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![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and others listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the closing ceremony of the NATO summit in Washington.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden-zelensky-nato-GettyImages-2161052242.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Biden Press Conference Overshadowed End of NATO Summit
The president’s remarks on foreign policy became a Rorschach test for allies and experts.
![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on before the start of a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ukraine-nato-GettyImages-2160991112.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
NATO Is Helping Ukraine to Fight—but Not to Win
The Washington summit was heavy on promises but light on plans.
![Students from Massachusetts of Technology, Harvard University and others rally at a protest encampment on April 22, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/gaza-protest-boston-GettyImages-2148017703.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Will Democrats Take Black Voters Seriously on Foreign Policy?
Vice President Kamala Harris and the NAACP have gone further than Biden on Gaza, because they’re aware of simmering discontent among a crucial constituency.
![Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin walk in front of a large crowd.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nato-xi-putin-russia-china-GettyImages-2152786411.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Can NATO Really Cut Off China?
It’s unlikely that the alliance can fully prevent Chinese companies from fueling Russia’s war machine.
![Orban and Putin walk near a podium.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/orban-putin-GettyImages-2160016075.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
How Orban Became Putin’s Pawn
Among all of Russia’s useful idiots, few have sought to make themselves more useful than the Hungarian prime minister.
![French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo wear hard hats and orange construction vests as they stand against a clear blue sky. Macron looks to the left and gestures with one hand while Hidalgo looks in the same direction, smiling.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-olympics-paris-macron-hidalgo-GettyImages-1235872564.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Competition for France’s Olympic Legacy
As the Games get underway, President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are vying for first place on the political podium.
![A worker wearing a mask and glasses studies a vial on a pharmaceutical factory assembly line. Other workers are out of focus on either side of her.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-China-fentanyl-us-mexico-GettyImages-1454191221.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
How China Trapped Itself in America’s Fentanyl Crisis
Central policy and money laundering have created networks that aid traffickers.
![U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden-elections-GettyImages-2160792398.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What Is the True Cost of a Diminished Biden?
The U.S. president has always been a gaffe machine. But no one understands foreign policy better.
![Soldiers stand in front of military vehicles parked on the grass. A row of flags fronted by a NATO flag is at right.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/nato-russia-article-5-GettyImages-1241758892.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
NATO Wants Everyone to Help Deter Russia
Every country needs a plan to keep calm and carry on in the event of a Russian attack.
![A general view of the Prague NATO summit at the Prague Congress Centre, on Nov. 21, 2002.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1059068412-1.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
This Time, NATO Is in Trouble for Real
After years of false alarms, the Western military alliance is finally approaching a precipice.
![A man wearing a dark overcoat and red tie smiles as he crosses a street between buildings against a glowing sky.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/David-Lammy-Britain-foreign-secretary-GettyImages-1244103953.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Britain’s New Foreign Secretary Hates Trump and Loves America
David Lammy is determined to stay on message—but he has always had strong opinions.
![New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference after his first cabinet meeting at Downing Street, London, on July 6.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/starmer-china-GettyImages-2160180036-e1720428495447.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Keir Starmer Should Rethink Britain’s China Policy
Festering issues—from Beijing’s support for Moscow to domestic interference—fill the Labour government’s inbox.
![Biden at 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-nato-GettyImages-1533430284-e1720190298688.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
This NATO Summit Is a Big Win for Biden
The alliance’s resurgence since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a signature achievement.
![New electric cars for sale are seen parked at a distribution center of the Changan automobile company in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on March 24, 2024.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2102854838.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Fight Over China’s Electric Cars Is Upside-Down
Why Europe’s car companies are against—and environmentalists are for—making Chinese EVs more expensive.
![A painting shows a man surrounded by mostly women wearing dresses of the court of France in an ornate room.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/benjamin-franklin-france-GettyImages-150617848.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What We Can Learn From America’s First Diplomat
Benjamin Franklin leveraged a soft touch—and humor—to further U.S. goals.