The Israel-Hamas Conflict: Must-Read Articles of 2023
Hamas killed about 1,200 people in an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, which had widespread implications. Israel retaliated with a deadly military response in the Gaza Strip, resulting in…
Indian Foreign Minister’s High-profile Trip to Moscow Highlights Diplomatic Relations
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s trip to Russia, Israel’s expansion of its ground campaign in central Gaza, and deadly storms…
Geopolitical Rivalry Resurfaces in Africa in 2023
Africa is no stranger to geopolitical competition. From the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 to the Cold War, external powers have long sought to colonize, carve up, and exploit the continent.…
Ukraine’s Military Targeting Russian Warship Escalates Tensions: Foreign Policy Analysis
The image shows a warship that was damaged by Ukrainian attacks, leading to casualties, and ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. In France, there is a controversy over replacing the…
Beijing in 2024: Anticipated Scenarios in China
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief, and happy holidays. The 2020s so far feel like China’s lost decade: The economy is slowing down, and young people are disillusioned and jobless.…
The UN’s Total Failure in Lebanon
Hamas’s attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7 may have forever changed its relationship with its northern neighbor. About 80,000 Israelis from northern Israel have fled their homes since the…
Unveiling the Top Foreign-Policy Book Reviews of 2023
In 2023, Foreign Policy continued to expand the scope of our Books section. We published essays on a wide variety of new titles—novels, histories, and of course, classic foreign-policy releases—that…
The Impact of AI Competition on Foreign Policy
Just to gauge 2023 AI’s ongoing capabilities, contradictions, and chaos, look to OpenAI, the technology’s most high-profile champion. OpenAI set the tone for 2023 in November 2022 by launching ChatGPT,…
Unwrapping the Economics of Christmas: A Beginner’s Guide
Approximately 525 million children around the world will be celebrating Christmas—and most will be expecting presents under their Christmas tree courtesy of Santa Claus. Santa, of course, is the mythic…
A Notable Moment in History: The Christmas Truce
The war was not over by Christmas, going back to August 1914, when Britain, France, and Germany went to war. By December, with no end to the war in sight,…