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What Drones Can—and Cannot—Do on the Battlefield

The Pentagon Should Learn From Israel and Ukraine

yesterday 30

Foreign Affairs

Michael C. Horowitz

How Trump Can Finish the Job in Iran—and the Middle East

Keeping the Pressure on Tehran Will Stabilize the Region

yesterday 3

Foreign Affairs

James Jeffrey

The Fantasy of a Grand Bargain Between America and China

Hope springs eternal in the world of great-power diplomacy. Even today, in the throes of a norm-busting trade war with China, there is talk of some...

previous day 20

Foreign Affairs

William Hurst

The End of the Age of NGOs?

The 1990s were a golden age for nongovernmental organizations. It was a time when well-known groups such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and...

previous day 10

Foreign Affairs

Sarah Bush

Your Land Is Our Land

Conflicts over land and territory will likely proliferate as the accelerating climate crisis collides with rising geopolitical tensions. The...

tuesday 10

Foreign Affairs

Sunil Amrith

Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence

“Speak plainly!” Russian President Vladimir Putin snapped at his foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, at a televised security council...

tuesday 50

Foreign Affairs

David V. Gioe

Strategies of Prioritization

Less than six months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration’s foreign policy has generated widespread dismay and...

30.06.2025 20

Foreign Affairs

Jennifer Lind

The Arctic Great Game

“Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first century,” Steve...

30.06.2025 10

Foreign Affairs

Heather A. Conley

Ukraine Can Still Win

When U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, many in Washington expected a rapid settlement to the war in Ukraine. On the campaign...

30.06.2025 10

Foreign Affairs

Michael Carpenter

The Staying Power of India’s Hindu Right

When India’s 2024 general election results were announced a year ago, they surprised almost everyone. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party—which was...

30.06.2025 20

Foreign Affairs

Hartosh Singh Bal

An Industrial Policy With American Characteristics

Competition between China and the United States has long been framed as a contest between two countries with opposite roles in the global economy:...

30.06.2025 3

Foreign Affairs

Damien Ma

Behind the Firing Line

Was there ever anyone quite like William F. Buckley, Jr.? The founder of National Review, once the preeminent conservative magazine; the host of a...

29.06.2025 7

Foreign Affairs

Charles King