Our Most Read Stories of 2024
Readers followed the U.S. presidential election as well as coverage of the war in Ukraine, China’s military, and India’s role on the world stage.
Jimmy Carter Was a Foreign-Policy Visionary
The 39th U.S. president is often remembered for a failed rescue mission in the Iranian desert, but his legacy is much larger than that.
The Problem With U.S. Diplomacy in Africa
Biden’s recent trip to Angola highlighted long-standing issues in Washington’s approach to the continent.
Europe’s Radical Migration Ideas Are Becoming Reality
There’s no shortage of obstacles to sending would-be migrants to third countries—but the continent is committed to giving it a try.
What Trump’s Mass Deportations Would Mean for the U.S. Economy
The economic costs of such a campaign may be bigger than the president-elect has bargained for.
Trump’s Victory Has Opened the Disinformation Floodgates
Here’s how to stem the tide.
Even Donald Trump Can’t Afford to Lose the Ukraine War
Victory for Putin would be a grave blow to U.S. power.
Would African Countries Prefer Trump or Harris?
Comparing Trump’s and Harris’s foreign-policy plans in Africa.
A Guide to Kamala Harris’s Foreign-Policy Views
FP talked to more than a dozen officials and experts about Harris’s plans. Here’s what we know.
What Divided African Democracies Can Teach America
Whether or not elections will turn violent primarily depends on the consent of the losers.