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Venezuela Jan 4, 2019 Essay

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El Suicidio de Venezuela

El socialismo y los bajos precios del petróleo a menudo son señalados como causas de la catástrofe venezolana. En realidad, fueron décadas de liderazgos tóxicos bajo...

Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro

Un manifestante sostiene una bandera en llamas en una protesta en contra del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro en Caracas, en junio del 2017.

Peacekeeping January/February 2019 Essay

The Crisis of Peacekeeping

UN peacekeeping missions fail because they rely on top-down solutions rather than bottom-up strategies that draw on local knowledge.

Séverine Autesserre

War & Military Strategy January/February 2019 Essay

The Eroding Balance of Terror

Since WWII, the United States has put deterrence at the core of its defense strategy. Yet technological and geopolitical changes are making deterrence more complicated...

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Criminal Law January/February 2019 Essay

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Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War

Thanks to the rise of “deepfakes”—highly realistic and difficult-to-detect digital manipulations of audio or video—it is becoming easier than ever to portray someone...

Robert Chesney and Danielle Citron

Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

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America’s Long Goodbye

The turbulence of the Trump administration is a symptom of a wider, and more permanent, shift: the passing of the generation of leaders formed by World War II and...

Eliot A. Cohen

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

Trump Versus the Government

Donald Trump's time in office has been defined by wrangling between the president and his subordinates, blunting some of Trump's bad instincts but causing...

Elliott Abrams

Trump and members of his cabinet meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, May 2018.

Economics January/February 2019 Essay

The Free-Trade Paradox

Economists may have to accept that convincing most people of the value of free trade is a losing fight.

Alan S. Blinder

The spoils of trade: imported frozen seafood in Vernon, California, September 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

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A Foreign Policy for All

Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, outlines her vision for a foreign policy that works for all Americans.

Elizabeth Warren

Cybersecurity January/February 2019 Essay

The Unhackable Election

Malign foreign powers, led by Russia, are weaponizing the infrastructure that underpins democratic societies. Europe and the United States need to work together to...

Michael Chertoff and Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Defender of Democracy? Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 2008

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

America’s Middle East Purgatory

The United States exists in a kind of Middle Eastern purgatory—too distracted by regional crises to pivot to other global priorities but not invested enough to move...

Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Leaving on a jetplane: an F-18 on its way to the Persian Gulf, March 2017

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

How Congress Can Take Back Foreign Policy

Democrats have won the House of Representatives. Here's what they should do next.

Brian McKeon and Caroline Tess

A joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, September 2007.

Globalization November/December 2018 Essay

The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and former State Department Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Richard Nephew argue that since the end of...

Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew

Donald Trump (R) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin outside of the Treasury Department, April 2017.

Economics November/December 2018 Essay

How to Save Globalization

To compensate the losers from globalization, the United States must build a lifelong ladder of opportunity that goes from early childhood education to employment-based...

Kenneth F. Scheve and Matthew J. Slaughter

A steel worker at a plant in Granite City, Illinois, May 2018.

Security November/December 2018 Essay

Confronting Iran

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, lays out the Trump Administration's foreign policy towards Iran.

Michael R. Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 25, 2018.

Education November/December 2018 Essay

Generation Stress

Universities need to figure out how to produce happier, more resilient students.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Students attend commencement at Ohio State University, May 2013.

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Essay

Old Money, New Order

Philanthropic foundations need to contribute to the construction of a new, improved order, one that is more just and sustainable than its predecessor.

Darren Walker

A mother and daughter at a Head Start program in Boston, MA, March 2013.

The Best of 2018 November/December 2018 Essay

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Venezuela’s Suicide

Socialism and declining oil prices are often blamed for Venezuela’s catastrophe. In reality, it was decades of destructive leadership under Hugo Chávez and his...

Moisés Naím and Francisco Toro

A protester holds a burning flag at a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, June 2017

Political Economy November/December 2018 Essay

The Next Arab Uprising

The fundamental bargain underpinning stability in Middle Eastern states is coming undone. Unless regional leaders move quickly to strike new bargains with their...

Marwan Muasher

Police detain a protester in Amman, Jordan, June 2018

Global Institutions November/December 2018 Essay

The Committee to Save the World Order

America's allies must step up to protect the liberal world order while Trump is in office.

Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay

Grownups of the world, unite: at the G-7 summit in Quebec, June 2018

Economic Development November/December 2018 Essay

Health Without Wealth

The world has been getting healthier in ways that should make us worry.

Thomas J. Bollyky

Against medical advice: a miner smoking in Heilongjiang Province, China, October 2015.

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