Foreign Affairs

A close reading of Osama bin Laden's correspondence offers a portrait of the U.S. “war on terror” as it was seen through the eyes of its chief target.

China's increasing dominance in the Middle East is primarily fueled by its economic interests and U.S. retrenchment.

The president’s power grab risks an authoritarian regression.

The Quad's success poses a major threat to Beijing’s ambitions.

Ebrahim Raisi and the triumph of the hard-liners

The United States and Europe should set out a clear road map for Ukraine to finally join NATO and the European Union.

Islamabad will come to regret aiding the Taliban’s resurgence.

How to prevent catastrophe in a post-American Afghanistan.

Race, partisanship, and fake news at the dawn of the republic.

What will happen when Xi is gone?

The United States has a legal and moral obligation to try to end the mass atrocities in Xinjiang.

Great powers should not intervene in and prolong wars in hopes of instituting democratic reforms as part of counterinsurgency.

To strengthen its pro-democracy foreign policy, the U.S. should take the interests of both rich and poor democracies into account, rather than only the former.

Washington and its allies need a shared semiconductor strategy. Only then will they be able to protect their national security and stave off another economic crisis.

The global consequences of the United States’ democratic backsliding.

Inflation will likely subside, and the age of magic money will go on.

A revived Palestinian national movement could upend the status quo.

Biden has identified the defining strategic challenge of the twenty-first century, but he faces daunting problems.

Why America should make its supply chain more transparent.

Social norms form the nervous systems of nation-states. Just as physical nervous systems have common pressure points that can trigger predictable mental and physical reflexes, societies have important pressure points, too.