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Big Data March/April 2020 Essay

Too Big to Prevail

Breaking up and regulating Big Tech—companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google—will bolster national security.

Ganesh Sitaraman

Don’t be evil: a security guard at Google offices in Shanghai, April 2016

Security March/April 2020 Essay

How the Good War Went Bad

Winning in Afghanistan was always going to be difficult, but avoidable errors have made it impossible.

Carter Malkasian

Pakistani protesters rally against the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in Karachi, Pakistan, September 2001

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 28, 2020 Essay

The Wounded Presidency

How Impeachment Has Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy

Surveillance March/April 2020 Essay

The Digital Dictators

New technologies were supposed to open societies and empower individuals. Instead, they've given despots the upper hand.

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz, and Joseph Wright

I’ll be watching you: outside a mosque in Xinjiang, China, June 2008

Strategy & Conflict March/April 2020 Essay

Saving America’s Alliances

The U.S. alliance system is in decline and needs to be renovated, rather than scrapped or restored to its Cold War glory.

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Friends in need: U.S.–South Korean joint military drills in South Korea, March 2016

Civil Society March/April 2020 Essay

Mean Streets

Traffic deaths cannot be reduced without fundamentally rethinking urban infrastructure.

Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow

Unsafe at any speed: a traffic jam in New Delhi, January 2008

Crime & Drugs March/April 2020 Essay

The Epidemic of Despair

Deaths from drug overdose, alcohol, and suicide are spiraling in the United States. Do these "deaths of despair" form a uniquely American crisis or will they spread to...

Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Drown your sorrows: in a bar in Janesville, Wisconsin, June 2009

Campaign 2020 March/April 2020 Essay

Why America Must Lead Again

As president, Joe Biden plans to take immediate steps to renew U.S. democracy and alliances, protect the United States’ economic future, and have America lead the world.

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Biden campaigning in Elkader, Iowa, December 2019

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

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Too Big to Prevail

How the Good War Went Bad

The Wounded Presidency

The Digital Dictators

Saving America’s Alliances

Mean Streets

The Epidemic of Despair

Why America Must Lead Again

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

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The Shoals of Ukraine

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Thailand’s Politics Get More Dangerous

The WHO and China: Dereliction of Duty

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

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

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