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Capitalism January/February 2020 Essay

The Neoliberal Collapse

Neoliberalism is not just failing people, it’s failing the planet. It’s time for a new economic model that prioritizes the environment and gives workers a larger stake...

Miatta Fahnbulleh

Enter stage left: the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in London, October 2019

Capitalism January/February 2020 Essay

The Neosocialist Delusion

If the policies of democratic socialism were ever put into practice, they would lead to disaster.

Jerry Z. Muller

The heirs of Rousseau: Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders in New York City, October 2019

Capitalism January/February 2020 Essay

The Clash of Capitalisms

Capitalism has no rival, but its two variants—led by the United States and by China, respectively—offer significantly different ways of structuring political and...

Branko Milanovic

Capitalism January/February 2020 Essay

The Starving State

Nothing less than a bold new regime of domestic and international taxes will save wealthy democracies and economies from the distortions and dangers of rampant...

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Todd N. Tucker, and Gabriel Zucman

Strategy & Conflict January/February 2020 Essay

The Age of Great-Power Competition

By far the most important foreign policy story of our time is the way Washington has refocused its attention on great-power competition.

Elbridge A. Colby and A. Wess Mitchell

Great again: a NATO war game in Lithuania, June 2017

Strategy & Conflict January/February 2020 Essay

The New China Scare

Engagement with a rising China has been far more successful than generally recognized, and it continues to be the best path forward in an age of great-power...

Fareed Zakaria

Visitors in front of a picture of Xi at the Beijing Exhibition Center, September 2019

Energy January/February 2020 Essay

Adapt or Perish

The United States must build up resilience to climate change.

Alice Hill and Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

It’s getting hot in here: a fire in Windsor, California, October 2019

Domestic Politics January/February 2020 Essay

Women Under Attack

Governments, international organizations, and technology companies can enact reforms to blunt the corrosive violence against female politicians.

Jamille Bigio and Rachel Vogelstein

Globalization January/February 2020 Essay

Chained to Globalization

Economies around the world are irremediably intertwined, bound by chains that can be both constrictive and constructive.

Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman

The sum of its parts: a Nissan factory in Sunderland, England, October 2019

Arms Control & Disarmament January/February 2020 Essay

The Shoals of Ukraine

Why has Ukraine been a stumbling block for U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War?

Serhii Plokhy and M. E. Sarotte

Terms and conditions: signing the Budapest Memorandum, December 1994

Health January/February 2020 Essay

How to Fix American Health Care

For inspiration on a health care system that would not require scrapping private insurance right away, U.S. policymakers should consider the German model.

William C. Hsiao

Best practices: a doctor’s office in Minden, Germany, July 2016

The Best of 2019 November/December 2019 Essay

War Is Not Over

The idea that humanity is past the era of war is based on flawed measures of war and peace. If anything, the opposite is true.

Tanisha M. Fazal and Paul Poast

U.S. soldiers in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, December 2010

U.S. Foreign Policy November/December 2019 Essay

Let Russia Be Russia

A new Russia strategy must dispense with the magical thinking of previous administrations and seek incremental gains that advance long-term U.S. interests. Rather than...

Thomas Graham

Economics November/December 2019 Essay

The Unwinnable Trade War

Washington is not winning the trade war with Beijing. Although China’s economic growth has slowed, the tariffs have hit U.S. consumers harder than their Chinese...

Weijian Shan

Shoppers at a Black Friday sale in Illinois

Latin America November/December 2019 Essay

Nowhere to Go

The Western Hemisphere faces a migration crisis on a scale similar to the European crisis of 2015, with consequences just as far-reaching.

Alexander Betts

On the road again: a caravan of migrants from Arriaga, Mexico, October 2018

Security Oct 3, 2019 Essay

How Japan Could Go Nuclear

Can Japan resist the temptation to pursue nuclear weapons in an increasingly volatile region? It's up to Washington to help Tokyo feel safe.

Mark Fitzpatrick

Trade November/December 2019 Essay

The Progressive Case Against Protectionism

Restrictions on trade and immigration ultimately hurt Americans.

Kimberly Clausing

The price is right: in a supermarket in Baltimore, Maryland, July 2018

Foreign Policy November/December 2019 Essay

Beyond Great Forces

While many focus on regime types, institutions, and ideas as the primary movers in international relations, world leaders are also major pieces of the puzzle.

Daniel Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

Prince Charming: Mohammed bin Salman in London, March 2018

Security November/December 2019 Essay

The Nonintervention Delusion

Instead of settling into wishful thinking, policymakers should accept that the use of military force will remain an essential tool of U.S. strategy.

Richard Fontaine

Bernie Sanders at a rally in Michigan, April 2019

Asia Sep 20, 2019 Essay

Winning Kashmir and Losing India

The Indian government's brute majoritarianism in Kashmir reveals a spreading rot in the country's democratic institutions

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

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The Neoliberal Collapse

The Neosocialist Delusion

The Clash of Capitalisms

The Starving State

The Age of Great-Power Competition

The New China Scare

Adapt or Perish

Women Under Attack

Chained to Globalization

The Shoals of Ukraine

How to Fix American Health Care

War Is Not Over

Let Russia Be Russia

The Unwinnable Trade War

Nowhere to Go

How Japan Could Go Nuclear

The Progressive Case Against Protectionism

Beyond Great Forces

The Nonintervention Delusion

Winning Kashmir and Losing India

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

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