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Quiz What in the World? Test yourself on the week of March 29: Pete Hegseth travels to Asia, France’s far-right leader is barred from office, and China conducts military drills around Taiwan. By Drew Gorman, a deputy copy editor at Foreign Policy. Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Rally parliamentary group, sits in…

An illustrated scene shows a person looing up at tall buildings and signs with drones and surveillance cameras plus a looming statue holding a hammer and sickle. Images from “You Must Take Part in Revolution: A Graphic Novel.” Street Noise Books Review Hong Kong’s Warning Signs for America A graphic novel plays out a nightmarish…

Dispatch East Berlin’s Last Punks Are Moving West A small rock club is still raging against the dying of the city’s Cold War subculture. April 4, 2025, 2:45 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Paul Hockenos, a Berlin-based journalist. A man in a sleeveless shirt drinks a bear as another man looks at him….

Analysis Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long The war in Ukraine is leading to a linguistic backlash in Russophone Central Asia as young people embrace their mother tongues. April 4, 2025, 2:30 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Haley Zehrung is a journalist and photographer who has lived and worked in Kyrgyzstan,…

Excerpt Who Is Viktor Bout, Really? An investigative journalist heads to Moscow to hear from the “merchant of death” himself. April 4, 2025, 2:30 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Cathy Scott-Clark, an award-winning investigative journalist and author. A man sits behind jail bars while wearing an orange shirt. Viktor Bout sits in a…

Books The Novels We’re Reading in April Two head-spinning rides through a globalized world. April 4, 2025, 2:00 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Chloe Hadavas, a senior editor at Foreign Policy, and Allison Meakem, an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-April Politics United States Iran This month, we’re reading about a listless Hungarian…

Analysis Will Trump Back Down From a Global Trade War? The U.S. president still has plenty of outs from his extreme tariffs. By Bob Davis, a reporter who covered U.S.-China economic relations for decades for the Wall Street Journal. An illustration shows Donald Trump’s hands writing his signature and then erasing it in front of…

It’s Debatable Intervention or Restraint? A Washington debate on pressing issues for policymakers. Over and Out A not-so-restrained final intervention from Emma and Matt. By Emma Ashford, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior fellow with the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program at the Stimson Center, and Matthew Kroenig, a columnist at Foreign Policy…

Report American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation. By Christina Lu, an energy and environment reporter at Foreign Policy. Greg Porth harvests soybeans on October 2, 2013 near Worthington, Minnesota. Greg Porth harvests soybeans on October 2, 2013 near Worthington, Minnesota. Scott Olson/Getty Images Economics United…