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Senator Raises Alarm Bells on Diversity at U.S. Foreign Aid Agency

Mon, 26/02/2018 - 22:05
New leadership at Millennium Challenge Corporation comes under scrutiny after “disturbing” comments by a senior official and concerns over Trump’s pick to head the agency.

China’s Stability Myth Is Dead

Mon, 26/02/2018 - 21:27
With Xi Jinping's great power comes great irresponsibility.

Globalization Has Created a Chinese Monster

Mon, 26/02/2018 - 21:13
Xi Jinping's dictatorship isn't what the end of history was supposed to look like.

Security Brief: McMaster on Thin Ice; Fighting Rages in Syria

Mon, 26/02/2018 - 15:03
By Elias Groll, with Jenna McLaughlin and Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian McMassacre? With a CNN report Thursday that President Donald Trump may be on the verge of firing National Security Adviser Lt. General H.R. McMaster, the three-star Army general might be heading for a new position back in the military. McMaster has been the target of attacks ...

Only the Law Can Stop Duterte’s Murderous War on Drugs

Mon, 26/02/2018 - 13:39
Local lawyers are fighting to hold the Philippine government accountable. To win, they need international human rights groups to give them more help.

McMaster Gives a Belated Russian Lesson

Sat, 24/02/2018 - 00:21
It's time for Americans to add a new Russian word to their strategic lexicon.

Foreign Officials See Bush and Obama in Trump

Fri, 23/02/2018 - 22:55
From an international perspective, the 45th president doesn't seem like a bolt from the blue.

Bonus Episode: Susan Glasser Joins The E.R. to Talk Trump, Russia, and All Those Indictments

Fri, 23/02/2018 - 22:23
FP’s former editor in chief makes her first appearance on The E.R.

The World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators Still Work

Fri, 23/02/2018 - 21:39
They are among the institution's most powerful tools — heed not the critics.

5 Myths About Trump’s North Korea Policy

Fri, 23/02/2018 - 18:02
America’s North Korea strategy shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but that hasn't stopped critics from distorting the problem.

Women Write Better Constitutions

Fri, 23/02/2018 - 16:43
If you want to form a more perfect union, in Syria or elsewhere, you can’t rely on men.

Trump Administration Ready to Scrap Envoy to Anti-ISIS Coalition

Thu, 22/02/2018 - 23:07
With the Islamic State on the brink of military defeat, the State Department is poised to eliminate the office charged with coordinating the fight.

A Former Peace Negotiator Muses on Trump and the Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Thu, 22/02/2018 - 22:29
More than a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, we’ve seen what appears to be a fundamental shift in U.S. policy toward Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Emmanuel Macron Wants YOU for the French Army

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 21:21
Mandatory military conscription is the French equivalent of Donald Trump’s wall — a pet project that’s become a political albatross.

Make the Papal States Great Again

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 20:56
Italy’s most dangerous populists are the immigrant-hating Catholic fundamentalists of Forza Nuova.

Don’t Make African Nations Borrow Money to Support Refugees

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 19:47
Poor countries have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis. Tanzania’s refusal to bear the cost of a new U.N. program is a warning to the West.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 19:42
The Eastern Mediterranean energy patch is hot — unfortunately, in more ways than one.

Trump Administration Turns Away Iranian Christians

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 19:25
Despite White House promises and U.S. legal protections for religious minorities, Washington rejects appeal for asylum from more than 100 Iranian Christians.

U.S. Spies to Partner With Human Rights Groups to Keep an Eye on North Korea

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 15:01
The imagery agency wants its own “CIA World Factbook.”

Trump’s Middle East Strategy Is Totally Boring

Wed, 21/02/2018 - 13:00
There’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.

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