6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1006+ words) World Brief: Rohingya Noticeably Absent From U.N. Conference Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at U.N. efforts to address the Rohingya crisis, an internet blackout in Afghanistan, and the collapse of one of Indonesia's oldest Islamic schools. World leaders and…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (555+ words) Argument: Why Trump's Speech Was So Worrying Wednesday night's address to the nation by U.S. President Donald Trump felt like an occasion to draw firm and ominous conclusions. Anxious viewers may have expected a clarifying statement of the purpose of the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (292+ words) Books: Two Takes on Modern France This month, we're reading the latest in French literature, with a pair of novels that channel old philosophical traditions into new perspectives on the country today. Violaine Huisman (Penguin Press, 240 pp., $28, April 2026) So writes…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (290+ words) Review: In Defense of the Hive Mind In the second episode of Pluribus, Apple TV+s horror/science fiction/social theory thriller about a brain virus from outer space, Carol (Rhea Seehorn) references a familiar premise. After mentioning "pod people,…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (737+ words) Quiz: What in the World? 1. As the war in Iran drives up the price of food and fuel, a Philippine government council endorsed a plan on Saturday that would impose a 30-day ceiling on the cost of which good? Manila…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (353+ words) Analysis: Why Jet Fuel Is the Real Harbinger of the Energy Crisis Just over a month into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, energy markets appear to be coping, with benchmark crude oil prices bouncing between $100 and $115 a barrel. But that…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (455+ words) Analysis: Pakistan's Peacemaking Is a Setback for India When Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently called Pakistan a dalal, or fixer, for acting as a messenger between the United States and Iran, the insult betrayed a profound sense of marginalization....

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (127+ words) Argument: Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm Behind the excess of images, morphing war aims, and proliferating justifications, there is a more hard-headed reality. The Trump administration has largely dispensed with even the formal deference to international…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1295+ words) Latin America Brief: The Energy Shock Hits Latin America Welcome back to Foreign Policy's Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Fuel inflation hits Latin America as a result of the Iran war, Peru's presidential candidates ready for elections, and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (599+ words) World Brief: U.K. Hosts Coalition Talks to Reopen Hormuz'Without the U.S. Welcome back to World Brief, where we're looking at international efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's coast, and Armenia having to choose between Russia and…...