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An illustration shows a police officer trying to sudue a panicked mob of men.

The Awful History of Tariffs and Depressions

What the 19th century teaches us about what happens next.

Essay
Scott Reynolds Nelson
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Microphones on long booms extend out from a circle of journalists, some writing in notebooks with as a man at center ansers questions. A gridded glass roof is seen above.

A Dialogue With Russia’s Dark Side

A new book tries to understand the once-idealistic Russian journalists who now propagandize for Putin.

Review
John Kampfner
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A group of well-dressed people sit around a candle-lit table in an ornate, 1800s-style room in a still from Netflix's The Leopard.

‘The Leopard’ Slinks Into the Streaming Era

A classic of world cinema gets the Netflix treatment, and the entertainment value is undeniable.

Review
Jordan Hoffman
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A person is silhouetted against a giant chandelier.

China’s Chandeliers Are Full of Anacondas

Perry Link’s essay collection finds meaning in silences.

Review
James Palmer

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Asia & the Pacific

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A delivery driver stops at a local charging station to change batteries on his electric scooter.

Tariffs Can’t Stop China’s Clean Energy From Winning the Future

Argument
Jonas Nahm, Jeremy Wallace

How South Asia Will Respond to Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Sri Lanka’s Climate Exodus

Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model

China

Xi, wearing a suit, holds up a glass of red wine.
Xi, wearing a suit, holds up a glass of red wine.

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Gift to Xi

Argument
Howard W. French

Can Washington and Beijing Walk Back Their Trade War?

How China Should Handle Trump’s Tariffs

China May Have a Revenge List for Tariff Wars

Middle East & Africa

Two tanks trundle along an uneven dirt path, kicking up clouds of dust into the air as they move. Tall grass and wildflowers border one side of the path; beyond it lies a few small buildings and tall metal security fences.
Two tanks trundle along an uneven dirt path, kicking up clouds of dust into the air as they move. Tall grass and wildflowers border one side of the path; beyond it lies a few small buildings and tall metal security fences.

The Old War Is Over in Gaza, and a New One Is Underway

Argument
David E. Rosenberg

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Africa

Surprisingly, the Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Is Holding

What Are Uyghurs Doing in Syria?

Europe

A gray missile is positioned on the corner of a fighter jet parked on a tarmac. A service member in a green flight uniform is seen striding across the pavement behind the fighter, framed by the dark open mouth of an aircraft hangar behind him.
A gray missile is positioned on the corner of a fighter jet parked on a tarmac. A service member in a green flight uniform is seen striding across the pavement behind the fighter, framed by the dark open mouth of an aircraft hangar behind him.

Trump May Blow Up U.S. Defense Sales to Europe

Argument
Luke McGee

Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt?

America Should Recycle Its Own Rare Earths, Not Grab Ukraine’s

Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony

Americas

Honduran President Xiomara Castro hands a gavel to Colombian President Gustavo Petro during the ninth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, seen in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 9.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro hands a gavel to Colombian President Gustavo Petro during the ninth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, seen in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 9.

Latin American Leaders Gather in Honduras

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn

Congress Is Still Trying to Wrest Back Trade Authority From Trump

The U.S. Has Never Known What to Do With Foreign Students

The Fatal Impact of Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts

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The Spring 2025 print cover of Foreign Policy magazine featuring the words Billionaire Rule.
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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.

Is America a Kleptocracy?

Here’s how life could change for the rich, poor, and everyone in between.

Essay
Jodi Vittori
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An illustration shows a golden Newtons cradle with Elon Musk depicted on the one at left and sending a globe-motif ball swinging at right.

Elon Musk’s First Principles

The world’s richest man wants to apply the rules of physics to politics. What could go wrong?

Essay
Adam Tooze

Did China Get Billionaires Right?

Essay
James Palmer

The Deep Roots of Oligarchy

Essay
Priya Satia

How Modi and Trump Treat Billionaires Differently

Essay
James Crabtree

The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat

Essay
Megan DuBois

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    U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured walking between rows columns in front of the White House, each side lined with American flags. Trump wears a navy blue suit with a red tie and a long black overcoat on top of the ensemble.

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American flags are draped around tables and pipes in a small factory room as women work at sewing machines to produce them.

Tariffs Can Actually Work—if Only Trump Understood How

Smart trade policy could help restore jobs, but the president’s carpet-bomb approach portends disaster.

Argument
Michael Hirsh
Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside China's President Xi Jinping during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2017.
Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside China's President Xi Jinping during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2017.

Asia Is Getting Dangerously Unbalanced

The Trump administration continues to create headlines, but the real story may be elsewhere.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
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Trump announces tariffs

Trump’s Wanton Tariffs Will Shatter the World Economy

Economic warfare is also a test for U.S. democracy.

Argument
Edward Alden
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The Department of Education building in Washington, DC on March 24.

Why Republicans Hate the Education Department

Broad popular support means that even Ronald Reagan failed at dismantling the agency.

Analysis
Julian E. Zelizer

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.

How Tariffs on China Brought Back Decoupling With a Vengeance

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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO Stephen Capus is pictured during an AFP interview at the outlet's headquarters in Prague on April 3.

‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’

Insider
Rishi Iyengar
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A member of the pharmacology department at Lodwar County Referral Hospital takes inventory of the last boxes of drugs delivered by the now-dismantled USAID amid medical supply shortages in Lodwar, Kenya, on April 1.

The Fatal Impact of Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts

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