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![Israeli military vehicles move along a road in the West Bank city of Jenin.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JeninWithdrawl-GettyImages-2169834061.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Israel’s Military Pulls Out of Jenin
This was one of Israel’s longest and most destructive operations in the West Bank in years.
![Screengrabs from political videos on Tiktok show Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on the platform. The images are inside phone frames on a pink and blue background.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tiktok-politics-Harris-Trump-illustraiton.png?w=800?quality=90)
Politics Is TikTok’s Newest Dance Move
The controversial social media app is defining the 2024 election.
![Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party rally in Erfurt, Germany.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AfD-rally-Germany-GettyImages-2169608898.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Aug. 31: Germany’s far right wins a state election, Putin takes a risky international trip, and Maduro meddles with Venezuela’s holiday calendar.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, visits the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiyev Posad near Moscow on June 26.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/putin-church-GettyImages-2158776841-e1725633962286.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Russia Is No Conservative Haven
The Western populist right has fallen for Vladimir Putin’s latest propaganda ploy.
![Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sits and an outdoor event.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Abiy-Ahmed-Ethiopia-GettyImages-1233341147.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Many Faces of Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia’s leader is both messianic and Machiavellian—and his reputation as a Nobel-winning peacemaker has been tainted by the brutal Tigray war.
![A boy is seen cheering through a fence in the foreground in front of a giant crowd of people in the stands.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Argentina-club-soccer-non-profit-Milei-GettyImages-2147866913.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Milei Is Coming for Argentina’s Beloved Soccer Clubs
Some Argentines aren’t happy about the libertarian president’s privatization plans.
![U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a U.S. flag as they take part in a NATO military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, Bulgaria, on Sept. 26, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/us-europe-asia-strategy-GettyImages-1689942634-e1725638299686.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia
Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.
![Boats are moored in a Swedish harbor.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/KIRKENES-SWEDEN-PORT-NATO-CHINA-GettyImages-1549746731.png?w=800?quality=90)
A Fight Is Brewing Over Chinese Money in Norway
Locals at a key strategic port want foreign investment, but security services are worried.
![Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes speaks in Brasília on June 18.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Alexandre-de-Moraes-Brazil-GettyImages-2157606485.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Why Brazil’s Supreme Court Took On Elon Musk
The country’s judiciary has played an unusually large role in the fight against disinformation.
![Newly appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is seen at the handover ceremony in Paris.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BarnierFrance-GettyImages-2169693102.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Who Is France’s New Prime Minister?
Choosing Michel Barnier may put President Emmanuel Macron’s government at the mercy of France’s far right.
![Elon Musk speaks in Paris, on June 16, 2023.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/elon-musk-world-free-speech-GettyImages-1258742027.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Elon Musk vs. (Parts of) the World
The billionaire’s battles with governments raise tough questions about digital rights and online speech.
![U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162794397.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The White House’s Puzzling Optimism Over Prospects for Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
The Biden administration has been saying for months that the Gaza cease-fire deal is almost done.
![U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nicholas-Burns-Xi-Jinping-GettyImages-2149657643.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Is America’s China Policy too Hawkish?
Not so, argues the White House’s ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns.
![A man wearing only a pair of shorts and slip-on sandals sits on a battered truck bed with his knees legs drawn up and his arms wrapped around his knees. His head leans forward on his arms, face hidden. A dog lies down beside him on the truck bed.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CHINA-MIGRANTS-GettyImages-2165198269.png?w=800?quality=90)
The U.S. and China Are Clearing Up Their Deportation Fights
Beijing is worried about a sudden surge in emigration.
![Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the press as he joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2155592084.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
How Did a Minority of Israelis Come to Wield So Much Power?
Just 1 in 10 voters support the far right, which shapes key policies.