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An illustration shows a line of large shopping carts facing down a small Donald Trump figure holding two shopping bags. The stars of China's flag are in the upper left corner.

Why Beijing Thinks It Can Beat Trump

China’s elites have a new confidence in their own system.

Analysis
Scott Kennedy

Congress Is Still Trying to Wrest Back Trade Authority From Trump

Analysis
Keith Johnson

Can Washington and Beijing Walk Back Their Trade War?

Analysis
Lili Pike, Christina Lu

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Gift to Xi

Argument
Howard W. French
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO Stephen Capus is pictured during an AFP interview at the outlet's headquarters in Prague on April 3.
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’

The CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on his court battle with the Trump administration.

Insider
Rishi Iyengar
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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

Israel’s tactics have changed and so have its objectives.

Argument
David E. Rosenberg

The U.S. and Iran Prepare for Nuclear Talks

Situation Report
John Haltiwanger, Rishi Iyengar

U.S.-China Trade War Intensifies

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp

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

Argument
Luke McGee

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

Argument
Jonas Nahm, Jeremy Wallace

Asia & the Pacific

Workers sew clothing at their stations in a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, on April 9.
Workers sew clothing at their stations in a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, on April 9.

How South Asia Will Respond to Trump’s Tariff Reversal

South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

Sri Lanka’s Climate Exodus

Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model

Yoon’s Disappointing Foreign-Policy Legacy

China

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A sculpture of a bull decorated in the Chinese flag is seen above a securities exchange in Hong Kong.

How China Should Handle Trump’s Tariffs

Analysis
Lizzi C. Lee

China May Have a Revenge List for Tariff Wars

Trump and Xi Are in a Tariff Trap

China Prepares to Endure a Trade War

Middle East & Africa

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A person is shown at a sewing machine behind a couple piles of denim.

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Africa

Africa Brief
Nosmot Gbadamosi

Surprisingly, the Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Is Holding

What Are Uyghurs Doing in Syria?

Is South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Over?

Europe

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Russian soldiers practice marching

Why Don’t Russian Soldiers Revolt?

Analysis
Amelie Tolvin

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

Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony

U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Americas

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Students of about 17 or 18 years old are seen from the side in sillhouette as they sit at desks in a classroom that's dimly lit, with shades pulled over the curtains against bright light outside. An American flag hangs from its side in one of the windows, backlit by light as well.

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

Analysis
Syrus Solo Jin

Trump’s Trade Contradictions Come Home to Roost

America Under Trump Is the Realists’ Grand Experiment

Another Anti-Corruption Pillar Crumbles

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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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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
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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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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO Stephen Capus is pictured during an AFP interview at the outlet's headquarters in Prague on April 3.
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‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’

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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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John Haltiwanger
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U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast each other during a banquet in Beijing.

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