The people of Afghanistan that the author encountered live very different lives from Americans.
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As American troops leave Afghanistan, a scholar of the country’s history and culture reexamines his photos of the nation’s people.
Helping women is an explicit goal of the Biden administration’s pandemic relief plan. Does the gender focus extend to the world?
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Gender equality doesn’t top any country’s international agenda – yet. But ever more countries, including the US, are starting to discern that women’s rights really are human rights.
A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2018.
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Saudi’s crown prince approved the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist in 2018, the Biden administration says. So how can the US still see the Saudis as good partners?
Still no justice for Jamal Khashoggi.
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In the long term the US still needs Saudi Arabia as an ally in the Middle East.
Regional powerplay: the nuclear deal has complex implications for the regin.
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The US president is sending a message to Saudi Arabia. But it might also find that negotiations with Tehran are tougher.
In Libya, the sense of jubilation after the revolt that brought down Muammar Gadaffi did not last long.
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A decade ago, the lack of a clear policy by the Obama administration let the region down. But might US have another opportunity in the Middle East?
US president Joe Biden preparing to deliver a landmark foreign policy speech to state department staff, February 4, 2021.
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There were messages for friend and foe alike, but Biden was strangely silent on Brexit.
Can Joe Biden restore U.S. world leadership?
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Biden wants to restore US global leadership after four years of Trump’s isolationism and antagonism. These are some of the challenges and opportunities he’ll face, from China to Latin America.
Then and now: how the outside world has watched American politics over the past four years.
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President Biden call say it all he likes, but it’s going to take more than upbeat messages to heal the deep divides in American society.
A new kind of politics: Joe Biden delivers his inaugural speech.
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Biden’s inaugural speech focused mainly on healing domestic rifts and a new kind of politics at home. But he also signalled a return to engagement with the outside world.
Flexing new muscles: the head of Iran’s revolutionary guard, Hossein Salami, at inauguration of a new missile installation in the Persian Gulf.
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America’s hardline policy towards Iran has failed. The incoming US president has an opportunity to change course.
As vice president, Joe Biden – seen here on left, in 2016 – had a working relationship with the Republican Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. Is that possible now?
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A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.
Afghan security forces gather near the site of an attack in Jalalabad in August 2020.
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Pulling out roughly half the U.S. troops in Afghanistan is part of an effort to find peace, but may unbalance a precarious stalemate.
How Donald Trump is portrayed in Iran’s popular press.
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A new US administration needs to rejoin the nuclear deal and engage in statecraft to improve relations with Tehran.
In Mumbai, India, an artist puts the finishing touches to paintings of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.
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A round-up of expert analysis from across the world on Biden’s win.
Friendlier times: Putin and Biden met in Moscow in 2011.
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Russia may not be a foreign policy priority for the incoming Biden administration. But its promise to foreground democracy will put the Kremlin on edge.
Trump: not going to make this easy.
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History shows what happens during a presidential transition can leave a lasting imprint on foreign policy.
Donald Trump’s foreign policy often angered traditional US allies.
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How Donald Trump changed US foreign policy.
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America might be coming back under the new US president, Joe Biden, but this is not the same world or the same country it once was.
President-elect Biden promises a new White House agenda and style.
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Scholars of race, foreign policy and the Supreme Court give their informed predictions of what to expect under a Biden administration.