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![Then-U.S. President Barack Obama, standing with then-Vice President Joe Biden, holds a press conference about the Iran nuclear deal at the White House in Washington on July 14, 2015.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/iran-us-policy-GettyImages-480656632-e1714072856827.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
U.S. Fixation on Nuclear Deal Let Iran Loose on the Middle East
Washington’s shortsighted policies enabled Tehran and its proxies to destabilize the region.
![A chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1176401058.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
Europe Could Soon Be Hooked on Fentanyl
The continent invented the drug but has been spared its worst ravages—until now.
![A man stands in the center of a busy ammunition factory packaging workfloor, surrounded by equipment and neatly stacked shells as he grabs a 155 mm howitzer shell from a set stacked vertically. The shells are high enough to come up to the man's waist. He wears a T-shirt, gloves, baseball cap, and protective goggles.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ammunition-factory-GettyImages-2147868000.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
The U.S. Munitions Deficit Is a Political Problem
Just three U.S. states receive one-third of all defense contract awards.
![Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Colombia-Brazil Business Forum in Bogotá on April 16.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/colombia-brazil-presidents-bogotaGettyImages-2147892033.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
New Leaders Turn the Region’s Geopolitics on Its Head
Argentina wants to become a NATO partner—and Colombia seeks to join BRICS+.
Asia & the Pacific
![Journalists gather at the courtyard of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi on Oct. 17, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/india-supreme-court-GettyImages-1729059649.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
India’s Courts Must Keep Their Autonomy
China
![China’s silver medalists, Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, and Yang Junxuan, stand on the podium next to the British gold medalists after the final of the mixed 4x100m medley relay swimming event during the Olympic Games in Tokyo.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-olympics-swim-tokyo-GettyImages-1234334011.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Does China Have to Play by the Rules?
Middle East & Africa
![Protesters speak with police during a demonstration dubbed 'Fabewoso - Bring it on' to raise awareness about the high rate of corruption in the country, in Accra on May 26, 2017.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ghana-elections-corruption-GettyImages-688705928.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What Ghana Can Learn From Taiwan
Europe
![German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the State Guest House in Beijing on April 16.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Germany-china-scholz-xi-GettyImages-2147853143.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Strategic Unseriousness of Olaf Scholz
Americas
![U.S. President Joe Biden, touching his temple with his right hand, delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Biden-oil-sanctions-GettyImages-2135836490.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Congressional Push for Oil Sanctions Puts Biden in a Bind
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![A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/India-modi-crowd-matthieu-bourel-foreign-policy-illustration-homepage.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
The New Idea of India
Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.
![An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/india-economy-china-middle-power-reshidev-rk-illustration.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
Is India Really the Next China?
The case for its economic ascent is strong, but government policies still stand in the way.
In Case You Missed It
![An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/made-in-america-world-protectionism-doug-chayka-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up
Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.
![A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/No-Multipolar-world-China-US-illustration-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
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![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah II, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi talk to delegates during the Arab League's Summit for Jerusalem in Cairo, on Feb. 12, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1247070623.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
Arab Countries Have Israel’s Back—for Their Own Sake
Last weekend’s security cooperation in the Middle East doesn’t indicate a new future for the region.
![A woman wearing a dress with floral details and loose sleeves looks straight ahead. She is flanked by flags and statues of large cats in the background.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/regime-hbo-authoritarian-tvf-review.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
‘The Regime’ Misunderstands Autocracy
HBO’s new miniseries displays an undeniably American nonchalance toward power.
![A new floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, China, on April 17, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/china-shipyard-shipping-GettyImages-1251939897-1.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
Forget About Chips—China Is Coming for Ships
Beijing’s grab for hegemony in a critical sector follows a familiar playbook.
![Nigeriens gather to protest against the U.S. military presence, in Niamey, Niger, on April 13.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/niger-us-protest-2024-04-13T163618Z_975413285_RC2M57ALB4ZS_RTRMADP_3_NIGER-SECURITY.jpg?w=800?quality=80)
Washington’s Failed Africa Policy Needs a Reset
Instead of trying to put out security fires, U.S. policy should focus on governance and growth.
Weekend Reads
![Workers at a construction site of the new administrative capital of Egypt, an unfinished skyscraper is in the background.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1-future-cities-administrative-capital-cairo-egypt-saudi-arabia-GettyImages-1244650597.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
A Tale of Two Megalopolises
What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats.
![Four book covers of: India Is Broken, Price of the Modi Years, City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh, and Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/india-reading-list-books.png?w=800?quality=90)
4 Books to Understand Modern India
Is the world’s most populous country booming or broken?
Visual Stories
![A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-tawain-nuclear-energy-GettyImages-1905881605.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Taiwan Can’t Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts
The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.
![Pilgrims walk down one of the main roads that lead to the new Ram Mandir](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-ram-temple-india-Devotees-with-Ram-Flag.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
How the Ram Mandir Has Transformed India
To some, Modi’s new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.