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@foreignpolicy.comIran has every incentive to reconstitute its missile and drone arsenal, learn from this war, and continue its bid for regional dominance, write Stacie Pettyjohn and Philip Sheers. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/06/i...
@foreignpolicy.comThis month, FP’s editors are reading two tales of artistic daring set in epochal moments, from Napoleonic France to Weimar-era Germany. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/i...
@foreignpolicy.comAs a campaign of Russian sabotage sweeps across Europe, Estonia is seeing a shift in Moscow’s targets. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/r...
@foreignpolicy.comArnold Toynbee predicted China might “inherit the Third World” by becoming its primary model for development. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/c...
@foreignpolicy.comIt is hard to see how the U.S. can “win” any AI race by forcing governments around the world to choose between the two leading powers, write Kenton Thibaut and Kat Duffy. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/07/c...
@foreignpolicy.comThe U.S. and Israel bet that external pressure will ignite an internal explosion in Iran. Yet the war has also produced the opposite effect, writes Ali Hashem. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/n...
@foreignpolicy.comAcross the Gulf, the war in Iran has destabilized fragile Sunni-Shiite ties. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/i...
@foreignpolicy.comRussia and China have built a formidable partnership while the United States and its allies passively looked on. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/r...
@foreignpolicy.comWorld Brief: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to human rights judge Navi Pillay, student-led protests in France secure their first victory, and Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of an “all-out invasion.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/n...
@foreignpolicy.comIn a move that follows other efforts to gain greater self-sufficiency on the global stage, the African Union launched its new credit rating agency on Oct. 7. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/a...
@foreignpolicy.comNo presidential candidate since Brazil’s redemocratization in the 1980s has won a runoff election after losing in the first round, writes Catherine Osborn. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/b...
@foreignpolicy.comThe Mecca pact has drawn Pakistan and Turkey into the Saudi-Houthi conflict. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/m...
@foreignpolicy.comAllied democracies can offer data center sites, predictable governance, and existing security relationships. In exchange, they can seek guaranteed access to U.S. frontier models. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/l...
@foreignpolicy.comFrance faces a genuine historical dilemma for which neither its political traditions nor its institutions have found an answer, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social.
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@foreignpolicy.comWorld Brief: Yemen’s Houthis ramp up strikes on Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom agrees to scale back its consulate in East Jerusalem, and the European Union kicks off trade talks with China. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/h...
@foreignpolicy.comBeijing and Moscow have united to oppose American primacy and replace it with a “post-West” order. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/08/r...
@foreignpolicy.comCountries want to avoid dependency on any one nation’s technology stack. China’s collaborative approach may prove to be the winning strategy. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/07/c...
@foreignpolicy.comDespite the obstacles, foreign governments and U.S. lawmakers can begin the process of holding the president accountable. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/07/t...
@foreignpolicy.comIn seven months, Iran has validated the utility of its drone and missile arsenal, successfully driven a wedge between Israel and its Arab neighbors, and degraded U.S. forces. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/06/i...
@foreignpolicy.comThousands of protesters are marching toward Islamabad, putting pressure on the government to free former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been imprisoned for more than three years. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/07/p...
