Foreign Affairs

America, China, and the tragedy of great-power politics.

Protecting security without crushing innovation.

Why Moscow will be a persistent power.

America has an opportunity to lead the fight against authoritarianism.

How Washington lost the post-Soviet peace.

Backlash is building—but Beijing can’t seem to recalibrate.

A force for good in the changing international order.

Both sides must revise their red lines—or risk war.

The president’s foreign policy doctrine has been hiding in plain sight.

The case for a pandemic trust fund.

Afghanistan is just the latest failure.

Despite Biden's claims, catastrophe was not inevitable

The war on terror supercharged state power

Why ending the war is more difficult than ever

A new development model for a world in crisis.

What the war on terror cost America.

Just because the Taliban won doesn’t mean jihadis will.

A review of Christophe Jaffrelot's "Modi's India", which examines the rise of Hindu nationalism and ethnic democracy under Narendra Modi.

A review of John Mueller's "The Stupidity of War", which argues that the U.S. should adopt a military strategy of restraint.

What Washington can do about it now