Discussions
Author Interviews
Author Interview,
May 16, 2013
China's new ambassador to the United States (and a rising star in Beijing) sets out his vision for U.S.-Chinese relations, discusses whether China is a revisionist power, and how it plans to deal with cyber security -- and Japan.
Author Interview,
May 16, 2013
Japan's prime minister speaks openly about the mistakes he made in his first term, Abenomics, Japan's wartime record (and his own controversial statements on that history), and the bitter Senkaku/Diaoyu Island dispute with China.
Author Interview,
May/June
2013
Poland's minister of foreign affairs speaks with Foreign Affairs about his country's history, its future, and its place in Europe.
Roundtables
Roundtable,
September 8, 2011
The executive director of the 9/11 Commission argues that American defenses against terrorism have been improved, but he says politics and bureaucracy have foiled several vital reforms.
Roundtable,
June 21, 2011
The U.S. mission in Afghanistan suffers from a lack of common objectives among U.S. agencies, argue Randy George and Dante Paradiso. What the war needs is a single commander to unite civilian and military efforts, they write. Not so, replies James Dobbins: Washington should be loath to move away from its tradition of civilian control of the armed forces.
Roundtable,
May 25, 2011
Michael Bröning, Tony Badran, and Mara E. Karlin and Andrew J. Tabler on the increasingly brutal crackdown in Syria, the durability of the Assad regime and what, if anything, the United States can do to bring the crisis to a peaceful end.
News & Events
News & Events,
May 10, 2013
The data editor of The Economist and the analytics director for office of the mayor of New York City discuss big data with the editor of Foreign Affairs.
News & Events,
April 26, 2013
The managing editor discusses chemical weapons in Syria, terrorism in Canada, and more.
News & Events,
April 26, 2013
The senior editor discusses the potential use of chemical weapons in Syria.
