar dominions to Putin and Xi, columnist Matthew Kroenig writes.
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A Sphere for Me but Not for Thee
Trump does not want spheres of influence. He wants it all.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/trump-spheres-of-influence-russia-china-venezuela/
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Europeans are grappling with not only major security and defense challenges, but also fundamental questions about their understanding of peace.
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Europe Is Finally Treating Its PTSD
After decades of trauma and denial, the continent is confronting the reality of war.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/europe-military-history-militarization-defense-spending-ptsd/
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World Brief: Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy threaten trilateral peace talks, a new report details significant democratic backsliding globally, and Israeli strikes in Gaza kill dozens of people.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/r...
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Russian Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Threaten Trilateral Peace Talks
Kyiv accuses Moscow of using a temporary halt in strikes to stockpile weapons.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/russia-ukraine-energy-strikes-trilateral-peace-talks-putin-zelensky/
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Trying to preserve NATO’s old formula of U.S. dominance and European submission is an increasingly bad bet, writes columnist
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NATO’s Leader Is Totally Lost
What does Mark Rutte think he’s doing?
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/nato-rutte-trump-lost/
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The Putin regime uses Russian sporting glory as propaganda to validate its rule.
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Russia Has Turned Sports Into a Weapon
The Olympic ban is a necessary counter to Moscow’s abuse.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/04/russia-ovechkin-putin-olympics-hocke/
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FP’s
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A Brief History of Confucianism
How an ancient philosophy became a potent force in modern-day China.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/china-xi-confucianism-religion-history/
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Malaysia has demonstrated that it is possible not only to enter but also to remain in Trump’s good graces, even as it opposes some of his actions, writes Derek Grossman.
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How Malaysia Unlocked Trump
A shared worldview, some personal rapport, and not being a U.S. ally makes all the difference.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/malaysia-trump-anwar-ibrahim-trade-asean-southeast-asia/
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Canada is now witnessing a U.S. government openly menacing not only Canadian sovereignty but even Canadian nationhood itself, argues Casey Michel.
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The United States Is Once Again Canada’s Biggest Threat
Donald Trump has restored his country’s traditionally tense relationship with its northern neighbor.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/us-canada-threat-trump-carney-history/
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Countries with a critical niche may be best primed to endure great-power competition, argue Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Robyn Klingler-Vidra.
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Middle Powers Don’t Have to Work Together to Get Ahead
Countries with a critical niche may be best primed to endure great-power competition.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/us-china-middle-powers-diplomacy-competition-trade-industry-critical-minerals/
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Reducing the U.S.-Africa trade relationship is counterproductive to the Trump administration’s core priorities around economic prosperity and geopolitical power, argues Landry Signé.
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The U.S. Is Ceding Its Africa Trade Advantage
Renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act would protect U.S. jobs and economic power.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/united-states-africa-trade-african-growth-opportunity-act-agoa/
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The long-term impact of protests often depends on translating street pressure into institutional action.
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In Minneapolis and Elsewhere, Do Street Protests Make a Difference?
Three factors shape when protests restrain democratic erosion—and when they don’t.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/minneapolis-ice-minnesota-immigration-protest-democracy/
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It is time for the U.S. and Europe to translate transatlantic energy cooperation from shared intent into tangible outcomes, writes Stavros Papastavrou.
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The Transatlantic Energy Relationship Is Stronger Than Ever
And here’s how to make U.S.-European energy ties even more resilient.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/us-europe-transatlantic-energy-relationship-greece-lng/
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Money doesn’t trump what the Kremlin sees as its core security interests.
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Why Trade Deals With Russia Won’t Bring Peace
“Here we are once again, thinking that business can transform political relationships,” said one formerly Moscow-based risk analyst.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/why-trade-deals-with-russia-wont-bring-peace/
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Join FP Live this week for a special one-on-one discussion with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about European defense, foreign policy, immigration, and transatlantic relations. Live on Feb. 5 at 10:00AM ET:
foreignpolicy.com/live/greece-...
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One-on-One With Greece’s Prime Minister
Amid a tense period for trans-Atlantic relations, what does the world look like from Athens? How is Greece thinking about European strategic autonomy and defense? What lessons can one draw for small-…
https://foreignpolicy.com/live/greece-prime-minister-mitsotakis/
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The 2026 Winter Olympics have managed to disappoint almost everyone without enraging anyone, writes Bobby Ghosh.
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The Compromise Olympics
How Milan Cortina became the Winter Games nobody wanted to fight about.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/winter-olympics-climate-milan-cortina-compromise/
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Trump said Modi had agreed to “BUY AMERICAN” by investing more than $500 billion in U.S. industries such as agriculture, technology, and energy, although there are currently no further details on the timeline for such a deal, FP’s
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What We Know About the India-U.S. Trade Deal
Trump announced the deal in a social media post on Monday.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/us-india-trade-deal-trump-modi-oil-russia-venezuela/
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World Brief: India and the United States strike a trade deal, Gaza’s Rafah border crossing reopens, and right-wing candidate Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica’s presidential election.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Trump, Modi Reach Long-Awaited U.S.-India Trade Deal
New Delhi has vowed to stop purchasing Russian oil in exchange for reduced U.S. tariffs.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/us-india-trade-deal-trump-modi-tariffs-russia-oil-european-union/
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Not even Milei has severed ties with China, which produces untold heartburn in Washington.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/t...
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Why South America’s Right Won’t Align With Trump on China
Even the most MAGA of the region’s leaders can’t abandon their motor of economic development.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/trump-south-america-latin-china-venezuela-brazil-argentina-mexico-right-maga-china/
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Ideological kinship and realpolitik are bringing Israel and Europe’s far right together.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/i...
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Why Israel Courts the Far Right in Europe
The parties include some with a history of antisemitism.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/israel-courts-far-right-europe-netanyahu/
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Economics columnist Adam Tooze explores Xi Jinping’s military modernization campaign and Beijing’s yearslong purge of the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/c...
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China Is Building a Better, More Modern Military
Xi’s purges are part of a generational reshuffling of generals.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/china-military-xi-jinping-purges/
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For both the Turkish and Syrian governments, a recent victory against the Syrian Democratic Forces will prove empty without steps to address Kurdish political aspirations, argues Henri J. Barkey.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/28/r...
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The Fall of Rojava
After defeat, Kurdish aspirations for autonomy remain.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/28/rojava-turkey-syria-kurds-erdogan-sharaa/
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Bush’s use of the Insurrection Act does not support Trump’s expansive interpretation of this authority. In fact, it illustrates the opposite, writes columnist Julian E. Zelizer.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/i...
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What It Took for George H.W. Bush to Invoke the Insurrection Act
The president’s decision to send troops to Los Angeles received broad national, bipartisan support.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/02/insurrection-act-george-bush-la-riots/
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By lasting longer than World War II, the invasion of Ukraine has shattered the Kremlin’s most sacred myth, writes Alexey Kovalev.
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The Day Russia’s War Collided With History
By lasting longer than World War II, the invasion of Ukraine has shattered the Kremlin’s most sacred myth.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/russia-ukraine-putin-propaganda-world-war-narrative-military/
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