Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016
As the pillars of societies faltered, these individuals bore the weight of progress on their own shoulders.
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Twenty-five years ago this week, the Soviet Union lost the Cold War. And 25 years later, Russia renegotiated the terms of surrender.
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The architect of Washington’s Cold War strategy offers President-elect Trump the best guide for managing Moscow.
View ArticleThe Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing
And 5 other unlearned lessons from leading experts about modern Russia and the death of an empire.
View ArticleThe Russian Question
Moscow may no longer be a superpower, but its revanchist politics are unsettling the international order. How should Donald Trump deal with Vladimir Putin?
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Xi Jinping sees the Soviet Union as a cautionary tale. But Beijing is learning all the wrong lessons.
View ArticleThe U.S.-China 50
Meet the people powering the world's most complex and consequential relationship.
View ArticleEurope Slams Its Gates: Imperiling Africa – And Its Own Soul
An unprecedented wave of African migration is warping Europe’s politics and threatening its stability. Can the Continent respond without destroying its values and wreaking havoc in Africa? FP’s special...
View ArticleMali’s Migrant Crackdown
Europe has been helping fight the country’s jihadis for years. Now it’s turning its sights on human smugglers.
View ArticleHighway Through Hell
The human-smuggling route across the Sahara may have been the deadliest on Earth. Then the EU paid Niger’s army to shut it down — and made it even more treacherous.
View ArticleThe Deported
Europe is expelling thousands of Africans. To one Malian deportee, that looks like a recipe for revolution.
View ArticleMy Smuggler, My Savior
They’re migrants’ only chance of making it safely across the Sahara. They’re also outlaws engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse with Niger’s military.
View ArticleAll for Nothing
Migrants who fail to reach Europe face humiliation, isolation, and impoverishment at home.
View ArticleThe Savior’s Dilemma
Are naval search-and-rescue operations saving migrants’ lives — or just encouraging them to take greater risks?
View ArticleNearly There, but Never Further Away
Europe has outsourced the dirty work of border control to Libyan militias. In doing so, it has turned African migrants into commodities to be captured, sold, and traded like slaves.
View ArticleThe Dam Will Hold. Until It Doesn’t.
Europe has managed to slow the flow of migrants, at least for now — but is undermining its most-cherished values in the process.
View ArticleForeign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016
As the pillars of societies faltered, these individuals bore the weight of progress on their own shoulders.
View ArticleThe End of the End of the Cold War
Twenty-five years ago this week, the Soviet Union lost the Cold War. And 25 years later, Russia renegotiated the terms of surrender.
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