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The rules-based order is over. FP’s new print magazine is a survival guide for navigating what comes next. Read ‘How to Survive in a World Without Rules’—out now: foreignpolicy.com/the-magazi…
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Japan’s version of the CIA is part and parcel of a broader effort to become the kind of more capable and self-reliant ally Trump has repeatedly demanded, writes @DerekJGrossman. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22…
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Trump has claimed a triumphant Greenland deal, but the whole thing has been an exercise in pointless aggression. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/21…
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With open-weight AI models, China could do in AI what it has already done in EVs: gain lasting influence by supplying the bricks others build with, write Lizzi C. Lee and Zhuoning Li. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/21…
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For thousands of years, humans have stumbled through the consequences of their own inventiveness and somehow survived. The difference with AI is that survival may not be a given, writes columnist @hofrench. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22…
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Migrants cross the English Channel in such poor vessels that they risk drowning. In recent weeks, that has caused far-right populists to protest against their rescuers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24…
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When Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez took the podium at the U.N. General Assembly, she pledged that elections would occur in the country—but at an unspecified “right moment.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25…
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In Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, he stated, “To the victor belong the spoils.” FP’s @RaviReports explains why this language is so troubling.
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Somaliland’s quest to be recognized by the world has started to pick up some steam, thanks in large part to the country’s strategic location just south of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, writes @joshuakeating. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23…
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Putin’s purpose in his European gray-zone campaign is to separate Kyiv from its backers by persuading nervous publics that Ukraine is not worth risking their own security, writes @GioeINT. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22…
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Imagination is not only a core human capability—it is increasingly an economic and strategic asset for countries FP Analytics’ brief, produced with @MozOpenLeaders support, examines the policies and investments needed to support a global imagination economy: buff.ly/KbV7Gsg
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The U.N. is warning of a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Djibouti, as more than 3,000 Yemeni refugees have fled to the country following offensives by Houthi rebels along the Red Sea. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23…
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Malaysia’s king granted clemency for a second time to the country’s most notorious criminal—former prime minister Najib Razak—allowing him to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23…
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World Brief: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority offer dueling narratives on the conflict, and renewed fighting in Ethiopia risks all-out war. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24…
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