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Essay Is America a Kleptocracy? Here’s how life could change for the rich, poor, and everyone in between. March 25, 2025, 12:07 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Jodi Vittori, a professor of the practice and co-chair of global politics and security at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. An illustration shows a golden…
Essay Elon Musk’s First Principles The world’s richest man wants to apply the rules of physics to politics. What could go wrong? March 25, 2025, 12:06 AM Comment icon View Comments () Tooze-Adam-foreign-policy-columnist16Adam Tooze By Adam Tooze, a columnist at Foreign Policy and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. Sign up for Adam’s…
Essay The Deep Roots of Oligarchy Private contracting is in the DNA of the modern state. March 25, 2025, 12:06 AM Comment icon View Comments () By Priya Satia, the Raymond A. Spruance professor of international history at Stanford University. An illustration shows five fists intermingled with a historical painting of a battle. Behind both,…
Essay How Modi and Trump Treat Billionaires Differently Both have harnessed industrialists for political ends. March 25, 2025, 12:04 AM Comment icon View Comments () Crabtree-James-foreign-policy-columnist5James Crabtree By James Crabtree, a columnist at Foreign Policy. An illustration shows Indian currency with Narendra Modi at center and billionaires Mukesh Ambani (left) and Gautam Adani (right). Illustration…
Essay Did China Get Billionaires Right? The party does not grant impunity to the ultra-rich. March 25, 2025, 12:04 AM Comment icon View Comments () Palmer-James-foreign-policy-columnist20James Palmer By James Palmer, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. A collage illustration shows Chinese currency stripes over the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and (smaller) billionaires Hui…
A stack of five MAGA hats in black, green, gold, pink, and red. The green hat reads Make America Healthy Again and the others read Make America Great Again. Andre Rucker photo for Foreign Policy Essay The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat From an expression of intransigence to a symbol of triumph. March 25, 2025, 12:03 AM…
<!–> JuJu Watkins was carried off the floor in the first quarter of top-seeded Southern California’s game against Mississippi State in the women’s NCAA Tournament on Monday night. Watkins will not return to the game, USC announced in a statement. Watkins was driving to the basket when she went down between two Bulldogs defenders with…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Chinese authorities have released five employees of US due diligence firm Mintz Group from detention, two years after Xi Jinping’s administration cracked down on consultancies working with foreign multinationals. “We understand that the…
Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups are overhauling their business models as they fight to remain competitive following the widespread adoption of rival DeepSeek’s technology across the country. Zhipu, once considered China’s most prominent large language model start-up, has pinned its hopes on an initial public offering to sustain its cash-intensive growth as it focuses on building…
<!–> Cam Ward knew every set of eyes in the building was on him. For 45 minutes, the Miami quarterback went through his entire repertoire of throws: short, deep, slants, sideline routes, even some sidearm ones. And the last play was a trick one — he caught a touchdown pass from receiver Xavier Restrepo. Ward…
