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Sites like Foreign Policy

The 20 closest international affairs magazine alternatives to Foreign Policy, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 24 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Foreign Policy? The closest matches are The Atlantic, Newsweek and Vox. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com

Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas

The Global Magazine of News and Ideas

Wikidata: American news magazine and website based in Washington, D.C.

Top 10K · #4,678 English 24 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

An American news magazine and website covering international affairs, geopolitics and U.S. foreign policy, with daily articles, newsletters, podcasts, video, a quarterly print issue, events and an analytics consultancy arm.

Who it’s for
Policymakers, analysts and readers interested in global affairs
Business model
Subscriptions, advertising and events

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Foreign Policy’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

United States Department of StateCouncil on Foreign RelationsThe EconomistThe Daily BeastPoliticoSlateTIMEVoxNewsweekThe Atlantic

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Foreign Policy

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Foreign Policy, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  2. 02
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English

    Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.

    Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!

  3. 03
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    Vox

    Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

  4. 04
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

    Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

  5. 05
    Slate slate.com Top 10K English

    Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

    Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

  6. 06
    Politico politico.com Top 10K English

    American journalism company and news website

  7. 07
    The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com Top 10K

    American news publication

  8. 08
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

  9. 09
    Council on Foreign Relations cfr.org Top 10K English

    Council on Foreign Relations

    The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.

  10. 10
    United States Department of State state.gov Top 1K English

    Technical Difficulties

    executive department of the U.S. federal government

  11. 11
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    International Business Times - Business News, Financial news

    International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.

  12. 12
    NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English

    NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News

    Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.

  13. 13
    Fortune fortune.com Top 10K English

    Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News

    Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.

  14. 14
    Breitbart News breitbart.com Top 10K English

    Breitbart News Network

    Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.

  15. 15
    Reuters reuters.com Top 1K

    international news agency

  16. 16
    HuffPost huffpost.com Top 1K English

    HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion

    Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.

  17. 17
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

  18. 18
    USA Today usatoday.com Top 1K English

    Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com

    USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.

  19. 19
    United Press International upi.com Top 10K English

    Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com

    UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International

  20. 20
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English

    BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

    Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to foreignpolicy.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Foreign Policy uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Foreign Policy is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript libraries
  • htmx asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/htmx.org@2.0.7/dist/htmx.min.js?ver=2.0.7
  • jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js
CSS & UI
Analytics
Tag managers
Advertising
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com …
Monitoring
  • Sentry page source: js.sentry-cdn.com
Security
  • reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
CDN
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5631d3eaf3520f2-HAM
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/htmx.org@2.0.7/dist/htmx.min.js?ver=2.0.7
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4)
Video
  • Vimeo page source: player.vimeo.com/video
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com …
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com …
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=RtXv6uaEMMbRyleHa5jMbQmiUCVy0CxH4Qf3lF/…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: 7Z5A6Xlt7BhqqooipJUtw0cu2IjSQ-_RnNbEA2c6pfc
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com …

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