This October, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social dive into historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.

In "The Second Emancipation," I offer a reinterpretation of much of the 20th century from the perspective of Africa and Africans. See the follow on bubble for more. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...

"In addition to destabilizing democracies and championing imperialists, the CIA has always had great taste in art"—including a books program that fueled the Polish underground. A real pleasure to edit this review of @charlieenglish1.bsky.social's latest book in FP: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/01/c...

In this month’s international fiction column, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social recommend two newly released novels to beat the summer heat, both featuring man’s best friend.

Honored to see EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism featured in @foreignpolicy.com books of the summer 📚 🌞 Out in September, pre-order here wwnorton.com/books/978132...

We released our Books of the Summer list @foreignpolicy.com over the weekend—with new titles from @hofrench.bsky.social, @emmamashford.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, @tim-weiner.bsky.social, @thantmyintu.bsky.social, & more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/18/s...

For THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century -- out July 15! -- I interviewed the chief of the CIA's clandestine service, Tom Sylvester. (Sitting CIA spymasters do not, as a rule, talk to reporters.) Here's an excerpt from the book, a deep look inside the CIA today. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/11/c...

July releases (& more!) in @foreignpolicy.com's latest monthly fiction column with @ameakem.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/04/i...

My column for the week, which builds on William Kirby's fascinating new book, Empires of Ideas. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/10/t...

It's far from the biggest hit in the world of streaming, but I found a lot that was amusing in CARÊME, currently on Apple TV+. (Empress Josephine gets schtupped right in the ice house!) Here's more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/c...

Truly cannot stop raving to everyone I know about Maria Reva's debut novel, Endling. My review—alongside @ameakem.bsky.social's take on Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo's latest—in @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/i...

@beijingpalmer.bsky.social out this week with a very important piece of service journalism, on Washington's oddly common "Gee" Jinping problem: link.foreignpolicy.com/view/66744b4...

In an article for Foreign Policy mag, adapted from my book Women of War, I wrote about the power of the independent press - & mentioned you all Bluesky-ers! Read here shorturl.at/pxY8j

An excerpt in @foreignpolicy.com from Andrew Preston's superb new book, Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/f...

Excited to learn that French-language rights for my forthcoming book have already been sold. There's a lot of French imperial history here. Details to come. www.publishersweekly.com/9781324092452

The sparkling brilliance of @mollyolmstead.bsky.social on full display: slate.com/life/2025/05...

In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2. The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track, @mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...

The Gaza Sunbirds paracycling team announced that an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed one of their members, Ahmed Al-Dali. @foreignpolicy.com ran a feature on the Sunbirds and their quest to compete in the Paralympics last September.

Reviewed @jemmawei.bsky.social's glorious debut novel, The Original Daughter, in @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/02/i...

guys! I have huge news! as of this week I now have a monthly sports column (!) in the new Observer first piece will be in the paper on Sunday but it's already online: observer.co.uk/news/columni... [free to read!]

Lovers of romcoms AND foreign policy: Meet "Liquid." In her debut novel, Mariam Rahmani offers both flitty summer romance and critiques of U.S. sanctions on Iran. My review is in FP's April fiction column!

A snapshot of the April releases I've rounded up in @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/i...

Some thoughts about the ongoing assault on universities, and how it fits into the bigger picture. foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/t...

This month, FP’s editors are reading about dystopias real and imagined, from a crime drama set in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to a novel about a convent in a climate-ravaged world.

From dystopian Korea to colonial Taiwan, FP’s Chloe Hadavas and Allison Meakem review novels in translation that explore gender, race, and class in East Asia.

Pankaj Mishra’s piece is a searing, unflinching reckoning with the moral collapse of much of the US & Europe in the face of the Gaza genocide. One of the most important pieces written on the subject to date. Piercing, devastating & impossible to ignore.

FP's February fiction column is out! I review Aria Aber's "Good Girl," which follows the daughter of Afghan refugees as she immerses herself in Berlin's underworld.