Foreign Policy in Focus

Foreign Policy in Focus is a “Think Tank Without Walls” connecting the research and action of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner. It is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. FPIF publishes timely commentaries on U.S. foreign policy, sharp analyses of global issues, and on-the-ground dispatches from around the world. We also are interested in pieces that explore the intersection of foreign policy and culture, and on dispatches from social movements involved in foreign policy.

European Union

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The cleavage threatens the post-conflict architecture, compromise the humanitarian response, and cast a shadow over Western coherence

Climate Crisis

A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

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China has driven an unprecedented solar surge — adding more capacity in 2024 alone than the rest of the world combined

Iraq War

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

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There are continuities and discontinuities in the spectacle of American power

Donald Trump

Trump Shifts to Monarchy Promotion in Middle East

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Forget about democracy promotion. The Trump administration is advocating for monarchy

China

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

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In October, China unveiled updated climate targets for 2035, a 7-10 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Israel/ Palestine

The State of Palestine Must Exist: An Interview With Gershon Baskin

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Israel will never be secure if Palestine isn’t free. Palestine will never be free if Israel isn’t secure.

Israel/ Palestine

Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

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Trump’s peace plan includes a promise not to expel any Palestinians from Gaza. Can’t that promise be kept? By David Vine | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Amid some extremely cautious optimism for peace following a tenuous and incomplete ceasefire in Gaza, any hope for Gaza’s future depends significantly on a little-noticed point […]

Arab League

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

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The United States must move beyond rhetoric about Hamas’s “bad faith” and offer incentives—such as aid packages or sanctions relief—to bolster moderate Palestinian voices. By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – In Gaza, where hunger gnaws at children and rubble buries hope, the Arab League issued a rare, unified declaration in […]

Israel/ Palestine

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

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By Seth Cantey | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Israel’s global standing has deteriorated throughout the war in Gaza, but in recent weeks the decline has been precipitous. The prohibition on foreign journalists entering the strip hasn’t prevented images of starvation from flooding social media. Doctors’ reports of civilians being used as target […]