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Then-United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (left) speaks during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Dec. 16, 2014.
Then-United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (left) speaks during a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Dec. 16, 2014.

How to Fix the World’s Food Crisis

Ertharin Cousin, the former chief of the World Food Program, outlines a step-by-step plan to feed a warring—and warming—planet.

Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa gives a statement after posting bail at a regional trial court in Manila on Feb. 14, 2019.
Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa gives a statement after posting bail at a regional trial court in Manila on Feb. 14, 2019.

Maria Ressa Wants to Save Journalism

The Filipino American journalist and Nobel laureate explains what it’s like to be a government target—and how to safeguard a free press.

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol
International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol

IEA Chief: Europe Has to Cut Gas Use or Face Brutal Winter

Fatih Birol spoke with FP about the current energy crisis, Russia’s use of the energy weapon, and why the 1970s aren’t quite back.

Fiona Hill, the U.S. National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019.
Fiona Hill, the U.S. National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019.

Fiona Hill: Putin’s Running Out of Time

A top Russia advisor to three U.S. presidents explains why the world shouldn’t fall for Moscow’s narrative that it can wait out the West in Ukraine.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks.

Biden’s Push for Lower Energy Prices Amounts to a ‘Declaration of Bankruptcy’

FP columnist Adam Tooze discusses how fluctuating oil and gas prices are changing the world as we know it.

Adam Tooze, a British historian and Columbia University professor, attends the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 25, 2018.
Adam Tooze, a British historian and Columbia University professor, attends the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 25, 2018.

Why This Isn’t an Economic Crisis

Adam Tooze points out that while the economy is in rapid slowdown, this is no time to panic.

U.S.  Ambassador  to NATO Julianne Smith speaks during a news briefing in Brussels on Feb. 15.
U.S.  Ambassador  to NATO Julianne Smith speaks during a news briefing in Brussels on Feb. 15.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO: New China Strategy Is a ‘Big Deal’

Julianne Smith on the military alliance’s new strategic concept, Finland’s and Sweden’s accession, and Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Americans will eat approximately 150 million hot dogs on the Fourth of July.
Americans will eat approximately 150 million hot dogs on the Fourth of July.
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons

Sen. Coons: Putin Is ‘Counting on Us Losing Interest’ in Ukraine War

One of the leading voices on the Senate foreign affairs panel weighs in on the conflict, Turkey’s change of heart, and NATO’s turn to Asia.

Pete Buttigieg stands with his arm around his husband Chasten behind a podium with a U.S. flag in the background.
Pete Buttigieg stands with his arm around his husband Chasten behind a podium with a U.S. flag in the background.

‘Will I See a Gay President in My Lifetime? Absolutely.’

James Kirchick chronicles how the persecution of gay men in Washington tragically altered 20th-century foreign policy.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about project labor agreements at Iron Workers Local 5 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Feb. 4.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about project labor agreements at Iron Workers Local 5 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Feb. 4.

Is America Pushing Human Rights to the Side?

Matthew Duss, a foreign-policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, appraises the Biden administration’s foreign policy.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis

Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Russia Might Not Lose

Gabrielius Landsbergis weighs in on why Russia needs to be defeated, why Eastern European states were and are nervous, and why the West needs to step up.

Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to the media following the first day of meetings at the NATO summit in Lisbon on Nov. 19, 2010.
Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to the media following the first day of meetings at the NATO summit in Lisbon on Nov. 19, 2010.

Former NATO Chief: We ‘Overestimated’ Russia’s Military

Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to FP about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the future of NATO, and more.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto

Finnish President: Putin Took NATO Application News ‘Very, Very Calmly’

Sauli Niinisto tells FP about his country’s decision to join the alliance—and the Russian president’s response.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas

Estonia’s Prime Minister: ‘We Need to Help Ukraine Win’

Kaja Kallas talks about the threat from Russia, the future of the war, and what should come next for NATO in the Baltics.

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