5 Top Reads
List of 5 Top Reads articles
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Representatives of the European Union and Iran sit at a long table in front of various flags. The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Long Year of Negotiations and Uncertainty
2021 saw a change in Iran’s government and on-again, off-again nuclear talks.
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Police detain protesters in Moscow The Year of Living Dangerously (for Russians and Their Neighbors)
2021 was a year of crackdowns, COVID-19, and saber-rattling.
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British Secretary of State Liz Truss chairs a call with her G-7 counterparts. Our Favorite Profiles of the Year
From Belarus’s leader-in-exile to Japan’s newest prime minister, these articles show how personality and policymaking intertwine.
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Employees work on a high-voltage transmission tower in China. How the Energy Crisis Made 2021 Feel Like the ’70s
High power prices. Rolling blackouts. Dwindling supplies. And a cascade of economic and political turmoil felt around the world.
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i-spy-podcast-frank-snepp-vietnam-hp Around the World in Five Half-Hour Listens
FP’s five best podcast episodes of 2021.
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A syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Year Vaccines Changed (Most) of the World
In 2021, the biggest vaccination drive in global history affected everything from public health to diplomacy.
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Taliban fighters on a pickup truck in Kabul. The Year Kabul Fell Again
A stunning Taliban takeover left Afghanistan—and the world—transformed.
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Israel's controversial separation wall runs between the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev (left), built in a suburb of East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian Shuafat refugee camp (right) on Feb. 11. After a Dramatic Year, What’s Next for Israelis and Palestinians?
War in Gaza, intercommunal violence, and a new government have not led to any breakthroughs when it comes to peace.
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Girls attend classes at Zarghona high school in Kabul on Sept. 15. Stefanie Glinski for Foriegn Policy The FP Stories That Changed Things in 2021
From the U.N.’s diversity problem to the pipeline that turned into a lightning rod, here are our most impactful reads.
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Members of the National Guard stand watch at the U.S. Capitol Our Top Weekend Reads
Washington under siege, peace building lessons from Nigeria, and a potential crisis for China’s aviation industry.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer walks with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9. Our Top Weekend Reads
Political psychologists offer a new approach to authoritarianism, Ukraine clamps down on pro-Russian media, and a critically acclaimed documentary chronicles Wuhan’s lockdown.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield Our Top Weekend Reads
Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s journey from the Jim Crow South, why global celebrities are taking on Modi, and what the United States shouldn’t do about Myanmar’s coup.
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Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks on March 15 in London, England. Our Top Weekend Reads
British Muslims seek legal protections, Biden unveils his climate agenda, and why Saudi Arabia is getting away with murder.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Our Top Weekend Reads
A broken U.S. public sphere, QAnon’s resilience amid disappointment, and how to eavesdrop on policymaking conversations.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our Top Weekend Reads
Why Biden thinks the way he does about foreign policy, what the future holds for an America on the brink, and what the Cold War policy of containment means for our current moment—all from our latest magazine issue.
