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Several military personnel in camouflage gear and helmets run through shallow ocean water toward a beach at dusk. They carry rifles and have large diving fins hanging from their gear. The sky is overcast with a faint glow on the horizon.

China’s Absence Draws America Deeper Into Risky Wars

The lack of a counterweight encourages intervention and overreach.

Analysis
Jo Inge Bekkevold

Trump’s Rhetorical Terror

Violent language has become a consistent and completely counterproductive part of Donald Trump’s foreign policy. This article has an audio recording

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Gregory A. Daddis

Sing, O Muse, of the Rage of Donald Trump!

The war in Iran has all the elements of a Greek tragedy.

Analysis
Emma Ashford
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In a landscape almost entirely covered with light brown sand, a small cemetery in the foreground is filled with mounds of dirt marked with sticks or small stones. Beyond that, a woman in an ankle-length dress and a headscarf walks by, her shadow long behind her. Low-rise buildings in a similar sandy color are visible beyond a fence behind her.

Horrors in Sudan Highlight Deterioration of Western Diplomatic Corps

Decades of neglect have hollowed out expertise and experience.

Analysis
David Raikow
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An aerial view shows a row of massive red and white gantry cranes at a shipping port, partially obscured by thick, swirling fog. On the left, a large cargo ship loaded with yellow containers is docked beneath the cranes. Stacks of multicolored shipping containers are faintly visible through the mist in the lower right corner.

Free Trade Is Dead in Washington

Trumpian chaos conceals a wider bipartisan shift aimed at China.

Analysis
Bob Davis

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The print cover for the Spring 2026 issue of FP: The World After Trump.
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An illustration with a world map background texture and fire cutting through three rings in the map with three human figures inside.

Three Scenarios for a Post-Trump World

Ten years hence, the world will look very different. This article has an audio recording

Essay
Hal Brands
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Electrostates vs. Petrostates

China is building a new green bloc, while the United States is doubling down on oil. This article has an audio recording

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Nils Gilman

A Better Trans-Atlantic Relationship Is Entirely Possible This article has an audio recording

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Emma Ashford

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Suzanne Nossel

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Sarang Shidore

Introducing the Spring 2026 Print Issue

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal

Asia-Pacific

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Beijing on March 31.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Beijing on March 31.

Pakistan’s Peacemaking Is a Setback for India This article has an audio recording

Analysis
Sushant Singh

U.S.-South Korea Relations Are at Breaking Point

Nepal’s New Leaders Go on the Offensive

Afghans Fear for Safety as War Returns

China

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, China's Deputy Party Secretary and Governor of Guangdong Wang Weizhong with BYD Group Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu and Executive Vice President Li Ke sign an agreement during a joint press conference in the Prime Minister’s office in Budapest, Hungary, on May 15, 2025.

How China Reinvented the BRI

Analysis
Jessica C. Liao, Zenel Garcia

Xi’s Innovation Paradox

The Asia-Pacific Pivot Is a Zombie Policy This article has an audio recording

Xi Jinping Is Targeting China’s Christians

Europe

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A man looks out over the Volga River during a storm in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Russia’s River of Consciousness

Review
Eli Wizevich

Is Germany’s Postwar Consensus on Israel in Peril?

Russia’s Sanctions-Busting Cryptocurrency Empire

Cracks Spread Through Putin’s Power Structure This article has an audio recording

Middle East & Africa

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A woman in a black cloak and head covering walks through a dirt area with mounds of earth and some greenery in pots atop gravesites.

The Lost Children of Minab

Report
Stefanie Glinski, Mohammad Mohsenifar

Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm

Trump’s Iran Own Goal

Will the Iran War Evaporate the Gulf’s AI Oasis? This article has an audio recording

Americas

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Trump stands at the opening of a doorway.

Why Trump’s Speech Was So Worrying This article has an audio recording

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Howard W. French

The Energy Shock Hits Latin America

America’s War Machine Runs on Tungsten—and It Could Run Out This article has an audio recording

Outsource AI Risk to the Right People

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The World After Trump

In Foreign Policy’s latest issue, we asked five of the world’s sharpest strategic minds to game out the trajectories of a post-Trump 2.0 era.

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