Winter 2024

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Andrew Sollinger CEO AND PUBLISHER Ravi Agrawal EDITOR IN CHIEF EXECUTIVE EDITOR Amelia Lester EXECUTIVE EDITOR, PODCASTS Dan Ephron EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, FP LIVE Tal Alroy CREATIVE DIRECTOR Lori Kelley DEPUTY EDITORS Cameron Abadi, James Palmer, Sasha
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From The Editor
2024 IS THE YEAR OF A RARE PLANETARY ALIGNMENT. The world’s biggest democracy, which has parliamentary elections every five years, will go to the polls within months of the world’s second-biggest democracy, which has a presidential vote every four ye
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Escaping the Terrorism Trap
As war erupted between Hamas and Israel in October, I found my mind racing to find historical parallels, meaning, and direction. The date that comes to mind for most people is Oct. 6, 1973, the start of an Arab war effort to regain land taken by Isra
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The World Won’t Be the Same After the Israel-Hamas War
Will the latest Gaza war have far-reaching repercussions? As a rule, adverse geopolitical developments are usually balanced by countervailing forces of various kinds, and events in one small part of the world tend not to have vast ripple effects else
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Why Everyone Is Courting Mauritania
On July 28, 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Mauritanian counterpart, President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Xi’s meeting with Ghazouani was his second in the space of eight months, as the two leaders
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Never Say Never to an Asian NATO
The Biden administration’s coalition-building with U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific has reached a fever pitch. It began early in the administration with the elevation of the U.S.-Japan-Australia-India quadrilateral dialogue to the level o
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India’s New Middle East Strategy
India’s Middle East policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is often seen as both successful and perplexing. The governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to which Modi belongs, has a nationalist Hindu-right bent, yet India’s outreach toward the Pers
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The Dream of a European Security Order With Russia Is Dead
As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third year, there is still no end in sight. The drip feed of Western military aid is enough for Ukraine to keep fighting but insufficient to liberate all its territory. At the same time, despite continued po
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Ukraine’s Offensive Has Been More Successful Than You Think
Recent coverage of the war in Ukraine in the Western media has focused heavily on Kyiv’s land offensive, especially its attempts to push toward the Black Sea coast. Much of the scrutiny, rightly or wrongly, has been on Kyiv’s lack of significant prog
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Europe Will Struggle to De-Risk From China
Buzzwords in Brussels come and go. In 2021, the concept of “strategic autonomy” was all the rage in Europe’s corridors of power. In theory, it was meant to signal greater European independence in global affairs. But many of its ostensible goals—in tr
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The Global South Is Accusing America of Hypocrisy
The war between Israel and Hamas is bad news for Ukraine. The conflict has already shifted news coverage and public attention in the West away from Russian aggression. It may also force Western exporters to divert portions of their arms supplies from
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The Real Intervention Haiti Needs
As Haiti teeters on the brink of state collapse amid a marked resurgence of kidnappings, insecurity, and gang violence, Western powers have resorted to their usual strategies to try to stabilize the country: sanctions on Haitian elites connected to g
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Almost Nothing Is Worth a War Between the U.S. and China
Midway into my one-month stay in China last summer, I found myself seated alone in a tasteful restaurant in an upscale shopping mall in Shanghai, where I had gone for dinner. There, amid dim lighting and soft traditional music, I had a revelation. Be
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Seven Of The World’s 10 Biggest Countries Will Vote In National Elections This Year.
U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN frequently frames global politics today as a “battle between democracy and autocracy,” often in reference to such varied issues as U.S. competition with China, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and even Israel’s war with Hamas. But 20
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American Déjà Vu
PAROCHIAL POLITICS WILL DRIVE THE OUTCOMES in elections across the world this year—including in the United States. Washington’s partners and allies are alarmed by the possibility that Donald Trump could return to the White House, and they are ill-pre
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The Specter Of Nationalism
THE WORLD IS EMBARKING ON A CRITICAL YEAR for the future of democracy. Elections in India, Indonesia, South Africa, and the United States—to name just a few prominent countries headed to the polls in 2024—would normally be routine affairs. But many o
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Network Effects
2024 IS A BIG ELECTION YEAR for the world: More than 50 countries are expected to hold national polls, including large but profoundly damaged democracies such as India, Indonesia, and the United States. Anxieties abound that social media, further wea
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Deep, Fake Election
AHEAD OF INDIA’S LAST NATIONAL ELECTION in 2019, internal teams at Twitter came across a rumor spreading on the platform that the indelible ink with which the country tags voters’ fingernails contained pig blood. “That was a disinformation tactic tha
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The Promise And Peril Of Geopolitics
Alexander Dugin is a bit of a madman. The Russian intellectual made headlines in the West in 2022, when his daughter was killed, apparently by Ukrainian operatives, in a Moscow car bombing likely meant for Dugin himself. Dugin would have been targete
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The Unrepentant Imelda Marcos
On her 94th birthday last July, Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, was feted with song and dance at the presidential palace in Manila. Social media buzzed with chatter about her attire (a red embroidered gown featuring her iconi
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The Electoral Cage
If there is one constant in U.S. political history, it is that presidents frequently make oversights, miscalculations, and even egregious mistakes in handling national security. Vietnam remains the ultimate case in point: a striking example of a tale
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Mining Sector Embraces Key Diversification Drive
Courtesy of significant local and foreign investment, for nearly three quarters of a century Jamaica has been a leading supplier of bauxite — the raw material used in the production of aluminium — to large and lucrative international markets. The siz
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Maximizing The Potential Of Jamaica’s Rich Resources
With its 50th anniversary looming on the horizon, JBM is building on its enviable experience as a traditional mining powerhouse in Jamaica’s industrial ecosystem to embark on an exciting business diversification strategy featuring the globally demand
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Jamaican Success Story Jamalco Sets Benchmark
Experienced bauxite mining major and refiner Jamalco is one of Jamaica’s most established industrial names, with its alumina exported to markets for smelting into aluminium and subsequent consumption by scores of manufacturing companies in a multitud
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Making Waves
On June 2, 2023, four representatives from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) stood up before a packed room of journalists and, as cameras flashed, bowed in unison as a public gesture of remorse for their party’s mishandling of a seri
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The City of Ideas
If you take one of Vienna’s classic red-and-white trams along the length of the Ringstrasse, the street that surrounds the city’s historic first district, the grandeur of the former seat of the Habsburg empire is on full display: the wide expanse of
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The Russian Art of Submission
One of the strangest aspects of the mutiny that took an army of Wagner Group mercenaries almost to the gates of Moscow last June was the deafening silence of the vast majority of Russians. Even Russian media propagandists and other establishment figu
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What In The World?
1. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met face-to-face for the first time in how many years in November? a. One year b. Three years c. Five years d. 10 years 2. In late September, Saudi Arabia and which European country agreed
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Delivering On A Promise To Invest In Its Future
When Chandrikapersad Santokhi was elected as the President of Suriname in the summer of 2020, he hoped to be able to deliver on his ambitious campaign promises and drive the country forward. These hopes were dealt a blow by COVID-19, but having succe
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The Importance Of A Diverse Energy Sector
For the past 40 years, Staatsolie has played a key role in fueling Suriname’s economic growth and is now heavily involved in the country’s journey toward energy sustainability. Aiming to strike a balance between profitability and protecting the plane
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Green Pathways For Suriname’s Growing Support Sectors
As investment rises into Suriname’s promising oil and gas sector, the local government is focusing on developing its key support sectors with a sharp focus on sustainability and combating climate change. While the lush tropical nation has been a net-
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