Foreign Affairs

The battle on the streets over the foundations of the state.

What people in the region actually believe.

How a true “energy cease-Fire” can curb Putin.

Technology experts Kathleen Curlee and Sam Bresnick argue that China is catching up to the United States in space, commercially and militarily. This poses a threat to U.S. military operations, which rely on space-based capabilities. Washington must invest in space defense and also reduce its reliance on the domain.

When airpower wins, and when it doesn’t.

What will survive when the boom ends.

Why disengagement is not the answer.

Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodsky, researchers at Carnegie’s China AI Initiative, argue that China is betting that AI dominance will come from combining hardware and software, or AI-powered robots. By focusing only on software such as AI models, they argue, Washington and Silicon Valley risk falling behind.

Tehran’s fight for great-power status in the post-American Middle East.

Robert Zoellick, an expert on the global economy who served as U.S. trade representative and World Bank president, makes the authoritative case that President Donald Trump’s antagonism toward Canada and Mexico is destroying an economic and security partnership that that enables the United States to project power globally.

America should spy on foreign companies to help its own.

A failing peace process leads to only one outcome.

Who will benefit from the continent's investment boom?

Julianne Smith, who represented the United States at NATO during the Biden administration, argues that Russian hybrid warfare in Europe is escalating quickly, and NATO is not doing enough to deter it. Putin is attempting to discourage support for Ukraine and undermine faith in Article 5, and NATO is responding with an outdated playbook.

Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.

The dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice.

America isn’t ready for the next wave of foreign influence operations.

Demographic decline, political paralysis, and the fate of great powers.

Reckoning with the country’s real crisis.

A new majority—even in Gaza—support compromise with Israel.