For three years, North Korea has completely ghosted the Biden administration on any and all efforts to talk, FP’s Robbie Gramer and Jack Detsch write. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/nor…

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For Taiwan, the earthquake may have been more of a blip than a blow. But for government and chip industry bigwigs—particularly in the United States—it was yet another warning about the need to dial back dependence on the island, FP’s Rishi Iyengar writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/sem…

Unless it is accompanied by some form of engagement and negotiation, sanctions alone will not lead to change in Venezuela, Geoff Ramsey and Caleb McCarry write. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/us-…

Maritime disputes between China and its neighbors have been a centerpiece of high-level diplomatic discussions this week, as U.S. President Biden meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/bid…

After its rise and fall in the heart of the Middle East, the Islamic State’s center of gravity has shifted to parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/10/isl…

The new era of minilateralism

A defining feature of Biden’s foreign policy doctrine will be his embrace of ‘coalitions of the willing’ over big institutions like the UN and WTO

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Key pillars of democracy, such as a free press and an independent judiciary, have been eroded in India under Modi. Yet he wins—democratically, FP’s Ravi Agrawal writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/08/ind…

Israel—still very much consumed by rage—is clearly getting pulled into an Iraq-like quagmire in Gaza, columnist Michael Hirsh writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/09/isr…

For the first time in decades, NATO has a plan to fight Russia. Now it just needs the forces to do it. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/10/nat…

It is crucial to dismantle the prevailing culture in Israel that equates killing with military success, Yagil Levy writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/09/isr…

Togo’s president has delayed elections indefinitely, but the political opposition is prepared for a fight. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/10/tog…

While nowhere in Europe could be described as flourishing, Germany’s economy continues to stagnate, John Kampfner writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/09/ger…

The Army’s leaders believe that almost every U.S. Army unit, down to the smallest foot patrols, will soon have drones in the sky to sense, protect, and attack, FP’s Jack Detsch reports. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/06/us-…

World Brief: Israel prepares for an Iranian attack, Ukraine passes a controversial conscription law, and a Vietnamese court sentences a real estate tycoon to death for fraud. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/isr…

Allegations that the Modi government orchestrated extrajudicial killings on Pakistani soil will give another boost to the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of national elections, @michaelkugelman writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/10/ind…

Years on, Solzhenitsyn’s comments are almost indistinguishable from Putin’s rhetoric about Ukraine, Casey Michel writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/07/put…

As different as the two countries’ political systems are, there’s still a lot the U.S. could learn from how China has approached industrial policy, bob davis argues. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/11/ame…

At the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we are witnessing a shift from the post-Rwanda liberal humanitarian legacy in Africa, @bronweneverill writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/07/rwa…

A powerful and novel cultural product has emerged as a categorically new expression of soft power, evidenced by two new television series, “Shogun” and “3 Body Problem,” columnist Howard French writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/06/us-…