Student protester Mohsen Mahdawi unveils legal defence fund for immigrants
Mahdawi was recently released after being arrested as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on student protesters.
German president warns of Trump’s ‘epochal break’ with postwar order
Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticises US ‘breach of values’ underpinning European peace since end of second world war
Military Rule Is Not the Answer to Sudan’s Conflict
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sudan-RSF-SAF-GettyImages-2213119997.jpgThe country’s civil society leaders must be at the forefront of postwar reconstruction.
Why a Pact to Weaken the Dollar Makes No Sense
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dollar-trum-united-states-1985-plaza-accord-AP8509220185.jpgA proposal to reprise a Reagan-era currency agreement has serious flaws.
Memo outlines Trump administration plans on resettling white South Africans
NPR speaks with Katya Schwenk, a reporter at investigative news outlet “The Lever,” about a memo outlining the Trump administration’s use of a refugee fund to resettle white South Africans in the U.S.
Trump administration plans to deport migrants to Libya
A U.S. official has confirmed to NPR that the Trump administration is planning to deport migrants to Libya, but a federal judge blocked any deportations there without due process (Image credit: John Moore)
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4 Lessons for Trump From the UK’s Failed Rwanda Migrant Deportation Deal
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/07/multimedia/07int-uk-rwanda-lessons-bfhj/07int-uk-rwanda-lessons-bfhj-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThe United States is said to be in talks with the African country about taking in expelled migrants. There may be lessons in London’s experience.
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/07/multimedia/07biz-morocco-china-01-zhqw/07biz-morocco-china-01-zhqw-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgMorocco is linked to Europe on the strength of its auto sector and a trade pact. But its status as a connector country has become precarious in the trade war.
Geography has given the US unrivaled security. Trump is destroying it | Gil Barndollar and Rajan Menon
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/284be375c68b796cc943fee7d46f9a57cf628bd0/0_77_2796_1678/master/2796.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=055535ec9b4cc888c972f6bca5b00925The US’s greatest strategic advantage is its friendly neighbors. But its ties to Canada and Mexico are being undermined The secret to American power and pre-eminence was best summed up more than a century ago. America, observed Jean Jules Jusserand, France’s ambassador to the United States during the first world war, “is blessed among the nations”.…
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Trump’s First 100 Days Reveal a ‘Strongman’s’ Unprecedented Weakness
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/trump-weakness-GettyImages-2211787305.jpgNo U.S. president has ever surrendered global power so quickly.