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What India Wants From BRICS
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (283+ words) Argument: What India Wants From BRICS Meanwhile, Carney's much-touted speech in Davos was welcomed for its forthrightness in acknowledging the "pleasant fiction" of geopolitics while being a call to arms for middle powers to step up and play a more…...
What Will the U.S. Critical Minerals Summit Mean for Africa?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1520+ words) Africa Brief: What Will the U.S. Critical Minerals Summit Mean for Africa? Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Officials from African nations attend a critical minerals summit in Washington, fighting flares up again in Ethiopia's Tigray region,…...
The U.S. Is Ceding Its Africa Trade Advantage
3+ week, 19+ hour ago (275+ words) Argument: The U.S. Is Ceding Its Africa Trade Advantage From the United States" perspective, AGOA has consistently contributed to U.S. economic and strategic interests by supporting jobs, increasing access to critical minerals, and enhancing energy security'all crucial goals for the Trump administration…...
Young Africans Are Being Lured Into Russia’s War Machine
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1674+ words) Africa Brief: Young Africans Are Being Lured Into Russia's War Machine Understanding the conflict three years on. Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Hundreds of Africans are reportedly tricked into joining Russian forces in Ukraine, Nigeria…...
Widespread Repression, Intimidation Mar Uganda’s Presidential Election
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (574+ words) Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at violent clashes following a crucial vote in Uganda, new trade commitments between Canada and China, and U.S. congressional support for Danish control of Greenland. However, reports of widespread repression, voter intimidation, and…...
The World Minus One Will Be a Mess
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1699+ words) The World Minus One Will Be a Mess'Foreign Policy The World Minus One Will Be a Mess Multilateral cooperation will struggle to survive in Washington's absence. Ongoing reports and analysis Last week, President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw…...
The World-Minus-One Moment
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (929+ words) This article appears in the Winter 2026 print issue: The Word Minus One. Read more from the issue. In his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has led a sustained assault on the foundations of the global order. He has nakedly flouted…...
Ramaphosa Capitalizes on Trump’s Absence at G-20 Summit
3+ mon, 8+ hour ago (423+ words) World Brief: Ramaphosa Capitalizes on Trump's Absence at G-20 Summit Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at South Africa's ambitions at the G-20 leaders' summit, the U.S. terrorism designation of a Venezuelan cartel, and a new peace proposal for the Russia-Ukraine…...
Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (231+ words) Analysis: Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades Remember the kids of Generation Z? You know'that notorious cohort of entitled, lazy, and apathetic people that Boomers so love to mock? Some observers might dismiss this new wave of activism as…...
What’s Behind Africa’s Sweeping Gen Z Protests
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1554+ words) A curation of our best book reviews, deep dives, and other reads A weekly dispatch with news from the region's 11 countries Africa Brief: What's Behind Africa's Sweeping Gen Z Protests Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. The highlights this week:…...