List of Media articles
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Robert Fisk and Lara Marlowe in a burning Kuwait oil field in 1991. Love in a Time of War
Lara Marlowe chronicles an impossible romance against the backdrop of war and journalism.
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good-girls-ordinary-killing-india-sonia-faleiro-hanna-hbarczyk_illustration-lead The Best of 2021, to Read and to Watch
From a semi-fictionalized account of the Netanyahus to a meditation on ancient Rome’s stabbiness, here are the best book and film reviews Foreign Policy published this year.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon gestures while mingling with passengers on a United Air Lines DC-10 commercial airliner enroute from Washington to Los Angeles on Dec. 26, 1973. The picture was made with an instantmatic camera by passenger 19-year-old passenger Julie Gilkey. AP Richard Nixon’s Last Christmas Trick
In 1973, a presidential flight stunt baffled everyone.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in “Don't Look Up” ‘Don’t Look Up’ Peddles Climate Catastrophism as a Morality Tale
Adam McKay’s allegory of climate change revels in a misguided understanding of science.
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A man in a suit with a Chinese Communist Party lapel pin looks down at his smartphone. China’s Fake Twitter Accounts Are Tweeting Into the Void
China’s state-linked influence operations get very little engagement on Twitter.
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A Palestinian woman and a member of the Israeli security forces take photos of each other How to End Israel’s Digital Occupation
Silicon Valley executives should recognize Palestinian statehood in line with U.N. norms.
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The Daily Star in Beirut Lebanon Loses a Pillar of Independent Journalism
The Daily Star’s demise is the story of Lebanon, reduced from promising country to failed state.
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A Chinese customer uses her mobile to scan a QR code while paying with the WeChat app at a local market in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2020. China’s Social Media Explosion
Now that all the major U.S. platforms have left the country, what does the world’s largest social media market look like?
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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz arrives for a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Aug. 1. The Long Arm of Israeli Repression
Israel’s decision to designate human rights groups as terrorist organizations puts it in league with Russia and China.
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A man reads a newspaper at a kiosk in Amman, Jordan, on April 4. How Jordan Censors Journalists
The director of the only media outlet in the country to cover the Pandora Papers speaks out.
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Protesters shout slogans as they hold flyers in Hong Kong on October 15, 2019, during a rally in support of NBA basketball Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. Chinese Censorship Is Going Global
Beijing is not content to stop stifling free speech at the water’s edge. Western companies and institutions must put liberty before profits.
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germany-suspense-tatort-foreign-policy-illustration-horror-week Germany’s Love Affair With Crime Fiction
The genre is a potent mirror for a country still coming to terms with itself.
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Maria Ressa holds up the warrant of arrest order after posting bail at a court in Manila. A Nobel for Journalists Is a Direct Challenge to Authoritarians
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov’s award will make leaders like Duterte and Putin think twice before attacking reporters—but only if democratic governments bolster the free press.
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A man carries a banner that reads "Digital right is human right" during a demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria, on June 12, 2021. Buhari’s Authoritarian Twitter Ban Continues to Silence Nigerians
Meanwhile, Nigeria teeters on the path to failed statehood.
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Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid arrives at the first press conference in Kabul following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on Aug. 18. Facebook’s Taliban Ban Will Prove Costly for Afghans
Why the tech giant is on the wrong side of history yet again.
