Sponsored: On the latest episode of Everyday Ambassador, host Annelise Riles is joined by Felipe Rey Salamanca, co-founder of iDeemos, who explains how he crafts citizen assemblies to encourage greater civic participation in policymaking: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…

European governments are increasingly worried that fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids may grip the continent and plunge it into a U.S.-style crisis, Giovanni Legorano writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/eur…

The Bank of Japan announced, more quickly than many economists had predicted, that it would be ending its long-running, unconventional monetary policy experiment, William Sposato writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/25/jap…

The ideological differences between Colombia and Argentina have major consequences for the prospects of Latin American regional integration, Catherine Osborn writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/arg…

Farming is fundamental to Israel’s national identity, yet the country’s agricultural sector has been reliant on non-Israeli labor for decades, Joshua Yang writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/25/isr…

For years, the United States has tried everything to get Taiwan onto a “porcupine strategy,” making the island a pricklier target that might make China think twice about attacking it, FP’s Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer write. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/25/con…

What this moment has revealed most clearly is not so much a crisis of student culture or of U.S. higher education, as some have claimed, but rather a crisis of politics in the U.S. that centers on the country’s foreign policy, columnist Howard French writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/col…

A look at the guardrails that experts say Washington and its allies should consider erecting ahead of time. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/28/us-…

Cleaning up the electoral processes of Ghana’s political parties is imperative in order to attract the best-caliber Ghanaians into politics and redirect politicians’ loyalties and service toward the Ghanaian people, Audrey Donkor writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/24/gha…

If the current BJP government does return to power as expected, maintaining the autonomy of the Supreme Court will be of signal importance in checking the possible arbitrary use of power during Modi’s third term, columnist Sumit Ganguly writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/ind…

World Brief: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, major leadership changes occur in Vietnam and Haiti, and India kicks off the second wave of its general elections. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/bli…

Any action by the U.S. government to restrict China’s access to U.S. liquefied natural gas will likely send China’s buyers to seek supplies from competing sources—with Russia the most likely candidate, Gabriel B. Collins and Steven R. Miles write. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/uni…

New Zealand is likely to continue to preserve productive relations with China while it emphasizes the importance of stronger security ties with the U.S., Derek J. Grossman writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/23/new…

Xi Jinping now faces a fundamental dilemma in balancing his country’s prosperity and his party’s level of control, Rep. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/chi…

The threat to Zionism in today’s world doesn’t come from the students demonstrating on U.S. campuses. It stems from the blurring of any line between Zionism and the crushing of Palestinian lives and hope for the future, columnist Howard French writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/col…

Bringing the “arsenal of democracy” roaring back requires first expanding its political base. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/def…

On a special bonus of The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women, recorded live from FP’s Her Power Summit, host Reena Ninan speaks to United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed. Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bon…

Fentanyl was invented in Europe, but the continent has been spared its worst ravages—until now. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/eur…

A vote of confidence in Japan’s future may be undercut by a lukewarm economy. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/25/jap…

Since Javier Milei took office, he has moved to reorient Argentina away from the global south and toward the U.S. and its allies. His latest step in this direction is requesting that Argentina become a “global partner” of NATO, Catherine Osborn writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/arg…