Foreign Policy
July 2026
France’s Wildfires Are Swallowing Its Politics
Spain Records Unprecedented Migrant Crossing
Migrants cross back to Morocco after they crossed the border to try to enter Spain
This crisis in Ceuta has nothing to do with the regularization of migrants adopted by the Government of Spain, as is being falsely claimed by some,
It’s a situation of absolute humanitarian and social emergency,
The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,
This agreement is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely with the Board of Peace to help the Palestinian people,
Solidarity and empathy are optional. Respect for European treaties and the facts is not.”
It is a bad deal for FIFA’s Member Associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game,
The World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product,
The Dreams of ‘Star Trek’ Aren’t Dead
The four-person crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission broke the record set by Apollo 13, back in 1970, traveling more than 406,000 kilometers from Earth
No words to describe it. … They should have sent a poet.”
What in the World?
The Dishonesty Inside Trump’s New Tariff Plan
Federal agencies are being ordered to attest to a falsehood so the tariffs can survive
Is the U.S.-Iran War Expanding?
The real challenge in confronting the militia activity is that the most hard-line militias within Iraq are the most responsive to the Iranian regime,
The world’s leading AI companies believe they could be close to automating AI research,
We shouldn’t be surprised,
So, it’s really good that we are introducing a bipartisan piece of legislation that basically says: America is going to remain a Pacific nation, we’re going to remain a leader in the region,
NATO Says Russian Missile Violated Polish Airspace
We were ready to shoot down this missile if it continued its flight,
Negotiations between parties are ongoing, particularly on [the] Strait of Hormuz and to de-escalate,
We have difficult days ahead of us,
He is truly sorry for having caused all this trouble,
All partners know how and with what they can help,
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 first-ever selfie video to Instagram
The Delhi Police have this argument that they are doing it for public safety, to make sure that people with criminal backgrounds who have entered these peaceful protests don’t end up creating a ruckus,
The BJP built the most formidable political propaganda machine in Indian history,
What I think is more important, actually, is less the fact that this took place and more about what the government will do next,
The earlier movements were physical movements that used social media as an amplifier,
Delhi Police is frantically issuing takedown notices … to scrub social media of posts criticizing the Prime Minister during the recent protests,
At least hire GenZ to write the [propaganda] meant for them?”
But in my opinion, if you are constantly monitoring and surveilling peaceful protesters who are well within their right to peacefully protest, I don’t think there is any legality there,
These were kids who were fighting for their future,
While we’re seeing this very active political and judicial conversation around what legal standards apply to the use of deadly force or the use of riot guns and pellet guns by the Delhi Police, we need similar questions to be asked about what sort of surveillance capabilities are being deployed by the Delhi Police and other agencies as well,
Social media made the protest feel like a conversation, not a lecture,
Lindsey Graham’s Parting Gift to Ukraine
Lindsey Graham’s legislation mandating sweeping sanctions on Russia is one big step closer to becoming law
Russian banks and energy companies would not likely face any immediate consequences”
Most Russia sanctions currently are not codified in law, so what this bill would do is name specific banks and companies that would have to be sanctioned. For future administrations, that would be difficult to undo,
Adding tariffs into this equation has not been something that’s been highly effective,
Why Energy Prices Didn’t Soar Higher This Year
Trump Has Weakened America’s Sanctions Weapon
The OpenAI Hack Shows the Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Earlier this month, two of OpenAI’s models broke out of their containment sandbox and attacked another AI company
Yes, Europe Is a Middle Power, Too
The panel backgrounds alternate with urban skylines, a military jet in flight, and a cargo ship at sea
Anti-Government Protests Resurge in North Africa
A crowd of people is shown shouting and holding up Tunisian flags
The outage underway this summer demonstrates that concentrated executive rule has not, and structurally cannot, fix Tunisia’s basic services,
The American side expressed its concerns about the functioning of this institution and called on Chad to review its accession to the Rome Statute,
They poured water over us and hit us on the buttocks with cords. They hit the soles of our feet and asked us, ‘Are you going to go out and demonstrate again?’
The people want justice that punishes those who squander the people’s money,”... Electricity—where have the billions gone?”
This is the fourth summer they have been in jail. This is the fourth summer like this,
U.S.-Saudi Strikes Add a New Front to the Iran War
Mourners carry two coffins draped in the Iraqi flag through a crowd
The kingdom emphasizes that it does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression it faces,
The next 12 hours are going to be very important—decisive,
The Kingdom emphasizes that it does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression it faces,
How to End the Iran War
As Washington and Tehran trade messages in search of yet another cease-fire, the Trump administration must revisit the faulty assumptions that got it stuck in a costly war in the first place
Does Modi Have a Cockroach Problem?
India’s youth-led protest movement led to a rare instance of the government giving in
A Better Path
In this episode, Inbar Bobrovsky, the CEO of U.K.-based charity Technology Strategy Roleplay, explains why AI-future simulations can help policymakers and industry leaders make decisions about AI development that could lead to better outcomes for humanity
The Wildberries Theory of Russian Defeat
The past week has seen at least a dozen attacks on the warehouses of Wildberries, an e-commerce retailer often described as the Russian Amazon
An ASEAN Summit Consumed by Middle East Worries
China’s dangerous and aggressive actions.”
Scandal Exposes Limits of China’s Scientific Rise
The death of a child during an experimental gene-editing trial renews questions about biotech ethics and ambitions
Trump’s Diplomatic Doubleheader
I will do everything I can to support the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in this very important moment,
We have already been informed that people have been injured,
The excellent chemistry between the leaders was evident,
This way, you can’t complain that we’re not giving them enough,
Compromised Candidates
To be appointed, a candidate must receive at least nine votes from the 15-member U.N. Security Council while also avoiding a veto from any of its five permanent members
What a Powerful El Niño Means for the World
Governments are bracing for the fallout of the intense weather phenomenon
If all these countries around the world are dealing with higher energy costs and higher demands for military spending, that’s just reducing the available fiscal space for responding to the challenges that will inevitably come from these kinds of shocks,
When these shocks happen, countries take two steps back,
A stronger El Niño increases your likelihood of having a certain outcome—it doesn’t make it a certainty,
If the intensity of El Niño winds up of similar magnitude to the last Super El Niño in 1997–98, the contemporaneous economic losses will be on the order of $686 billion,
In southern Africa, the El Niño event in 2015 impacted food security at its most severe peak in 2016 and 2017, but has left many communities struggling to recover since then,
Why Putin Will Escalate
But behind the new architecture sat a familiar assumption, unchanged after four years of war: that enough conventional pressure on the battlefield will eventually force Russian President Vladimir Putin toward a negotiated off-ramp