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NATO July/August 2019 Essay

Europe Alone

The transatlantic relationship was in trouble long before Trump began inveighing against the EU, NATO, and European carmakers. What will it take to revive it?

Alina Polyakova and Benjamin Haddad

A mural attributed to the British artist Banksy at the Port of Dover in the United Kingdom, December 2018

Globalization July/August 2019 Essay

The Global Economy’s Next Winners

International trade long favored those who could provide ample and cheap labor—but the tide is turning, and it is highly developed economies with skilled workers who...

Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Michael Spence

Back in business: at an Amazon warehouse in Florence, New Jersey, August 2017

Democratization July/August 2019 Essay

America’s Forgotten Colony

The United States must end its failed and unjust colonial relationship with Puerto Rico, via statehood if need be.

Antonio Weiss and Brad Setser

After the hurricane: San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 2017

Politics & Society July/August 2019 Essay

Africa’s Democratic Moment?

The rise of five exciting new leaders in Africa suggests that the region could finally be turning a corner, politically and economically.

Judd Devermont and Jon Temin

Five guys: Abiy, Lourenço, Ramaphosa, Tshisekedi, and Buhari

Demography July/August 2019 Essay

With Great Demographics Comes Great Power

America's rise as a global superpower was predicated on favorable demographic trends—something the United States will have to actively maintain if it wants to maintain...

Nicholas Eberstadt

Keep ’em coming: at a daycare center in New York City, May 2010

China July/August 2019 Essay

A World Safe for Autocracy?

China’s Rise and the Future of Global Politics

Jessica Chen Weiss

The view from Beijing: a Chinese-built bridge in Maputo, Mozambique, May 2018

Politics & Society July/August 2019 Essay

The New Tiananmen Papers

On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen crisis, previously unpublished documents shed new light on a moment that came to define modern China.

Andrew J. Nathan

Last stand: protesting in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, June 1989

U.S. Foreign Policy July/August 2019 Essay

American Hustle

Donald Trump and the Mueller report are x-rays, revealing much of what has gone awry in American politics and society in recent years.

Stephen Kotkin

Trump and Putin at a news conference in Helsinki, Finland, July 2018

Intelligence May/June 2019 Essay

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

Russian social media meddling in the 2016 U.S. election should serve as a wake-up call: U.S. intelligence community must shift its focus from counterterrorism to a...

Amy Zegart and Michael Morell

Cracking the code: at CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia, June 2010

Foreign Policy May/June 2019 Essay

The Longest Wars

Richard Holbrooke helped normalize U.S. relations with China; served as U.S. ambassador to a newly reunified Germany and then to the United Nations; and, most famously...

George Packer

Holbrooke in central Vietnam, early 1967

Economics May/June 2019 Essay

All the King’s Consultants

Experts play valuable and highly visible roles advising leaders in wealthy liberal democracies and international institutions. But far less is known about what they do...

Calvert W. Jones

MBS talks with King Salman during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2018

Security May/June 2019 Essay

The New Revolution in Military Affairs

For the U.S. military to succeed on the battlefields of the future, it will need a force built around large numbers of small, inexpensive, expendable, and highly...

Christian Brose

The competition: a CH-7 drone on display in Zhuhai city, China, November 2018

War & Military Strategy May/June 2019 Essay

Killer Apps

The real danger of an AI arms race isn't that another country would win; it's that unsafe technologies would make everyone lose.

Paul Scharre

Seeing like a state: a SenseTime surveillance software demo in Beijing, October 2017

Civil Society May/June 2019 Essay

The Dark Side of Sunlight

The so-called sunshine reforms of the 1970s were meant to make Congress more accountable to the public by making it more transparent. Instead, they achieved the...

James D'Angelo and Brent Ranalli

The dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 2012

Trump Administration May/June 2019 Essay

Hard Truths in Syria

With the impending troop reductions decreed by Trump, Washington must lower its sights in Syria. It should focus on protecting only two interests: preventing ISIS from...

Brett McGurk

Light footprint: U.S. soldiers in Manbij, Syria, November 2018

Ideology May/June 2019 Essay

The New German Question

The failure of the European Union, if it occurs, will bring back what used to be known as “the German question”—how to deal with a country at the heart of Europe that...

Robert Kagan

Über alles: Alternative for Germany supporters at a rally in Berlin, May 2014

U.S. Foreign Policy May/June 2019 Essay

The Lost Art of American Diplomacy

The United States must rebuild American diplomacy and make it the tool of first resort.

William J. Burns

The good old days: George H.W. Bush with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Secretary of State James Baker, February 1990

Civil Society March/April 2019 Essay

The Kurdish Awakening

The United States’ actions in the Middle East have helped promote a new Kurdish nationalism.

Henri J. Barkey

This land is our land: Kurdish peshmerga forces in Makhmur, Iraq, August 2014.

Global Institutions March/April 2019 Essay

Educate to Liberate

By opening access to higher education, colleges have a chance to save liberal values and fight populism.

Carla Norrlof

The old college try: at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, November 2015

U.S. Foreign Policy March/April 2019 Essay

The Future of the Liberal Order Is Conservative

America doesn't have to choose between retrenchment and ambition; conservatism can keep what has been won and forestall a backlash.

Jennifer Lind and William C. Wohlforth

The USS Carl Vinson conducts an exercise with the Japanese Navy in the Philippine Sea, April 2017.

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Europe Alone

The Global Economy’s Next Winners

America’s Forgotten Colony

Africa’s Democratic Moment?

With Great Demographics Comes Great Power

A World Safe for Autocracy?

The New Tiananmen Papers

American Hustle

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

The Longest Wars

All the King’s Consultants

The New Revolution in Military Affairs

Killer Apps

The Dark Side of Sunlight

Hard Truths in Syria

The New German Question

The Lost Art of American Diplomacy

The Kurdish Awakening

Educate to Liberate

The Future of the Liberal Order Is Conservative

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Cyber Week in Review: July 19, 2019

Women This Week: Parliamentary Progress in Japan

Development Turns Competitive With Mixed Results

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

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