Foreign Affairs

The election will decide how the United States reaches herd immunity—through immunization or mass infection.

Colonel Sean P. Larkin, Military Fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations, sits down with Foreign Affairs Editor Gideon Rose to discuss his article, The Age of Transparency, published in the May/June 2016 issue of Foreign Affairs.

The Beltway and the public are closer than you think.

Regardless of who wins on November 3, Trump’s presidency has opened the door to electoral violence in the future.

The success of public health efforts depends on the trust between governments and their people.

Two books by scholars of the women’s rights movement explore the history of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment.

Raphaële Chappe and Mark Blyth respond to Sebastian Mallaby's article "The Age of Magic Money."

To lead the post-pandemic world, the United States must broaden its approach to national security and renew the foundations of its power.

What the world might be witnessing today is the dawn of an illiberal American century.

The United States and European Union must base their Belarus policies on a clear-eyed assessment of the protest movement’s weaknesses and Moscow’s strengths.

On September 27, fighting broke out between the militaries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Domestic and international political factors militate against compromise.

By putting diplomacy in the lead, the United States can address its discord with Iran and calibrate a smart and clear-eyed policy for the Middle East.

Absent significant changes, the United States will be ill-prepared to compete with China on the global stage for decades to come.

Reimagining—not restoring—the liberal international order.

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to force bailed-out companies to act in the public interest.

Politics matter more than the environment when it comes to war and peace.

U.S. diplomacy is badly broken, but it is not beyond repair. It must be reinvented for a new era.

Decoupling from China would scotch the best hope for preventing environmental disaster.

The time has come for the United States to introduce a policy of strategic clarity: one that makes explicit that the United States would respond to any Chinese use of force against Taiwan.

Global inequality continues to shrink as Asian incomes rise and the Western middle class struggles.