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An Israeli army vehicle moves along the border with the Gaza Strip on Feb. 28, amid ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.

Israel's Military Risks Being Overstretched

It's been at war for six months—and now faces another front with Iran.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah II, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi talk to delegates during the Arab League's Summit for Jerusalem in Cairo, on Feb. 12, 2023.

Arab Countries Have Israel's Back—for Their Own Sake

Last weekend's security cooperation in the Middle East doesn't indicate a new future for the region.

An Iranian military truck carries surface-to-air missiles past a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a parade on the occasion of the country's annual army day on April 18, 2018, in Tehran.

Iran Has Defined Its Red Line With Israel

With last weekend's attack, Tehran has undertaken a strategic shift in the region.

Spring-2024-print-foreign-policy-magazine-cover A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The New Idea of India

Narendra Modi's reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.

An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.

Is India Really the Next China?

The case for its economic ascent is strong, but government policies still stand in the way.

Middle East & Africa

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, a middle-aged woman wearing a bright red suit jacket, sits in front of a microphone onstage at an IMF meeting in Washington, D.C. A large screen behind her shows the name of the session in colorful lettering: "Global Policy Agenda 2024."

African Lending Needs a Better World Bank

Americas

A woman walks past burning tires during a demonstration following the resignation of acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The Tragedy of Haiti

Displaced Palestinian children pose for photos standing in front of makeshift tents at a camp beside a street in Rafah. The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow. Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in London.

April 22, 2024  |  12:00pm ET

Inside the GOP's Foreign Policy

What would a second Trump term mean for U.S. foreign policy? FP columnist Matthew Kroenig will join FP Live to elaborate on his new... READ MORE

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A woman wearing a dress with floral details and loose sleeves looks straight ahead. She is flanked by flags and statues of large cats in the background.

'The Regime' Misunderstands Autocracy

HBO's new miniseries displays an undeniably American nonchalance toward power.

A photo collage illustration of Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan within red and white stripes. Kirsten Dunst is shown in a still from the Civil War film at a military base. Representatives from countries of the United Nations sit in tiered rows with placards bearing names of their countries on them including: Togo, Thailand, Sweden, Swaziland, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, and South Afrida along with many others.

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Palestinians start to return to their homes amid destruction after Israel's withdrawal in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Israel Is Facing an Iraq-like Quagmire

Six months in, there's still no plan for after the war, U.S. officials say.

Instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard 12th District Company "Hegra" participate in a blank-fire exercise, together with Ukrainian soldiers, north of Trondheim, Norway.

NATO Doesn't Have Enough Troops

For the first time in decades, NATO has a plan to fight Russia. Now it just needs the forces to do it.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during an AUKUS summit in San Diego.

Biden's 'Coalitions of the Willing' Foreign-Policy Doctrine

The latest flurry of U.S. diplomacy shows how the president is all about "minilateralism."

A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The New Idea of India

Narendra Modi's reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.

Four book covers of: India Is Broken, Price of the Modi Years, City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh, and Midnight's Borders: A People's History of Modern India.

4 Books to Understand Modern India

Is the world's most populous country booming or broken?

Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles, Viking, 464 pp., $32, April 2024 The cover of Fareed Zakaria's book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present This article is adapted from Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade (Harvard University Press, 352 pp., $37.95, March 2024). The book cover of Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk. Book cover for Cosmopolitan Elites The book covers for A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas and Keeping the Red Flag Flying by Mark Garnett, Gavin Hyman, and Richard Johnson.

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A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City.

Taiwan Can't Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts

The island's resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.

Pilgrims walk down one of the main roads that lead to the new Ram Mandir

How the Ram Mandir Has Transformed India

To some, Modi's new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.

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