Christina Lu

FP’s Winter 2026 Print Magazine: The World Minus One

NEW:

I have an essay in the 2026 Winter Print Issue @foreignpolicy.com released this week, which examines "The World Minus One" emergence of a post-American global order.

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Has Trump’s America Gone Rogue? The Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the rule of law is the end of an era.

essential reading from @kfj-fp.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...

Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.

"Yet the U.S. industry remains deeply dependent on foreign know-how to grow its own sector[...]"

To file under today's set of phrases that concisely express how much we are *not* in Kansas any more.

by @christinalu.bsky.social also via @adamtooze.bsky.social

Trump Takes His Fossil Fuel Crusade Global The U.S. leader is pressuring the world to abandon climate action. Will it work?

The United States is publicly and privately pressuring the World Bank and other institutions to boost fossil fuel lending and turn away from green energy efforts, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

For all the Trump-Modi bonhomie, Trump's crackdown on international students coming to the U.S. will disproportionately hurt India.

It'll also (per last year's numbers) result in a $44 billion hit to the U.S. economy.

Great reporting by @christinalu.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...

Who Pays the Price in Trump’s Crusade Against Universities? International students have pumped billions of dollars into the U.S. economy.

Trump wants to choke off incoming flows of international students—a group that has long driven scientific innovation in America and pumped tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/t...

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.

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:

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Trump’s Brazen Push to Mine the Ocean Floor The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.

Trump last week signed an executive order that would fast-track efforts to exploit key minerals in both national and international waters, citing the defense of a “core national security and economic interest,” FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

Trump’s Risky Push to Mine the Ocean Floor The U.S. leader could pave the way for a gold rush in international waters.

Trump has officially jump-started U.S. efforts to mine the seafloor, pitching the US into the center of a contentious debate that has sparked fears of a race to the bottom in the world's oceans @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/28/t...

American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.

Nothing says winning like blowing up all your own markets. Farmers must be thrilled.
Great piece from @christinalu.bsky.social

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American Farmers Brace for Trade War Pain The U.S. agricultural sector remains highly vulnerable to retaliation.

As top U.S. trading partners strike back against Trump’s expanding and increasingly aggressive trade war, American farmers are all but certain to be caught in the middle. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/04/t...

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Brings Even Bigger Tariffs Than Expected Double-digit tariffs on nearly every trading partner will likely spark reprisals.

. @kfj-fp.bsky.social has the rundown on Liberation Day and its sweeping implications.

w/ assists from me and @christinalu.bsky.social

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Thanks for sharing but I think you've tagged the wrong Christina Lu!

Trump’s Trade War Roils a Key Voter Base American farmers risk becoming “collateral damage” of the U.S. president’s go-to foreign-policy tool.

Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China is also roiling one of his key voter bases: American farmers. My latest for @foreignpolicy.com
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Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

One explanation for Trump’s unprecedented push to annex Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal and extort Ukraine is securing rare earth minerals and a supply chain free from China’s control writes @christinalu.bsky.social. Where prior administrations used diplomacy, Trump relies on blunt force.

Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.

Few news stories or pieces can capture the unbelievable White House exchange between Trump, Vance, and Zelensky today as well as simply reading it in their own words.

@anusharathi.bsky.social and @christinalu.bsky.social have you covered for @foreignpolicy.com

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‘September 5’ and the Pitfalls of German Idealism The Munich Olympics massacre still echoes in the country’s security debates.

Most reviews of Oscar nominee "September 5" have focused on its depictions of crisis reporting or Israel-Palestine. But I argue that the film offers an equally keen look at German identity formation after World War II, particularly with regard to defense and military readiness.

Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

“We had an almost identical, sort of hyperbolic discussion in the media about the minerals and metals under the ground in Afghanistan,” Bazilian told @christinalu.bsky.social, describing the Ukraine hype as “largely a red herring.”

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Nature Conservancy Told to Say ‘Gulf of America’ or Lose Federal Funding A leaked internal memo reveals why the environmental group adopted President Trump’s new name.

Exclusive: The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov it had to use “Gulf of America” or lose its federal funding, according to a leaked email and memo sent to all staff this morning

cc @heatmap.news

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Trump’s Chaotic Agenda Has a Critical Through Line What do Greenland, Canada, and Ukraine have in common? Critical minerals.

What do Canada, Greenland, Panama, and Ukraine really have in common? My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/26/t...

If Trump’s minerals extortion of Ukraine is confusing to you, imagine how confusing it is to people who know this stuff.
For starters, there are none, not of what Trump seems to believe he thinks he is after. (1/5)

Where Does the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal Stand? The prospect of an agreement looks increasingly uncertain.

Ukraine does not actually produce any rare earths now, nor has it produced any supplies in recent decades—casting doubt over what a potential deal could actually achieve. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/t...

Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk? Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.

Washington and Kyiv appear to be inching closer to a potential rare-earth deal that could see the countries exchange Ukraine’s mineral resources for continued U.S. aid, FP’s @christinalu.bsky.social reports.

Is the U.S.-Ukraine Rare-Earth Deal All Talk? Kyiv may have the critical minerals, but that’s just one part of the equation.

Why does Trump want Ukraine's rare earths, and would a deal actually make any sense? My latest for
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Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.

Reality dating shows—popular for their pot-stirring entanglements—provide a rare geopolitical lens into family, gender, and (of course) love.

FP’s roundup on the global state of romance is a must read on Valentine’s Day.

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Around the World, Love Gets a Reality Check Foreign Policy’s guide to the global state of (televised) romance.

Looking for love? You’re not alone. Foreign Policy looked at the world’s biggest international reality dating shows—and what they say about the global state of romance. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/r...

Did Biden Get China Right? The administration aimed to outcompete China. Four years later, here’s how it measured up.

As Trump decides where to take China policy next—from Taiwan to AI, I took a step back and looked at whether the Biden administration’s strategy to outcompete China succeeded, and at what cost. Here's my deep dive:

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Can Trump Power an AI Boom? DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is.

DeepSeek has supercharged Trump’s AI ambitions—and underscored the deep uncertainty over just how much energy will be necessary to power that push. @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/t...

Is the U.S. Answer to China’s Belt and Road Working? The International Development Finance Corporation has put the United States more on the map, but China remains king of global infrastructure.

@christinalu.bsky.social and I recently wrote about how the bank became a key tool in US competition with China under Biden:

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Trump Team Has Wealth-Fund Ambitions For Small Lending Agency Donald Trump pledged to create “the greatest sovereign wealth fund of them all.” His advisers think one way to do it is a government agency they bet can help mobilize hundreds of billions from Wall St...

Trump has big plans for the DFC:

"Plans discussed for the US International Development Finance Corp. include how it could use investments to deliver on Trump’s ambitions for greater US influence over Greenland and Panama."

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