Politics

Dispatch Sri Lanka’s Climate Exodus Women in the country’s agricultural heartlands are migrating to the Middle East at great personal risk. April 8, 2025, 12:55 PM Comment icon View Comments () By Dimuthu Attanayake, an independent journalist and researcher from Sri Lanka. Farmers in long colorful dresses and hats walk between rows of tea planted…

Analysis Europe’s Make-or-Break Military Decision How exactly the continent rearms will make all the difference in whether it can defend itself. By Giovanni Legorano, a journalist based in Italy. Ursula von der Leyen talks with German soldiers at Camp Marmal military base in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan on March 25, 2018. Ursula von der Leyen talks with…

Analysis Trump’s Trade Contradictions Come Home to Roost The dollar is falling instead of rising—a defiance of tariff theory that shows investors are losing faith in America. By Peter Coy, a journalist who writes about economics. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading in New York City. Traders…

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. America Under Trump Is the Realists’ Grand Experiment This administration will leave an indelible mark on how international relations is taught for a generation to come. By Raphael S. Cohen, the director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program at the Rand Corporation’s Project Air Force….

Analysis Trump’s Tariffs Are Killing His Plans for Energy Dominance The new duties have brought down oil prices, but cheap oil is bad for the United States these days. By Keith Johnson, a reporter at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy. A large oil refinery facility looms against a dusk sky dappled with clouds tinged…

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Report Trump Suggests Tariff Negotiations Possible While Issuing New Threats on China The White House appears optimistic about negotiations, but fear of a global recession looms. An illustration of Alexandra Sharp, World Brief newsletter writerAlexandra Sharp By Alexandra Sharp, the World Brief writer at Foreign Policy. A trader works on the floor of the New…

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event. How to Ruin a Country A step-by-step guide to Donald Trump’s destruction of U.S. foreign policy. Walt-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist20Stephen M. Walt By Stephen M. Walt, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. Elon Musk, the head…

Analysis Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model Southeast Asia is panicking as free trade vanishes. By Joseph Rachman, a freelance journalist covering Indonesia and other stories from around Southeast Asia. Malaysian Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz speaks during a press conference. Malaysian Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz speaks during a press conference regarding U.S….

Analysis How Countries Should Respond to Trump’s Tariffs From lying low to outright retaliation, a former U.S. trade negotiator lists out the options available to world leaders. By Wendy Cutler, the vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. An illustration shows a U.S.-flagged shipping container swinging from chains toward a globe with a giant…