Foreign Policy in Focus

On a warm April 1st day last year, Budee Khekhee, head of local non-profit The Power of Unity for the Sake of Our Homeland, led a team into the Gobi Desert to investigate reports of a mysterious illness causing the death of wild and domestic animals...

By some measures, the Palestinian bid for statehood has never been stronger.
By the end of last year, at least 157 countries had recognized the state of Palestine, which represents slightly more than 80 percent of the world’s nations. Some of those countries are quite powerful, such as China, India, Indonesia, the UK, France...

Four years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is experiencing what many call a “great muting.” This is not just the result of war or economic problems, but a deliberate effort by the Taliban to erase voices. In communication theory, a group...

In recent days, Donald Trump has publicly warned Iraq’s political leadership that a return to power by Nouri al-Maliki would trigger consequences from Washington, including economic pressure and restrictions tied to U.S. financial access. The threat...