List of Leaders articles
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An illustration shows a wall made up of stacked shipping containers with a line of immigrants peering up at it from below. Isolationism Won’t Make Anyone Great Again
The world will come together once it realizes fragmentation makes everyone poorer.
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An illustration shows Joe Biden at a lecturn on a bridge spanning a chasm with two heads of Donald Trump in profile forming the base of the bridge. Why Biden’s Foreign Policy Fell Short
The White House never met its own grandiose standards.
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A woman sits at a massive industrial textile machine, wearing a face mask, gloves, and an apron. She is surrounded by a floor of dozens of other similar machines. Tariffs Are a Scalpel, Not a Hammer
Trump can make his favorite trade tool work—if he picks the right targets.
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Two activists have tape over their mouths with the words "Pay Up!" on them. Behind them on the wall is a sign that reads "In solidarity for a Green World." Trump Is Quitting the Paris Agreement. Poor Countries Should, Too.
Decades of hypocritical climate policies have failed the global south.
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Trump reads from his notes as he speaks. Trump’s Most Essential History Lesson
What Europe’s 1990s wars can teach the next U.S. president about Ukraine.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping takes part in a joint media appearance with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris on May 6, 2024. Xi Jinping’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year
The irony of his leadership is that a seemingly transformational figure cannot embrace change.
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U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. What to Expect From Geopolitics in 2025
Fareed Zakaria plays the annual predictions game on FP Live.
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A silhouette of Donald Trump speaking into a microphone. From Musk to Gaza: Issues We’re Watching in 2025
Foreign Policy’s columnists share what’s on their radar this year.
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Houthi troops holding weapons stand in front of buildings during an anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 19. The Middle East’s Next Aftershocks
The Trump administration will find it hard to disengage from a region still being reshaped by the effects of Oct. 7.
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Donald Trump holds a baseball bat while participating in a Made in America event with companies from 50 states featuring their products in the Blue Room of the White House July 17, 2017 in Washington. Trump Can’t Bully the Entire World
Loudly making threats doesn’t amount to a foreign policy.
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Kamala Harris is silhouetted against a cloudy sky at sunset as she walks up the steps of a plane. How Foreign Policy Shaped the 2024 U.S. Election
What does Trump’s victory show about how Americans view their place in the world?
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tours an East Jerusalem neighborhood in 2010. Jimmy Carter Was a Foreign-Policy Visionary
The 39th U.S. president is often remembered for a failed rescue mission in the Iranian desert, but his legacy is much larger than that.
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An illustrated headshot of Adam Tooze wearing headphones with inset images of Beyonce, Simone Biles, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and a man with a hand on his head. 5 Times Tooze in 2024
The year’s best episodes of FP’s economics podcast.
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A shadow of Donald Trump is seen on the side of an airplane. What 2024 Meant for U.S. Foreign Policy
The American people had a big decision to make this year, but was there ultimately more continuity than change in their choice?
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An illustration shows a drawn portrait of S. Jaishankar's head and shoulders atop a patterned carpet. Behind him standing stairs is a full length image of Narendra Modi. At left Is Xi Jinping and at right is Joe Biden. A temple and cloudy sky is behind Jaishankar's head. The scene is framed by Indian symbols. The term "Bharat" is written in Hindi above his head. 2024’s Best Profiles
The personalities who shaped politics this year.
