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EU Holds First AI Summit, but Russia-Ukraine Talks Risk Derailing the Agenda

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the European Union ’s artificial intelligence ambitions…
European Union leaders convened in Dublin on Friday for the bloc’s first-ever summit on artificial intelligence.
With the continent expected to fall short of its chip-manufacturing goals…

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Review: David M. Sacks' 'The Realist' Shows Realism Was Forged in Trauma

Some of the most enduring theories of power were born in its absence.
Thucydides, exiled from Amphipolis for failing to ward off the Spartans…
Circumstances vary, but when the right observer falls into the pits of powerlessness…

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Review: 'My Undesirable Friends: Part II' Documentary Shows Brutal Reality of Russian Journalists in Exile

What does a citizen owe to their country?
Such is the moral dilemma afflicting the characters of My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile…
The first installment chronicles the channel’s final days in Moscow in March of 2022…

foreignpolicy.com15h ago

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What Jensen Huang's Nvidia Resignation Means for U.S.-China Relations

Welcome to Foreign Policy ’s China Brief.
Today’s special edition comes in the wake of Jensen Huang’s resignation as CEO of Nvidia over multiple reported affairs…
Welcome to Foreign Policy ’s China Brief.

foreignpolicy.com15h ago

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Book Review: 'The Best Kind of American' Shows How Lebanon Became the Middle East's Battleground

In mid-July 2006, NPR’s foreign editor dispatched me to Beirut.
Israel and Hezbollah were waging an all-out war after militants launched a cross-border attack from Lebanon…
Israeli bombs pounded Lebanon’s ports, roads, and bridges, while Hezbollah rained missiles down on northern Israel.

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Nvidia, Spies, and the Art of Economic Espionage

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The semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia, which had until recently been the most valuable company in the world…
Company founder and CEO Jensen Huang resigned upon allegations that he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy…

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Review: Liana Fix's 'Germany Rearmed'

During NATO’s formative years, the U.S.
military commitment to the old continent was a tenuous thing.
Dwight Eisenhower, appointed the first supreme allied commander of Europe in 1950…

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Nvidia Troubles and COP31: Foreign Policy's Weekly International News Quiz

Email [email protected] to let me know your thoughts.
On Sunday, South African authorities announced the results from Nov.
Why was the election a historic one for the African National Congress party?

foreignpolicy.com16h ago

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Congress Can Do More to Defend U.S. Alliances

The second Trump administration has placed significant strain on U.S.
It has directly threatened the sovereignty of long-time allies such as Canada and Denmark and wielded tariffs as a weapon…
Moreover, the administration has sought major force posture changes…

foreignpolicy.com20h ago

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Pope Leo Travels to Argentina, Peru, Uruguay

Welcome back to Foreign Policy ’s Latin America Brief.
The highlights this week: Pope Leo XIV visits South America, regional leaders gather at the Ibero-American Summit in Spain…
Welcome back to Foreign Policy ’s Latin America Brief.

foreignpolicy.com22h ago

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Trump's Asia Trip: ASEAN, the Quad, and a Possible Xi, Putin APEC Meeting

presidents before him, Donald Trump is responding to a final midterm election drubbing by heading for foreign shores—to a region…
Trump is scheduled to travel to the Philippines and China next week to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
At the latter, he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the third time this year.

foreignpolicy.com1d ago

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Hegseth Impeachment Vote Fails, but Defense Secretary's Future Still Uncertain

Welcome back to Foreign Policy ’s Situation Report.
It’s been a wild week of news, and our heads are still spinning.
We’ve got a very full edition for you this week.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns Over Affair With an Alleged Chinese Spy

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…
Two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy , marked the undoing of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…

foreignpolicy.com2d ago

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Russia's Escalating Hybrid War Against Europe

11, some 6,000 Italian schools received an identical email from a “Mikhail Andropov.” A “powerful explosive device with a remote…
Principals evacuated students from Trieste to Palermo.
That same morning, more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland also received threatening emails…

foreignpolicy.com2d ago

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Tech Transfer Won’t Work for U.S. Auto Industry

The Board of Trade and Board of Investment, the mechanisms for negotiating tariff reductions and cross-border investment, respectively…
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping into concrete economic deliverables.
So far, only the Board of Trade has developed an agenda…

foreignpolicy.com2d ago

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Greece and Turkey Clash Over Undersea Cable to Cyprus

Cutting dependence on fossil fuels is a good thing for climate reasons, and because these days…
It is, in other words, no surprise that Greece and Cyprus want to install an interconnector—a seabed power cable—to supply…
There’s just one problem: Turkey wants to supervise the project, arguing that it goes through Turkish waters.

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Jason Crow on the Democrats' Strategy on Iran, Impeachments, and Corruption

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House and Senate in January, how will they use their new powers, and what foreign-policy issues will they prioritize?

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Hoax Bomb Threats Against European Schools Add to Hybrid Warfare Risks

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at more hoax bomb threats across Europe…
False bomb threats once again disrupted thousands of Europeans on Wednesday in what officials and experts suspect may be part…
But rather than affecting airline passengers, this time, the threats targeted students.

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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India Steps Up Mediation Efforts With Russia, Ukraine

The highlights this week: India quietly steps up mediation efforts in the Ukraine war…
The highlights this week: India quietly steps up mediation efforts in the Ukraine war…
officials met in Abu Dhabi for three-way talks this week…

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Lissu Sentenced to Prison

The highlights this week: Tanzania’s opposition leader is sentenced to prison…
The highlights this week: Tanzania’s opposition leader is sentenced to prison…
One year after Tanzania’s disputed October 2025 presidential election, the country remains in a political crisis.

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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Serbia’s Student Movement Faces Its Next Test

For nearly two years, student protesters demanded a fundamental transformation of Serbia’s political system, and the Oct.
25 elections marked an extraordinary step toward achieving it.
Their movement defeated the formidable political machine of longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in a stunning upset.

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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U.S. Should Halt Military Aid, Arms Transfers to Israel

Analysts have spent much time over the past week trying to explain the “ blue tsunami ” that swept…
Democrats gained historic majorities in both the House and Senate…
Many voters clearly wanted their elected officials to stop writing blank checks for Israel and to end the U.S.-Israeli war…

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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Who Will Control the Strait of Hormuz Post-Iran War?

With the prospect of renewed war in Iran seemingly off the table for now…
President Donald Trump, despite earlier threats to reignite hostilities in a last bid to cow Iran’s resistance…
Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio also indicated that the double-whammy of Operation Economic Outcast (a naval…

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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Brazil's Meta Fight Shows Big Tech Threatens Democracy

When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave his victory speech in late October…
It was a remarkable turnaround that will to be studied by election watchers for years to come.
In one of the most consequential elections in Brazilian history…

foreignpolicy.com3d ago

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