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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…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Mexican and Canadian officials spent Wednesday afternoon frantically searching Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariff” list for the latest bad news from Washington, only to discover they had been granted a reprieve. An exemption for…
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…
In 1987, Donald Trump took out a full-page advert in The New York Times and other papers to complain about how the global system was stacked against the US. In an open letter that still defines his worldview, the 41-year-old property developer objected to the impact of a strong dollar on manufacturing, Japan’s trade surplus…
Will Hill FOX Sports Betting Analyst <!–> And then there were four! The 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament has lacked the upsets and drama that we’ve become accustomed to seeing in March. However, we are left with four outstanding teams and hopefully three outstanding games to finish the season. For the first time since 2008 —…
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…
<!–> Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates were days away from clinching a spot in the Final Four, and the Blue Devils’ freshman star was planning ahead. It wasn’t about anything on the court, though. It was to be ready the next time teammates Khaman Maluach and Patrick Ngongba broke out water guns at the…
<!–> Seven-time WNBA All-Star Elena Delle Donne, a two-time league MVP and a key part of Washington’s 2019 championship, is retiring after 11 seasons. Delle Donne, 35, made the announcement on social media Friday and referenced a line from one of her favorite childhood books that reads, “How did get so late so soon?” “I…
Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert <!–> “Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. People who have been following me know that, during football season, I have weekly picks on NFL and college football. But with both of those seasons behind us — or ahead of us, depending on…
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…
