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Israel-Iran Conflict: Why China Won't Get Directly Involved

3 days ago | foreignpolicy.com | James Palmer
Trump Makes Devastating Strike on U.S. Diplomatic Credibility

4 days ago | foreignpolicy.com | Adam Weinstein

Argument An expert’s point of view on a current event.
Trump’s Impatience Behind Failed Peacemaking in the Middle East and Ukraine

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Emma Ashford

Foreign & Public Diplomacy United States Middle East and North Africa Ukraine Emma Ashford In December 2015, under the bright lights of a Las Vegas auditorium, more than a dozen Republican presidential hopefuls took to the debate stage to brandish their hawkish foreign-policy credentials.
Can Trump Sit Through a Multilateral Meeting?

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Justin Ling

Politics Geopolitics Donald Trump came to Canada to play the hits. Seven years ago, Trump arrived in Canada for the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. At the time, the United States was locked in a tariff war with its allies.
Israel-Iran Conflict: Why Energy Markets Remain Calm

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Cameron Abadi |Adam Tooze

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G-7 Summit: Lula, Sheinbaum Attend Diplomatic Meetings in Canada

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Catherine Osborn

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Politics Catherine Osborn Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The leaders of Brazil and Mexico attend the G-7 summit, Bolivia celebrates a syncretic religious festival, and Nicaragua remembers its first female president.
Are India’s Civilian and Military Authorities Aligned?

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Sumit Ganguly

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Military Security India South Asia Sumit Ganguly At the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, India’s chief of defense staff, Anil Chauhan, made comments that have drawn rebuke within segments of the Indian media.
Russia’s Spies in Norway’s Waters Endanger Fishing Agreement

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Elisabeth Braw

Foreign & Public Diplomacy Geopolitics Environment Russia Elisabeth Braw Fishing is an inherently international business, and so fishers inevitably brush up against the lines of geopolitics.
What the Iran-Israel Conflict Means for China

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | James Palmer

Foreign & Public Diplomacy China Iran James Palmer Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China picks sides in the Iran-Israel conflict, Chinese President Xi Jinping travels to Kazakhstan, and China flexes its rare-earths leverage over the United States.
Israel-Iran Conflict: Trump Calls for Tehran's 'Unconditional Surrender,' Mulls U.S. Involvement

1 week ago | foreignpolicy.com | Alexandra Sharp

United States Iran Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at White House policy on the Israel-Iran conflict, U.S. President Donald Trump skipping the last day of the G-7 summit, and more Palestinians being killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid.