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Italian PM, when asked on why he didn’t announce lockdown earlier to prevent the outbreak, said if he had announced a lockdown early during the outbreak, people would have defied

GOOD NEWS ALERT: I wrote this piece for @ForeignPolicy in 2016 about Syrian refugee kids attempting suicide. I interviewed a 12-year-old girl who swallowed rat poison so she wouldn't be

The Grumpy Pawn

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Peng Liyuan is the wife of the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping. Directly after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in June 1989, Peng

"The cake acts as a metaphor for Sweden's obsession with African female genital mutilation."[The Screaming Cake, 2012] https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/04/18/what-was-really-going-on-in-that-racist-swedish-cake-photo/ I apologis

Xi's announcement that China is aiming for max CO2 < 2030 and neutrality by 2060 may turn out to be a world historic turning point. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/25/xi-china-climate-change-saved-the-world%E2%80%A8/How does it sit

Courtney J. Fung

I am working on two new research projects, one of which studies PRC 'influence' in multilateral institutions. @columlynch in @foreignpolicy has another great piece on PRC fielding a candidate to

1/ The aircraft carrier Teddy Roosevelt couldn't protect us from a virus. Instead, the virus took the massive carrier out of service.Someday, we'll replace the Roosevelt.The cost of that one

Isaac Stone Fish

Exclusive: Wilbur Ross served on the board of a Chinese joint venture until 2019. In other words, while helping run the Trade War, the Commerce Secretary was partnered with a

So much has happened after two weeks of public testimony during the House impeachment inquiry. Here’s the important backstory that lead us to where we are today. [Thread.] A local

Stefanie Glinski

Thread:This week I went to #Nangarhar to speak to a few new #Taliban recruits;trying to find out what exactly the draw is:why do young people,esp in rural areas,join the militant

Blake Herzinger

“America today is more estranged from the realities of Asian international relations than most in Trump’s Washington would care to admit.”Very important reality check from Very Good Dudes @WonkVJ and

[Thread] In @ForeignPolicy, @LahibHigel and I make the argument that the #Trump administration’s ongoing pressure on #Iraq PM Kadhimi to take on the #Iran backed militias risks his political survival,

I see a lot of people both defending and attacking him. But why?After spending the 19th & 20th centuries blazing through fossil fuels & degrading the environment during their era

A piece I've been meaning to write for some time, but which Trump's shocking words this morning on Hong Kong pushed me to finally do: Trump is the most inept

Zachery Tyson✍️🇺🇸

This is an idea I've been thinking about for some time, but our current crisis motivated me to finish writing it. Very pleased to share my first article with @ForeignPolicy.

Who's written the best piece explaining the strategic value *to the US* of spending diplomatic time and attention on Gulf recognition of Israel? I understand some argue they're happy supporting