Foreign Policy In Focus

Foreign Policy In Focus

Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) is a unique initiative known as a “Think Tank Without Walls.” It brings together the knowledge and efforts of over 600 researchers, advocates, and activists who aim to encourage the United States to be a more responsible player on the global stage. This project is part of the Institute for Policy Studies.

National
English
Online/Digital

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority
67
Ranking

Global

#506452

United States

#335601

Law and Government/Law and Government

#757

Traffic sources
Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 1 week ago | fpif.org | John Feffer

    Originally published in Hankyoreh. The Trump administration has sidelined Congress, violated the U.S. Constitution, and taken an axe to both the U.S. and the global economies. Trump has issued executive orders that give him unprecedented presidential powers.

  • 1 week ago | fpif.org | John Feffer

    In the shadow of a Trump belligerent presidency and with an economy staggering under its own contradictions, the United States finds itself teetering on a precarious precipice where populist policymaking, fiscal illusions, and dwindling international faith in U.S. Treasury bonds are aligning to form a slow-motion crisis.

  • 1 week ago | fpif.org | John Feffer

    For decades, the United States has held a dominant geopolitical position, its soft power radiating through Hollywood blockbusters, Silicon Valley innovations, and democratic ideals. Yet, in recent days, a subtle but significant rebalancing has been underway.

  • 2 weeks ago | fpif.org | John Feffer

    Originally published in TomDispatch. Colorful career criminal Willie Sutton once may (or may not) have been asked why he robbed banks. “Because that is where the money is,” he supposedly replied. A similar principle may explain the first foreign trip of President Donald J. Trump’s second term, which was not to a traditional U.S. ally in Europe.

  • 2 weeks ago | fpif.org | John Feffer

    The falling out between Donald Trump and Elon Musk would make a grand opera. Two titans of business who entered a political marriage of convenience have had a predictable clash of egos and, instead of parting company privately, have flung mud at each other in public. Coming to the Met in 2026: Philip Glass’ monumental Musk v. Trump. Don’t mistake this affair for mere entertainment. The deeper issue here is corruption and what happens when collusion goes awry, as it so often does.

Foreign Policy In Focus journalists