Foreign Policy Daily News & Analysis Dataset — UAE Edition
Foreign Policy is one of the most-read publications on global affairs, and this file captures every article it publishes, once a day — 14 columns covering headline, standfirst, full article text, author, publication time, permalink, article ID and images.
Its pieces are long and argued, not wire briefs. The article in the supplied sample, by historian Julian E. Zelizer, runs to more than 1,800 words on the US Justice Department and the legacy of Watergate.
The file already exists, because this pipeline runs daily whether you buy it or not. Most vendors start collecting after you order — which is why they quote a lead time. Here the most recent file is in your account within minutes of payment, with an API key issued at the same time.
What you get, in plain terms
Four things. Long-form analysis from the people who shape foreign-policy debate, in a clean daily file.
Section in every permalink
The permalink carries the section — markets, politics, industry — so you can filter the feed to the desks you need without a separate field.
Named experts on every row
Foreign Policy's writers are historians, former officials and specialist reporters — Journalist names them, so you can follow a voice across months.
Full argued text
Complete articles with a headline and a separate standfirst in Media Title — the argument and its summary side by side.
However you want it
Direct download, REST API, Amazon S3, Google Cloud, Snowflake or SFTP. The API key comes with the dataset.
Fields included in this dataset
All 14 columns, in the exact order they appear in the file — taken straight from the sample, not from a brochure. The free sample ships with a data dictionary giving an example value for each one.
Sample rows from the real file
Real rows from the sample file, not an illustration. The supplied sample has 1 article with all 14 columns.
Coverage
Captured daily across foreignpolicy.com. One row is one article, identified by its numeric Article ID and permalink.
| Field group | Columns | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Article | Title · Media Title · Message |
Headline, standfirst and full text |
| Time and source | Created Time · Domain · Publication Name |
When and where it was published |
| Author | Journalist |
Named writer on every article |
| Link and identity | Permalink · Article ID |
Unique key and provenance |
| Media | Image URLs |
Lead image |
Reach · Web Shares |
Empty in the sample | Not published — see the FAQ |
The supplied sample holds a single article. Ask for a fuller sample, or send the regions and topics you follow and we will price a narrower file.
Historical data
The last 30 days come with the dataset. Beyond that we hold Foreign Policy records from February 2025 onwards.
Ask about historical dataNeed more data points?
We can extend this dataset beyond the standard 14 columns — region and topic tags are the most requested addition, so Gulf and Middle East coverage can be pulled out on its own.
Request custom fields“Our policy team reads Foreign Policy every day. Having it in a structured file let us track how the debate on the Gulf shifted over a year.”
What people use this dataset for
Media monitoring and PR
Track every mention of your company, executives and competitors the day it is published.
Investment and risk teams
Feed timestamped headlines and article text into event studies, sentiment and alerting models.
Market and policy intelligence
Follow a sector, a country or a regulator through the outlet its decision-makers read.
Data and AI teams
Build search, retrieval and evaluation sets on clean, structured article text with full provenance.
About Foreign Policy data
Foreign Policy has covered global affairs for more than fifty years, publishing analysis, reporting and argument from academics, former officials and specialist journalists. Its readers are policymakers, diplomats, analysts and investors who need to understand where international debate is heading.
What the sample shows
The supplied article, by Princeton historian Julian E. Zelizer, argues that Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general would have been a scandal in 1973, tracing the Saturday Night Massacre and the post-Watergate reforms that separated the Justice Department from the White House. It arrives complete — headline, standfirst, byline, full text and lead image.
Why a daily file
Foreign Policy publishes a manageable number of long pieces each day. A daily capture gives you the complete record without intraday duplication, ready for search, summarisation or tracking how a theme develops.
Two things to plan for
The supplied sample holds one article, so ask for a fuller one before buying. Country reads “AE” because this edition is delivered for the UAE, not because the article is about the UAE; the file carries no keyword column, so region filtering needs a keyword list or topic tags on a custom feed.
Is collecting this data legal?
We collect only publicly accessible pages, respect robots.txt and platform terms, and align with GDPR and CCPA — the only personal data in the file is the public byline a publisher prints. Article text remains the publisher's copyright: the standard licence covers internal analysis such as monitoring, research and signal extraction, not republishing. Each row carries its permalink and publication time as documented provenance, so your legal team can review the source before you buy.
Frequently asked questions
Country records that. It does not mean every article is about the UAE — the sample article is about US politics.
