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Chinese President Xi Jinping left Washington without much to show for his White House summit. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/c...
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Was Xi’s U.S. Visit a Bust?
In the U.S.-China relationship at present, nothing might be better than something.
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Wars in the Middle East have forced Egypt to maneuver between competing and contradictory demands. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/e...
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Is Egypt’s Diplomacy Clever or Clumsy?
Regional wars have required Cairo to maneuver between competing demands.
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It’s only a matter of time before the Kremlin is forced to realize that underwriting fragile military dictatorships is an unsustainable strategy, writes Taiwo Hassan. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Russia’s Sahel Intervention Is Riskier Than It Looks
No one—not least in postcolonial West Africa—loves an army of occupation.
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Most Russians know that the outcome is predetermined. But in a dictatorship, even a rigged election has meaning, writes Alexander Baunov. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/r...
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The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election
Even rigged elections used to be an outlet for discontent. That avenue is now closed.
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The Fertile Crescent’s last great expanse of farmland is a key node in a newly vital route for oil otherwise blocked by the wars in Ukraine and Iran. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Turkey Is Turning Its Breadbasket Into an Oil Hub
As wars disrupt traditional export routes, Ankara is moving quickly to capitalize—at the expense of the last standing heartland of the Fertile Crescent.
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World Brief: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveils new housing reforms, U.S. forces prepare to withdraw from Iraq, and a White House trade ban on Canadian goods takes effect. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Spain’s Housing Reform
Mass protests over an 87-year-old’s eviction prompt new proposed legislation.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 20h
Year-on-year, the U.S. trade deficit in goods has gotten bigger, not smaller, despite Trump’s tariffs. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Likely to Fail in Court (Again)
Despite having a better legal foundation than past attempts, these duties may also be struck down.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 22h
With a diesel export ban, Washington would push its own allies toward Beijing, giving China greater leverage over their energy security. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Don’t Ban Diesel Exports
Trump’s proposed solution to rising diesel prices would backfire economically and geopolitically.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
The longer the war continues, the more damage Ukraine will suffer and the worse its long-term prospects will be. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/w...
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Why Nobody Can End the War in Ukraine
It’s in everyone’s interest to stop the fighting. That’s still not enough.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Compared to Xi, Trump looks like a rank amateur: an incurious and ill-informed improviser who is guided by his own gut and whims, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/x...
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What Xi Actually Thinks of Trump
China’s president has likely concluded that the U.S. under Trump has lost its way.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Following Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly, there has been a surge in demand for Slovenia’s “.si” web domain. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/t...
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How Trump Is Sparking a Slovenian Website Boom
The president’s call to rebrand AI as “super intelligence” has led to a surge of interest in Slovenia’s “.si” web domain.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Brazil’s October presidential election offers sharply different visions of the country’s place in the world. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/b...
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Brazil Has No Answers for Its China Problem
The country’s troubling relationship to China is at the center of its presidential campaign.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Francis Fukuyama’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/t...
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The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era
The famous thinker’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
World Brief: The United States and China agree to slash tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods, British police investigate a failed terrorist attack, and Spain’s housing crisis sparks growing protests. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/u...
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The U.S. and China Agree to Slash Tariffs
The cuts are on $60 billion worth of goods—but, crucially, soybeans aren’t included.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 29/09/2026
Understanding Trump’s Greater North America on fascist terms suggests the worst is yet to come. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/t...
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Trump’s ‘Greater North America’ Is Fascist Geopolitics
The administration’s hemispheric vision has dangerous roots and dangerous implications.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/09/2026
Once celebrated as the embodiment of entrepreneurship, Rockefeller came to symbolize the Gilded Age excesses of monopolistic centralization, grotesque wealth, and political corruption. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/28/j...
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John D. Rockefeller Is a Cautionary Tale for Today’s Business Titans
The oil tycoon was celebrated as a pioneer before the public turned on him.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/09/2026
Russian language and literature has for generations been shaped by the sense of unreality that characterizes life under an oppressive state. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/r...
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6 Russian Words for a Country Sliding Into Authoritarianism
How ordinary people describe power, repression, absurdity, and life under Putin.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/09/2026
Despite being widely interpreted as a triumphalist document, Fukuyama reminds readers in a new memoir that the original “end of history” essay closed on a pessimistic note. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/t...
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The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era
The famous thinker’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/09/2026
Gulf states still depend on the United States for protection from Iran. But that protection has simultaneously increased the risk of Iranian attacks. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/g...
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Gulf States Are Hedging and Suffering
Neither appealing to Washington nor diversifying security partners nor back-channeling with Tehran is insulating the region from the consequences of war.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 28/09/2026
‘Furious’ looks at every angle of being a victim and perpetrator, of gendered and state violence, and how many lines have to be blurred before anything resembling justice is found. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/f...
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‘Furious’ Is an Angry Show for the World of Epstein and Trump
A tumultuous TV thriller delves into damage and revenge.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 27/09/2026
Trump’s transactional diplomacy has led him to sideline nonproliferation. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/s...
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The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Carries Proliferation Risks
Congress should add extra safeguards to prevent Riyadh from obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 27/09/2026
Bolsonaristas cast Michelle Bolsonaro as an ideal: devoted to her husband; guided by God; and, in her own words, “feminine, not feminist.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/b...
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The Woman Remaking Brazil’s Far Right
Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is playing a key role in her stepson’s presidential campaign.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 27/09/2026
This October, as Israelis cast their ballots, Ra’am—the most conservative Arab party in Israel— might once again prove instrumental. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/a...
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What Arab Israelis Really Think About Israel’s Election
Ethnic Arabs could decide Israel's coming election—and its democratic future.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 27/09/2026
Frontier AI labs are calling for government oversight. But is there an ulterior motive? foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/a...
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Can AI Be Regulated?
Frontier AI labs are calling for government oversight.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
Migrants cross the English Channel in such poor vessels that they risk drowning. In recent weeks, that has caused far-right populists to protest against their rescuers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/r...
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The Law of the Sea Is in Trouble
The far right wants to abandon stranded seafarers.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
The Saudis believed that a corrupt U.S. government was in their interest, writes Nicholas Grossman. But in reality, bribable usually means selfish and weak. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/i...
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Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People
Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
Europeans have a strict institutional separation of powers—and they shouldn’t apologize for it. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/e...
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Thank Goodness Europe Doesn’t Have a Phone Number
U.S. policymakers like complaining about one of the sources of the European Union’s strength.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
Chinese interference in the U.S. must cease, whether it is infiltration of university campuses, influence on religious bodies, or intimidation of exiled diaspora communities and Chinese Communist Party critics, writes Benedict Rogers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/t...
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China’s Human Rights Crisis Hasn’t Disappeared
Trump should raise the fates of imprisoned dissidents with Xi.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
The German chancellor’s power is ebbing at home—and the consequences will be global. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/g...
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Germany Is Officially Adrift
The German chancellor’s power is ebbing at home—and the consequences will be global.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
“We gave up our attention. We gave up our intimacy. Now what’s being hacked is agency itself,” says Maria Ressa. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/m...
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Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back.
A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 26/09/2026
When Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez took the podium at the U.N. General Assembly, she pledged that elections would occur in the country—but at an unspecified “right moment.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/v...
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Venezuela’s Acting Leader Makes Her U.N. Debut
Delcy Rodríguez played stateswoman in New York—but gave no timeline for elections.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
The next AI incident will likely come without warning. Governments shouldn’t be guessing about who’s responsible. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/a...
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The World Needs to Know When AI Goes Wrong
Global reporting standards are a key step toward safety.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
Somaliland’s quest to be recognized by the world has started to pick up some steam, thanks in large part to the country’s strategic location just south of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, writes Joshua Keating. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/s...
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The Iran War Might Be Somaliland’s Chance for Recognition
The unrecognized republic is pitching itself as a strategic ally for Washington.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
The U.N. is warning of a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Djibouti, as more than 3,000 Yemeni refugees have fled to the country following offensives by Houthi rebels along the Red Sea. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/w...
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What to Know About Djibouti’s Refugee Crisis
The widening Houthi campaign along the Red Sea is further destabilizing the region.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
Malaysia’s king granted clemency for a second time to the country’s most notorious criminal—former prime minister Najib Razak—allowing him to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/m...
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Malaysia’s Top Crook Gets Leniency
Reformers who had pinned hope on Anwar to clean things up are enraged.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
The West’s mixed messages prolong the status quo and invite further escalation from Russia. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/u...
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The West Is Sending Russia the Wrong Signals
Europe’s fear of escalation is encouraging Putin.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
Jaishankar’s most urgent priority at UNGA is to seek out U.S. officials to secure assurances regarding new U.S. tariffs on countries, including India, that buy Russian oil. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/i...
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Jaishankar Leads India’s UNGA Delegation
New Delhi’s top diplomat aims to push back against new U.S. tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
As Netanyahu took the stage for his speech on Thursday, more than 100 U.N. delegates left their seats and exited the assembly hall. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Netanyahu Faces an UNGA Walkout (Again)
The Israeli prime minister defended his country’s actions in Gaza and Iran—and lashed out at Mamdani.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 25/09/2026
World Brief: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority offer dueling narratives on the conflict, and renewed fighting in Ethiopia risks all-out war. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Trump and Xi Talked a Lot but Accomplished Little
The White House summit concluded with much fanfare but few breakthroughs.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
“We’re in the business of removing poverty,” said Ajay Banga, the president of the World Bank. “And the best way to put a nail in the coffin of poverty is to give somebody a job.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/a...
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How to Create a Billion Jobs
World Bank President Ajay Banga explains how he’s navigating a generational challenge.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
After arguing that it is better to be feared than loved, Machiavelli points out that there is something even worse: You could end up hated or despised. Trump is well on his way to the latter, writes columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/w...
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What Machiavelli Would Say About Trump
The U.S. president offers a guide on how to be a very bad prince.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
The Trump administration’s idea to curb U.S. exports of diesel fuel is both misguided and alarming, writes FP’s energy reporter. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Trump Wants to Ban Diesel Exports. It Won’t Help.
Government interference in the world’s largest oil-producing state would be counterproductive.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
At the Trump-Xi Summit, trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/t...
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Don’t Expect Fireworks From the Trump-Xi Summit
Trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
Amid a proliferation of possible space weapons, Washington can no longer count on other countries’ restraint, writes columnist Matthew Kroenig. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/s...
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Washington Should Embrace Space Warfare
Space is already becoming militarized. The U.S. shouldn’t let adversaries take the lead.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
Frustrated Indigenous leaders in Canada are looking beyond Ottawa for growth and investment opportunities—including to Washington and Beijing. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/c...
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Will Inuit in Canada Turn to China?
Amid strained ties with Ottawa, some Indigenous leaders are suggesting that they may pursue new partnerships.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
Pezeshkian said in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly that Iran is ready to negotiate with Trump only in the absence of U.S. coercion. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/23/i...
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Iran’s UNGA Moment
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the U.S. government “terrorists.”
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 24/09/2026
China’s rare-earth leverage is set to loom over its trade relationship with the United States for years to come. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/c...
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Xi Comes to Washington Armed With a Rare-Earth Card
Trump still doesn’t have an answer to China’s leverage.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 23/09/2026
A foreign intelligence service will give Tokyo another way to demonstrate to Washington that it is taking its burden-sharing responsibilities seriously. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/j...
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Japan’s New CIA Could Be Takaichi’s Trump Card
After decades of reticence, Tokyo is expanding its intelligence gathering abroad.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 23/09/2026
With the announcement of new, punishing sanctions on Iran, Washington risks a rupture with one of Iran’s closest trade partners: China. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/22/o...
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Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran Risks U.S. Ties With China
The sanctions could trigger a trade war between Washington and Beijing.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 23/09/2026
Much of what Trump’s Greenland deal accomplishes could have been achieved through diplomacy, without the threats of coercive action, writes Imran Bayoumi. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/21/g...
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Trump’s Greenland Deal Is a Pyrrhic Victory at Best
Washington can still repair some of the damage done.
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