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List of Feature articles
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putin childhood and ukraine war How Putin Learned to Hold Deadly Grudges
Russia’s president has been shaped by decades of bitterness and revenge.
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1a-afghanistan-embassy-illustration-hero-1200x628 The Last Days of the Afghan Embassy
The Biden administration shut down a touchpoint for thousands of refugees from Afghanistan—and left its diplomats in agonizing limbo.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon in China in 1972; Harned Hoose in Beijing in the early 1970s. ‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’
Harned Hoose played both sides of the U.S.-China relationship—including during Nixon’s famous trip.
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A Halo Trust member lifts a tarp covering explosive debris. In Iraq, the Bitter Legacy of War Still Lies Hidden Underground
Baghdad can’t rebuild its infrastructure and agricultural sector when its land remains littered with thousands of explosive devices.
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Chinese dredging vessels at work at the Colombo Port City under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 14, 2018. Xinhua/CHEC via Getty Images The Great Sand Grab
Modern civilizations are forged with sand, but soaring extraction has come at an alarming price.
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afghanistan-foreign-embassies-diplomats-foreign-policy-illustration-HP Afghanistan’s Diplomats Refuse to Represent a Terrorist Group
Some are working on resistance. Others, consular services. And all of them must figure out how to keep their embassy’s lights on.
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2022-elections-france-macron-brazil-bolsanaro-hungary-1500x1000 Elections to Watch in 2022
Next year’s contests are set to bring populist reckonings, parliamentary headaches, and a possible democratic crisis or two.
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires at a drone. 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022
Battle deaths may be down, but regional wars continue to rage as great-power confrontations loom, from Ukraine to Taiwan, amid declining U.S. influence.
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FP-Interns-Underpaid-Washington-DC-Government-Matt-Chase Washington Runs on Interns
So why are most of them not paid enough—and some not paid at all?
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An illustration of a captain's hat with a 1980s era Pepsi logo and USSR and U.S. flag pins. The Doomed Voyage of Pepsi’s Soviet Navy
A three-decade dream of communist markets ended in the scrapyard.
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Xi Zhongxun from a postage stamp commemorating the Chinese military leader. A Squabble About History Almost Killed Xi Jinping’s Father
Fights about the party’s past are serious business in Beijing.
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Miles Thompson plays lacrosse Gaming the State System
Can the Haudenosaunee Confederacy become the first Indigenous nation to secure an Olympic berth?
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Peacekeepers go on patrol In Central Africa, Russia Won the War—but It’s Losing the Peace
Putin’s pursuit of influence, arms sales, and mercenary meddling in the Central African Republic has left Moscow mired in a quagmire.
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CIA black site prison near Kabul and Ahmed Rabbani Nothing but Pitch Black Darkness
Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.
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1-Fuzzynomics-foreign-policy-3-2 Fuzzynomics and 12 Other Attempts to Name Our New Era
We asked leading economists and thinkers to define the post-pandemic age.
