World Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com the Global Magazine of News and Ideas Tue, 19 May 2026 19:44:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-favicon-512_2017.png?w=32 World Brief – Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 32 32 162972146 https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/static/images/logo_header.png Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com 134 109 What Does Putin Want From Xi? https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/19/putin-xi-jinping-china-talks-oil-gas-russia-ukraine-war-trump/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/19/putin-xi-jinping-china-talks-oil-gas-russia-ukraine-war-trump/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 19:44:16 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229620 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/19/putin-xi-jinping-china-talks-oil-gas-russia-ukraine-war-trump/feed/ 0 1229620 G-7 Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Fallout of Iran War https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18/g7-finance-ministers-iran-war-oil-prices-bond-markets-tariffs-trump-us/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18/g7-finance-ministers-iran-war-oil-prices-bond-markets-tariffs-trump-us/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 20:42:49 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229504 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/18/g7-finance-ministers-iran-war-oil-prices-bond-markets-tariffs-trump-us/feed/ 0 1229504 CIA Director Ratcliffe’s Trip to Havana https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/cuba-ratcliffe-cia-regime-change-us-blockade-oil-fuel-blackouts-china-russia/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/cuba-ratcliffe-cia-regime-change-us-blockade-oil-fuel-blackouts-china-russia/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 20:02:14 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229431 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/cuba-ratcliffe-cia-regime-change-us-blockade-oil-fuel-blackouts-china-russia/feed/ 0 1229431 Day 1 of Beijing Summit Produces No Big Wins for Trump https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/14/trump-xi-jinping-china-summit-taiwan-iran-trade-beef/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/14/trump-xi-jinping-china-summit-taiwan-iran-trade-beef/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 20:33:46 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229264 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/14/trump-xi-jinping-china-summit-taiwan-iran-trade-beef/feed/ 0 1229264 Trump Has One Major Focus While in China: Trade https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/13/trump-china-xi-jinping-summit-trade-rare-earths-artificial-intelligence/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/13/trump-china-xi-jinping-summit-trade-rare-earths-artificial-intelligence/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 20:43:53 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1229188 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/13/trump-china-xi-jinping-summit-trade-rare-earths-artificial-intelligence/feed/ 0 1229188 How Long Can Keir Starmer Hang On? 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https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/21/united-nations-secretary-general-guterres-grossi-bachelet-grynspan-sall/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/21/united-nations-secretary-general-guterres-grossi-bachelet-grynspan-sall/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:32:03 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1227216 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/21/united-nations-secretary-general-guterres-grossi-bachelet-grynspan-sall/feed/ 0 1227216 How Likely Are U.S.-Iran Peace Talks in Islamabad? https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/20/us-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-strait-hormuz-seizure-vance-trump/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/20/us-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-strait-hormuz-seizure-vance-trump/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:00:42 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1227119 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/20/us-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-strait-hormuz-seizure-vance-trump/feed/ 0 1227119 Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open’ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/17/strait-hormuz-completely-open-iran-trump-us-blockade-oil/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/17/strait-hormuz-completely-open-iran-trump-us-blockade-oil/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:08:57 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1227030 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/17/strait-hormuz-completely-open-iran-trump-us-blockade-oil/feed/ 0 1227030 Pope Leo Blasts ‘Tyrants’ in Thinly Veiled Critique of Trump https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/pope-leo-tyrants-iran-war-us-trump-christian-nationalism-vance-hegseth/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/pope-leo-tyrants-iran-war-us-trump-christian-nationalism-vance-hegseth/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:28:38 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1226888 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/pope-leo-tyrants-iran-war-us-trump-christian-nationalism-vance-hegseth/feed/ 0 1226888 Magyar’s Big Plans for Budapest https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/15/hungary-peter-magyar-tisza-fidesz-orban-election-sulyok-resign-reforms-russia/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/15/hungary-peter-magyar-tisza-fidesz-orban-election-sulyok-resign-reforms-russia/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:23:40 +0000 https://foreignpolicy.com/?p=1226819 https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/15/hungary-peter-magyar-tisza-fidesz-orban-election-sulyok-resign-reforms-russia/feed/ 0 1226819