5+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1200+ words) Deep Dive: How Gen Z ‘Cockroaches’ Beat Modi at His Own Game Last Thursday, as weeks of mass protests against the leak of a medical school entrance exam paper continued to rock India’s capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi uploaded his…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago   (610+ words) Analysis: Lindsey Graham’s Parting Gift to Ukraine Understanding the conflict four years on. After being stuck for more than a year in legislative purgatory, the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s legislation mandating sweeping sanctions on Russia is one big step…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (408+ words) Argument: Yes, Europe Is a Middle Power, Too Middle powers may have learned they can’t reshuffle the overarching edifice of the global order, but they can do more than Colby suggests. They can change its security-centric agenda, priorities, and language…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1417+ words) South Asia Brief: Does Modi Have a Cockroach Problem? Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: India’s Cockroach movement winds down protests after the education minister resigns, violence surges around an election in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (335+ words) Argument: The Paradox of Self-Reliance Every year has a word that speaks to the political moment. In 2010, amid Europe’s debt crises, it was “austerity.” In 2024, after the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters, and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, it was…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (359+ words) Argument: Coming to Terms With Middle-Power Populism Populist movements often revolve around the persona of a dominant leader, whether Trump, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Argentine President Javier Milei, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, or Indian Prime Minister Narendra…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (96+ words) A monthly guide to FP’s book reviews, excerpts, and reading recommendations A five-part masterclass in IR theory with Harvard Professor Stephen M. Walt Analysis: The Wildberries Theory of Russian Defeat Understanding the conflict four years on. Russia still has assets…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (691+ words) Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at back-to-back Oval Office visits, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Japan, and Oman’s plan for the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump had a packed diplomatic schedule on Tuesday, separately hosting Ukrainian…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (473+ words) Analysis: Washington’s Reset With Serbia Is a Mistake On July 17, the United States and Serbia jointly announced a strategic dialogue—a formal, permanent architecture of diplomatic engagement between the two states. The move is hardly earth-shattering; the United States maintains…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (293+ words) In his autobiography, Ban Ki-moon wrote that, in 2016, France was blocking his bid to become the next U.N. leader. Ban called French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy to understand the objection. Douste-Blazy told him that France’s support was conditional on a French…...