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Chloe Hadavas
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senior editor & books, @foreignpolicy.com
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hadavas.bsky.social
Recently had the pleasure of editing this gorgeous review of @juliaioffe.bsky.social's new book, Motherland, in @foreignpolicy.com:
How a ‘Fairy-Tale Country’ for Women Turned Its Back on Feminism
Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
In @foreignpolicy.com's latest monthly fiction column, @ameakem.bsky.social and I review two new haunting Nordic novels set at sea, from the fjords of Norway to imperial-era Helsinki:
A Pair of Haunting New Scandinavian Novels
Plus, more international fiction releases.
foreignpolicy.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
A wonderfully reported profile of Peter Magyar, Orban's main challenger in the upcoming Hungarian election, by @lilirutai.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com:
The Man Who Could Topple Orban
How Peter Magyar went from a former Fidesz insider to Hungary’s most popular politician.
foreignpolicy.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
The climate crisis is "a great divider—a force that ensures only the survival of the wealthiest." Yet @meghamaj.bsky.social "shows that the poor, too, can come out alive ... instead of becoming an inert statistic"

Somak Ghoshal's brilliant review of A Guardian and a Thief in @foreignpolicy.com:
Even Doomsday Will Divide Us
Megha Majumdar’s “A Guardian and a Thief” interrogates how the have-nots get by in a climate catastrophe.
foreignpolicy.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
I was bowled over by @annanorth.bsky.social's new novel, Bog Queen. My review (alongside @ameakem.bsky.social on Jaquira Díaz's debut) in @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/03/i...
The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
foreignpolicy.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This October, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social dive into historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
The Novels We’re Reading in October
Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.
foreignpolicy.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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hofrench.bsky.social
In "The Second Emancipation," I offer a reinterpretation of much of the 20th century from the perspective of Africa and Africans. See the follow on bubble for more. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
The Political Giant the West Forgot
Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.
foreignpolicy.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
"In addition to destabilizing democracies and championing imperialists, the CIA has always had great taste in art"—including a books program that fueled the Polish underground.

A real pleasure to edit this review of @charlieenglish1.bsky.social's latest book in FP: foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/01/c...
The Most Successful CIA Operation You’ve Never Heard of
How the agency’s program to circulate banned books helped take down the Iron Curtain.
foreignpolicy.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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In this month’s international fiction column, FP’s @hadavas.bsky.social and @ameakem.bsky.social recommend two newly released novels to beat the summer heat, both featuring man’s best friend.
The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
foreignpolicy.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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triofrancos.bsky.social
Honored to see EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism featured in @foreignpolicy.com books of the summer 📚 🌞

Out in September, pre-order here wwnorton.com/books/978132...
July 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
We released our Books of the Summer list @foreignpolicy.com over the weekend—with new titles from @hofrench.bsky.social, @emmamashford.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social, @tim-weiner.bsky.social, @thantmyintu.bsky.social, & more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/18/s...
FP’s Books of the Summer
The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.
foreignpolicy.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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tim-weiner.bsky.social
For THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century -- out July 15! -- I interviewed the chief of the CIA's clandestine service, Tom Sylvester. (Sitting CIA spymasters do not, as a rule, talk to reporters.) Here's an excerpt from the book, a deep look inside the CIA today.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/11/c...
When the Threat Is Inside the White House
What CIA insiders make of the MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of U.S. national security.
foreignpolicy.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
July releases (& more!) in @foreignpolicy.com's latest monthly fiction column with @ameakem.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/04/i...
July 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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hofrench.bsky.social
My column for the week, which builds on William Kirby's fascinating new book, Empires of Ideas. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/10/t...
Can the U.S. Be a Great Power Without Harvard?
Trump’s attacks on American universities come as China seeks to dominate higher education.
foreignpolicy.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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jhoffman.bsky.social
It's far from the biggest hit in the world of streaming, but I found a lot that was amusing in CARÊME, currently on Apple TV+.

(Empress Josephine gets schtupped right in the ice house!)

Here's more:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/c...
The French TV Show That Turns Souffle Into Statecraft
Carême gives an international audience what it wants: rich food, lusty romps, and Napoleon.
foreignpolicy.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
Truly cannot stop raving to everyone I know about Maria Reva's debut novel, Endling. My review—alongside @ameakem.bsky.social's take on Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo's latest—in @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/06/i...
The Novels We’re Reading in June
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos.
foreignpolicy.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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lilipike.bsky.social
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social out this week with a very important piece of service journalism, on Washington's oddly common "Gee" Jinping problem:

link.foreignpolicy.com/view/66744b4...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief—summer vacation edition.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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suzannecope.bsky.social
In an article for Foreign Policy mag, adapted from my book Women of War, I wrote about the power of the independent press - & mentioned you all Bluesky-ers! Read here shorturl.at/pxY8j
The Secret Newspapers That Helped Defeat Fascism
The women behind Italy’s underground press during World War II offer important lessons for democracies today.
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May 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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davidjmilne.bsky.social
An excerpt in @foreignpolicy.com from Andrew Preston's superb new book, Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/f...
How FDR Invented National Security
A presidential speech in 1937 marked an unexpected turn in U.S. strategic thought.
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June 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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hofrench.bsky.social
Excited to learn that French-language rights for my forthcoming book have already been sold. There's a lot of French imperial history here. Details to come. www.publishersweekly.com/9781324092452
The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide by Howard W French
In this magisterial account, journalist French (Born in Blackness) revisits the history of the Pan-Africanist movement through t...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
The sparkling brilliance of @mollyolmstead.bsky.social on full display: slate.com/life/2025/05...
I Guess It Makes Sense the New Pope Would Do This. But It’s a Bummer!
I used to show people the old website at parties. It was that funny.
slate.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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lilipike.bsky.social
In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2.

The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track,
@mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive:

foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...
China Claims It Slashed Emissions of a Major Super Pollutant. The Data Says Otherwise.
As of 2023, China continued to emit HFC-23 at high levels in violation of an international agreement.
foreignpolicy.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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ameakem.bsky.social
The Gaza Sunbirds paracycling team announced that an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed one of their members, Ahmed Al-Dali. @foreignpolicy.com ran a feature on the Sunbirds and their quest to compete in the Paralympics last September.
Meet the Para-Cyclists Riding for Gaza
The Sunbirds’ story began with tragedy but has evolved into one of resilience.
foreignpolicy.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
hadavas.bsky.social
Reviewed @jemmawei.bsky.social's glorious debut novel, The Original Daughter, in @foreignpolicy.com's latest fiction column: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/02/i...
The Novels We’re Reading in May
From the Gulf as a modern Wild West to sisterhood in Singapore.
foreignpolicy.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
guys! I have huge news!

as of this week I now have a monthly sports column (!) in the new Observer

first piece will be in the paper on Sunday but it's already online: observer.co.uk/news/columni... [free to read!]
May 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM