Foreign Policy

Germany’s First Genocide Appeared a Lot Like China’s

Between 1904 and 1908, imperial Germany all but destroyed the Herero and Nama people in their South West African colony.…

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Josephine Baker: First American to Enter France’s Panthéon

As dusk falls in the French capital on Nov. 30, traffic will stand still on the Left Bank of Paris…

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Peng Shuai and the CCP’s Clumsy Propaganda Effort

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Authorities scramble to cover up Peng Shuai’s #MeToo accusations, the public prepares…

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What’s Happening With China’s Lacking Tennis Star?

The disappearance of one of China’s top tennis players has brought the sport into a geopolitical firestorm. Peng Shuai, formerly…

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What to Count on From the Biden-Xi Digital Summit

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in a virtual summit on Monday evening, the…

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Kais Saied’s Unholy Marriage of Comfort With Tunisia’s Police

TUNIS, Tunisia—In January, hundreds of young Tunisians in working-class neighborhoods across the country took to the streets in anger at…

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The Small Pacifist Social gathering That Might Form Japan’s Future

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returned to work this week with a new mandate after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)…

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Tanzanians Are Very Pleased with the Nobel Winner We Haven’t Learn

On the evening of Oct. 7, I was minding my own business at home in a suburb of Dar es…

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It’s Time to Formalize an Alliance With India

In February, U.S. President Joe Biden declared, “diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy” and “we will…

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Property Disaster Underpins China’s Financial Slowdown

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China’s economic slowdown reflects its brewing real estate crisis, Beijing tests an…

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