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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.

Environment March/April 2019 Essay

Less Than Zero

Negative Emission Technologies—technologies that remove carbon dioxide from the air—are a crucial complement to carbon-neutral technologies.

Fred Krupp, Nathaniel Keohane, and Eric Pooley

Climeworks, a facility for capturing carbon dioxide from the air, in Hinwil, Switzerland, July 2017

Security March/April 2019 Essay

The New Containment

During the Cold War, the United States chose to contain the Soviet Union, successfully deterring its military aggression and limiting its political influence for...

Michael Mandelbaum

Eye in the sky: a U.S. Navy helicopter in the South China Sea, October 2015

Civil Society March/April 2019 Essay

No Country for Strongmen

After four years under BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is not about to descend into "Hindutva" ethnonationalism, sectarian violence, or strongman rule....

Ruchir Sharma

Economics March/April 2019 Essay

Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?

It's time for Washington to focus on bigger things.

Jason Furman and Lawrence H. Summers

Budget buster: Trump after signing a tax bill, Washington, D.C., December 2017

Civil Society March/April 2019 Essay

The Importance of Elsewhere

Kwame Anthony Appiah makes the case for cosmopolitanism. The supposed incompatibility of nationalism and cosmopolitanism, he argues, is based on a misunderstanding,...

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Containing multitudes: pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge, December 2018

Venezuela Jan 4, 2019 Essay

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

A UN peacekeeper on a patrol in Kiwanja, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2008

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.

The future of war: a U.S. Army Gray Eagle drone at Williamson Airfield in northeast Australia, July 13, 2017

Criminal Law January/February 2019 Essay

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

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

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 jet plane: 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.

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The Kurdish Awakening

Educate to Liberate

The Future of the Liberal Order Is Conservative

Less Than Zero

The New Containment

No Country for Strongmen

Who’s Afraid of Budget Deficits?

The Importance of Elsewhere

El Suicidio de Venezuela

The Crisis of Peacekeeping

The Eroding Balance of Terror

Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War

America’s Long Goodbye

Trump Versus the Government

The Free-Trade Paradox

A Foreign Policy for All

The Unhackable Election

America’s Middle East Purgatory

How Congress Can Take Back Foreign Policy

The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft

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Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs: The Strategic Advantage of Women at the Peace Table

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

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