As vote-buying corrupts the country’s politics, the West African nation could learn from Taipei’s effective crackdown on the practice.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/24/ghana-taiwan-vote-buying-elections-corruption/
Lawmakers are calling for direct measures against the group’s leader, Hemeti.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/24/biden-sudan-hemeti-dagalo-rsf-sanctions-uae/
But the fact it took so long to pass has some worried about future support.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/senate-pass-foreign-aid-bill-ukraine-israel-gaza-taiwan-gop/
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said flights will begin in 10 to 12 weeks no matter what foreign courts say.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/uk-rwanda-bill-immigration-deportation-refugees/
Even if Congress passes the aid package, most of the artillery Ukraine needs won’t get to the front until next year.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/ukraine-war-artillery-shortage-production-military-aid-bill/
New reporting implicates Beijing and anti-doping officials in covering up Chinese Olympic swimmers’ positive tests in 2021.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/china-olympic-swimming-doping-scandal-sports/
A recent ruling on campaign finance reflected a judicial independence that will be key to checking Modi’s power if he wins a third term.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/india-election-judicial-autonomy-electoral-bonds-modi/
The Department of Energy’s “temporary pause” opens the door.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/united-states-ban-lng-sales-china/
A new book lays claim to interpreting the former president’s global legacy—and has a plan for what a second term could accomplish.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/kroenig-trump-foreign-policy/
New measures to punish Iran, Venezuela, and Russia could raise crude prices and hurt Biden in an election year.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/congress-oil-sanctions-iran-venezuela-biden/
The world must come together to address the full life cycle of this ubiquitous material.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/plastic-recycling-treaty-pfas-unea/
Historical falsification, youth indoctrination, and the plunder of artifacts reveal the Kremlin’s true objectives.
Beijing’s bullying tactics have pushed Wellington into Washington’s welcoming arms.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/new-zealand-us-china-alliances-nato-aukus/
The potential move has sparked alarm among top Israeli officials.
His latest trip confirms that Germany’s China policy is made in corporate boardrooms.
Both Greenpeace and NATO are working against off-book oil tankers.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/russia-shadow-fleet-nato-greenpeace-oil-spills/
Israel-Iran tensions should not distract us from the suffering of Palestinians.
As long as the two countries remain engaged in conflict, they will trade blows—no matter what their allies counsel.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/israel-iran-attack-war-retaliation-escalation/
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
A new book shows what human prehistory has mistakenly taught us—and misunderstands what it still can.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/21/the-real-meaning-of-humanitys-origin-story/
Cyberspace has upended the old world order.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/20/internet-power-us-china-eu-farrell-newman-bradford-book-review/
What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats.
G-7 foreign ministers, Arab nations, and other major powers condemn further escalation in the Middle East.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/19/israel-strikes-iran-isfahan-explosions-world-reaction/
Test yourself on the week of April 13: Iran and Israel spar, Niger erupts in protest, and Trump goes to court.
How to think about an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/19/iran-israel-domestic-politics-shadow-war/