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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
TRUMP MOUNTS LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO STARVE FUNDING FOR FOREIGN AID, GLOBAL VACCINE EFFORTS

But congressional sources say it's highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.
Report, Foreign Aid, State Department, Trump
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE END OF SWISS NEUTRALITY

The country is campaigning for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, but taking on that role will clash with some fundamental tenets...
Argument, Switzerland
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM

And it is time to treat it like one.
Argument, far right parties, Terrorism, United States, US Capitol
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
RUSSIA'S SECURITY AGENCIES ARE BOTH TERRIFYING AND INCOMPETENT

The ineptitude of the FSB sends a message about how powerful it is.
Argument, Russia
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
FP LOOKS BACK

Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we've been-and where we're...
The Magazine, Foreign Policy magazine, U.S. Foreign Policy
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
FOREIGN POLICY BEGINS AT HOME

The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America's own house in order-and that begins with human...
Essay, Human Rights, Joe Biden, Justice, race, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
WONKS GONE WILD

In FP's 50 years, its writers' forecasts have ranged from prescient to spectacularly wrong. That's because the field of international...
Essay, international relations theory, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
INSIDE JOE BIDEN'S FOREIGN-POLICY WORLDVIEW

The next U.S. president isn't an intellectual-and that's a good thing.
U.S., Essay, Joe Biden, U.S. Foreign Policy
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
A CONSERVATIVE FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE FUTURE

Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.
Essay, conservatives, U.S. Foreign Policy
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE AMERICAN FAR-RIGHT IS DANGEROUS BUT DISORGANIZED

Despite murderous ambitions and abundant guns, the Capitol assault was a failure.
Argument, Terrorism, United States, US Capitol
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
WHEN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY WENT WRONG

How to spot a bad concept when you see it.
U.S., Essay, U.S. Foreign Policy
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
A NEW PIVOT TO ASIA

The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America's Asian allies will soon be tested by China's growing power.
Essay, alliances, Asia, China, East Asia, geopolitics, Joe Biden, nationalism, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
HOW TO RESTORE U.S. CREDIBILITY IN AFRICA

By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent.
U.S., Essay, Africa, Angola, China, Joe Biden, Mali, Trade and Development, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE RETURN OF CONTAINMENT

What the Cold War policy means for our current moment.
Essay, China, Cold War, great power politics, Russia, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF THE U.S. FINANCIAL EMPIRE

The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.
U.S., Essay, Economics, Finance, Financial crisis, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
AMERICA ABANDONED ITS ECONOMIC PROPHET. THE WORLD EMBRACED HIM

John Kenneth Galbraith was an intellectual celebrity 50 years ago-and it would be a mistake to ignore him today.
World, Essay, economic history, Economics, Economist, Joe Biden, United States
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE FIRST DRAFT OF HISTORY

Why the decline of foreign reporting makes for worse foreign policy.
Essay, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, Media, Photographs, press freedom, vietnam, War
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
CONSENSUS LOST

How FP set out to change the world.
World, Essay, Carter, Foreign Policy magazine, History, International Relations, Media, Samuel Huntington, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States, vietnam
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
UNDER BURNS, THE CIA GETS A NEW FOCUS

Biden's pick for the agency's director shows that diplomacy is back.
Argument, Biden Transition, CIA, Diplomacy, Joe Biden
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By Foreign Policy - Jan 15, 2021
THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF FOREIGN POLICY

A survey of experts offers predictions on the future of U.S. leadership and geopolitical dominance.
U.S., Infographic, Infographics, predictions
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TRUMP MOUNTS LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO STARVE FUNDING FOR FOREIGN AID, GLOBAL VACCINE EFFORTS

But congressional sources say it's highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.

THE END OF SWISS NEUTRALITY

The country is campaigning for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, but taking on that role will clash with some fundamental tenets...

FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM

And it is time to treat it like one.

RUSSIA'S SECURITY AGENCIES ARE BOTH TERRIFYING AND INCOMPETENT

The ineptitude of the FSB sends a message about how powerful it is.

FP LOOKS BACK

Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we've been-and where we're...

FOREIGN POLICY BEGINS AT HOME

The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America's own house in order-and that begins with human...

WONKS GONE WILD

In FP's 50 years, its writers' forecasts have ranged from prescient to spectacularly wrong. That's because the field of international...

INSIDE JOE BIDEN'S FOREIGN-POLICY WORLDVIEW

The next U.S. president isn't an intellectual-and that's a good thing.

A CONSERVATIVE FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE FUTURE

Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.

THE AMERICAN FAR-RIGHT IS DANGEROUS BUT DISORGANIZED

Despite murderous ambitions and abundant guns, the Capitol assault was a failure.

WHEN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY WENT WRONG

How to spot a bad concept when you see it.

A NEW PIVOT TO ASIA

The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America's Asian allies will soon be tested by China's growing power.

HOW TO RESTORE U.S. CREDIBILITY IN AFRICA

By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent.

THE RETURN OF CONTAINMENT

What the Cold War policy means for our current moment.

THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF THE U.S. FINANCIAL EMPIRE

The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.

AMERICA ABANDONED ITS ECONOMIC PROPHET. THE WORLD EMBRACED HIM

John Kenneth Galbraith was an intellectual celebrity 50 years ago-and it would be a mistake to ignore him today.

THE FIRST DRAFT OF HISTORY

Why the decline of foreign reporting makes for worse foreign policy.

CONSENSUS LOST

How FP set out to change the world.

UNDER BURNS, THE CIA GETS A NEW FOCUS

Biden's pick for the agency's director shows that diplomacy is back.

THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF FOREIGN POLICY

A survey of experts offers predictions on the future of U.S. leadership and geopolitical dominance.

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Call Is First Contact Between Presidential Campaigns

More than two months after the election, the rival presidential campaigns have had their first direct contact with each other. VP Mike Pence called Kamala Harris to offer his...

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

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Disneyland cancels its annual pass program

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Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy...

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FBI Director says over 200 suspects identified in US Capitol riots

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