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Works in Progress

For Americans, these are tumultuous times. Inequality in income and wealth is at historically high levels. Climate change is accelerating, with the...

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Foreign Affairs

Cecilia Elena Rouse

The Pope’s Foreign Policy

After Pope Francis’s death, on April 21, much of the world’s attention has focused on his personality: his humility, his humor, his hands-on...

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Foreign Affairs

Victor Gaetan

The Real Lesson of SignalGate

In the weeks since the explosive revelation that top U.S. officials inadvertently shared attack plans in Yemen with a journalist on a Signal group...

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Foreign Affairs

Ronald J. Deibert

The Once and Future China

If you dropped in to China at any point in its modern history and tried to project 20 years into the future, you would almost certainly end up...

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Rana Mitter

Order Without America

In a remarkably short time, the second Trump administration has upended many of the precepts that have guided international order since the end of...

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Foreign Affairs

Ngaire Woods

The Pentagon Can’t Be Run Like a Business

Over the last decade, calls to reform the Department of Defense have grown ever louder. Everyone, from Congress, which convened a special...

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Mara Karlin

The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition

“After being dismissed as a phenomenon of an earlier century, great power competition returned.” So declared the National Security Strategy that...

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Stacie E. Goddard

Israel’s Dangerous Overreach in Syria

In the months since Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed, Israel’s military activity in Syria has grown increasingly aggressive. The...

23.04.2025 2

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Shira Efron

The Post-Neoliberal Imperative

The United States is between scripts. For roughly four decades, the free-market ethos championed by President Ronald Reagan drove economic policy...

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Jennifer M. Harris

How Tariffs Erode Democracy

Protectionism has met with plenty of criticism over the last several months, but the magnitude of the danger it poses is not yet fully appreciated....

22.04.2025 4

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Javier Corrales

Europe Could Lose What Makes It Great

“The European Union was formed to screw the United States. That’s the purpose of it and they’ve done a good job of it.” So claimed U.S. President...

21.04.2025 2

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Anu Bradford

The Global Trading System Was Already Broken

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed...

21.04.2025 20

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Michael Pettis

The Empty Arsenal of Democracy

It is every president’s nightmare. The Chinese military is massing troops in Fujian Province and an armada offshore, just across the strait from...

21.04.2025 4

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Michael Brown

How Europe Can Deter Russia

Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump began his effort to settle the war in Ukraine, European leaders have tried to assemble a military coalition...

21.04.2025 10

Foreign Affairs

Barry R. Posen