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Allison Meakem

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senior editor @foreignpolicy.com and U.S. columnist @zeit.de’s Spotlight magazine. say hi: allison.meakem@foreignpolicy.com 🤸🏻‍♀️

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 02/05/2026
In this month’s international fiction column, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social dive into two new novels exploring the Asian American immigrant experience.
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Two Novels Take on the Post-American Dream
Plus, more international fiction releases in May.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I reviewed Vincent Delecroix's "Small Boat," a chilling treatise on complacency and culpability in an unequal world.
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Two Takes on Modern France
Plus, more international fiction releases in April.
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Very excited to share that we're launching a monthly newsletter @foreignpolicy.com to showcase our growing Books coverage, including criticism, excerpts, curated reading lists, and an international fiction column. Sign up for FP Bookshelf here:
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Bookshelf Politics, Relations & Current Affairs – Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 11/03/2026
Today is a special open access day at FP. For 48 hours only, we’ve dropped the paywall on all of our coverage of the Iran war. Take a look for yourself to see what FP is all about: foreignpolicy.com/projects/ira...
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Effects of War Ripple Through Middle East
Analysis, updates, and background.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
While Sunday's raid thrust the Sheinbaum administration's security policy into the spotlight, she has been carving a new path on security for months. The choice to step up cooperation with Washington allowed her not only to head off unilateral U.S. military action 🧵
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Foreign Policy Union @fpunion.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Foreign Policy Union stands in solidarity with the Washington Post journalists who were affected by mass layoffs this week. 1/3
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 05/01/2026
The United States is still the most economically and militarily powerful country in the world. But it is becoming absent from, if not actively hostile toward, the existing international order. Read FP’s new print issue, The World Minus One, here: foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine...
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FP’s Winter 2026 Print Magazine: The World Minus One
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
For @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column, @ameakem.bsky.social & I read Galapagos, a fever dream of a plague novel, and @mverunschk.bsky.social's The Jaguar's Roar. Our take on these two unsettling voyages across the sea:
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Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I reviewed the new English translation of Finnish author Iida Turpeinen's bestselling novel, "Beasts of the Sea." It's an elegy to species lost amid the endless spiral of human greed.
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A Pair of Haunting New Scandinavian Novels
Plus, more international fiction releases.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
For @foreignpolicy.com I did a deep dive on Brazil's effort to keep climate cooperation alive despite highly adverse geopolitics. While some have said the U.S. retreat on this issue creates an opening for China, Brazil is also flexing its voice as a middle power and raising 🧵
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I was bowled over by @annanorth.bsky.social's new novel, Bog Queen. My review (alongside @ameakem.bsky.social on Jaquira Díaz's debut) in @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/03/i...
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The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My October fiction pick is Jaquira Díaz's "This Is the Only Kingdom," a sweeping, multigenerational novel set between the projects of Humacao, Puerto Rico, and Miami Beach.
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The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 06/10/2025
This October, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social dive into historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
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The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
In @foreignpolicy.com: 🇧🇷’s top court convicted Bolsonaro & allies of attempting a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 vote. In a country w a long history of coups, it was the 1st time a civilian court convicted military members of coup-related charges. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/11/b...
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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting Coup
The ruling is a watershed moment in Brazilian history—and one that could further upend relations with the United States.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
For FP's September fiction column, I reviewed Lao-Canadian writer Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut novel, "Pick a Color."
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The Novels We’re Reading in September
From a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
For context on Germany's historic decision to halt offensive weapons exports to Israel, I highly recommend @isaliba.bsky.social's February piece in @foreignpolicy.com, where he explicitly called on Berlin to take this step.
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Germany’s Pro-Israel Policy Must End
The country’s desire to atone for historical atrocities threatens to make it complicit in new ones.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
FP's August fiction column is all about the dog days of summer! I reviewed @laurengrodstein.bsky.social's "A Dog in Georgia," a novel that remains smile-inducing even as it toggles from terriers to tear gas.
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The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 03/08/2025
In this month’s international fiction column, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social recommend two newly released novels to beat the summer heat, both featuring man’s best friend.
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The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Today in @ccosborn.bsky.social's Latin America Brief: After punishing Brazil for Bolsonaro's trial, the Trump administration has expressed outrage over the conviction of another right-wing ally this week in Colombia.
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Former Colombian Leader Is Convicted of Bribery
The landmark ruling provoked immediate criticism from the Trump administration.
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
July releases (& more!) in @foreignpolicy.com's latest monthly fiction column with @ameakem.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/04/i...
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I reviewed @rubenwrites.bsky.social's magnificent debut novel, "Archive of Unknown Universes," where he sends his characters on an adventure through a quasi-multiverse to explore alternate outcomes of El Salvador’s 1972-92 civil war.
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The Novels We’re Reading in July
From a Salvadoran multiverse to queer life in contemporary Nigeria.
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Alexandra Sharp @alexandrassharp.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Meet Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old personal foe of Elon Musk who is running for Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. 1/4 foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/02/k...
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The Gen Z Candidate Calling for a ‘Humane Foreign Policy’
In a crowded Illinois congressional race, 26-year-old Kat Abughazaleh is the only contender focusing on the wider world.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Maciej Kisilowski and Anna Wojciuk, professors who have worked in Hungary and Poland, argue that Harvard and other prestigious U.S. universities may have to move abroad to protect their values. Their piece has only become more relevant today with Jim Ryan's resignation at UVA.
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Harvard Should Prepare to Move Abroad
CEU’s experience in Hungary shows that no amount of prestige or endowment can shield a university from determined state hostility.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Yousef Munayyer argues that Trump's unrealistic demand for zero Iranian enrichment has made war—and eventual U.S.-backed regime change—an inevitability.
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How the U.S. Locked Itself Into a Regime Change War
Trump’s insistence on zero enrichment was a poison pill in talks with Iran.
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Truly cannot stop raving to everyone I know about Maria Reva's debut novel, Endling. My review—alongside @ameakem.bsky.social's take on Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo's latest—in @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/i...
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The Novels We’re Reading in June
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at 🇲🇽’s shock therapy to its judiciary. Plans for the nationwide election had already rankled trade partners before it produced a top court full of judges tied to the ruling party on Sunday. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/m...
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The Aftermath of Mexico’s Judicial Elections
Sunday’s vote handed more influence to the ruling party—and shook investor confidence.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I reviewed Nigerian writer Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo's debut novel, "The Tiny Things Are Heavier." Set between Iowa and Lagos, this book has it all: Romance, family drama, dark academia, travel, and crime.
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The Novels We’re Reading in June
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The "naming and shaming" human rights strategy hasn't kept major international hotel chains from expanding their operations in China's Xinjiang province, @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social write.
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International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang
Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Mexico is set to hold its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday following a controversial judicial reform that AMLO pushed through during his lame-duck period last year. Emiliano Polo argues that the overhaul will erode due process in the country.
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Mexico Is About to Start Electing Judges. That’s Undemocratic.
The controversial reform will only entrench the ruling party’s power, not bring justice.
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Christina Lu @christinalu.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Trump wants to choke off incoming flows of international students—a group that has long driven scientific innovation in America and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...
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Who Pays the Price in Trump’s Crusade Against Universities?
International students have pumped billions of dollars into the U.S. economy.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Today in @ccosborn.bsky.social's Latin America Brief: It's been a big week for Suriname, which held elections on Sunday and saw its former foreign minister take office as OAS secretary-general.
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Suriname’s Growing Clout
The Caribbean nation now helms a key regional forum and is on the cusp of an oil boom.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
ICYMI last week: Ric Grenell and Marco Rubio appear to be duking it out behind the scenes on U.S. Venezuela policy.
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Give Negotiations With Venezuela a Chance
There are signs Trump might abandon “maximum pressure.” That’s good news for U.S. interests—and Venezuelan democracy.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The Gaza Sunbirds paracycling team announced that an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed one of their members, Ahmed Al-Dali. @foreignpolicy.com ran a feature on the Sunbirds and their quest to compete in the Paralympics last September.
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Meet the Para-Cyclists Riding for Gaza
The Sunbirds’ story began with tragedy but has evolved into one of resilience.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
As BRICS expands and the world becomes more volatile, @oliverstuenkel.bsky.social argues that the bloc's three democracies—Brazil, India, and South Africa—should resurrect a long-dormant diplomatic forum to advance their interests.
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BRICS Democracies Are Losing Leverage
To increase their bargaining power, Brazil, India, and South Africa should resurrect a dormant diplomatic forum.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Today’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about the CELAC-China forum & related meetings. While Colombia’s BRI accession made headlines, the week also showed how Brazil’s China policy has evolved alongside its industrial policy. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/16/c...
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Latin American Economies Look to China as U.S. Slashes Aid
In Beijing this week, Colombia joined the Belt and Road Initiative, and Brazil notched key investment pledges.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Trump's aid freeze has had particularly drastic impacts in Colombia, which until January relied on U.S. funding to carry out many official government operations—including support for Venezuelan migrants, Christina Noriega reports.
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Trump’s Aid Freeze Is Undermining His Immigration Policy
Colombia relied on U.S. funding to support Venezuelan migrants. Now, many are on the brink of survival.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica has died at age 89. Our obituary:
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Uruguay’s José Mujica Aimed to Change the World
On his journey from urban guerrilla to tortured prisoner to elected president, the world also changed him.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Israel's attacks on Syria risk creating further political instability in Jordan, where a 30-year-old peace treaty with Israel is increasingly on ice, @burcuozcelik.bsky.social writes.
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Israeli Attacks on Syria Risk Destabilizing Jordan
King Abdullah II faces backlash against his country’s peace deal with Israel.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
For our May fiction column, I reviewed Mo Ogdronik's "Gulf," an uncomfortable portrait of a region whose economic allure is undergirded by troublesome social and political realities.
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The Novels We’re Reading in May
From the Gulf as a modern Wild West to sisterhood in Singapore.
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Reviewed @jemmawei.bsky.social's glorious debut novel, The Original Daughter, in @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/02/i...
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The Novels We’re Reading in May
From the Gulf as a modern Wild West to sisterhood in Singapore.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Today in @ccosborn.bsky.social's Latin America Brief: Milei's moves to partially float the peso against the dollar are going... surprisingly well so far?
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Milei’s Moment of Truth
Argentina’s economic overhaul passed a key test—and earned support from Trump.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 17/04/2025
For @foreignpolicy.com, I put together a primer on Pierre Poilievre: The man who was supposed to bring conservatism back to Canada — and how Trump may have screwed it up. foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/17/p...
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Can a Conservative Win Back Canada?
Pierre Poilievre’s path to power looked assured—until Donald Trump returned.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Since 2018, incumbents have lost almost all democratic elections in Latin America. Oliver Stuenkel and Margot Treadwell explain how Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa avoided this fate in Sunday's vote.
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How Noboa Avoided the Incumbency Trap
Latin American voters tend to reject ruling parties and politicians. What did Ecuador’s president do differently?
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Not to be overlooked in the deluge of news we face every day: Kurdish groups in Syria and Turkey have made major inroads toward political integration in recent months, Mashuq Kurt and Bilal Ata Aktas write.
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Are the Kurds at a Political Turning Point?
Recent thaws in Turkey and Syria show that Kurds are no longer an isolated force.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It's been one month since Trump set out to demolish the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Foreign journalists who worked for U.S.-funded outlets could find themselves persecuted as a result, @liamjscott.bsky.social writes.
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Trump’s Media Crackdown Endangers Reporters Worldwide
Foreign journalists who worked for U.S.-funded outlets could face persecution.
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Chloe Hadavas @hadavas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A snapshot of the April releases I've rounded up in @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/i...
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Lovers of romcoms AND foreign policy: Meet "Liquid." In her debut novel, Mariam Rahmani offers both flitty summer romance and critiques of U.S. sanctions on Iran. My review is in FP's April fiction column!
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The Novels We’re Reading in April
Two head-spinning rides through a globalized world.
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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Lat Am Brief is about how officials in the region are responding to Wednesday’s round of U.S. tariffs—which some expected would be more severe. Plus, what Gabriel Boric and Narendra Modi agreed on during Boric's visit to India.  foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/03/w...
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What Trump’s Latest Tariffs Mean for Latin America
The region has avoided the worst-case scenario so far, but reciprocal duties will still hurt.
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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
About time for German media outlets to get to the bottom of this story. theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
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Allison Meakem @ameakem.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
As Canada faces unprecedented territorial and economic threats from the United States, it might find support in its ties to the British monarchy, @johnwlast.bsky.social writes.
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Can the Commonwealth Save Canada?
The monarchy came to Ottawa’s defense when it faced previous U.S. threats.
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