Politics & Society

Politics & Society Mar 6, 2019 Postscript

The Problem With Xi’s China Model

As Xi begins his second five-year term as CCP general secretary and (soon) president, there are signs that the new model’s very successes are becoming liabilities.

Elizabeth C. Economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, December 2018.

Economics Feb 21, 2019 Snapshot

What’s Driving the Crisis in Zimbabwe?

The brutal state crackdown on protesters in Zimbabwe comes amid tensions within the ruling government and an economic crisis with no end in sight.

Stephen Chan

A man moves a burning barricade during protests on a road leading into Harare, Zimbabwe, January 2019

Politics & Society Feb 14, 2019 Snapshot

How the Polish Left Could Make Its Comeback

The murder of Pawel Adamowicz has helped galvanize support for new grass-roots movements that have allowed the Polish left to reclaim national attention through local...

Marta Figlerowicz

Robert Biedron at the launch of his new party, Wiosna, in Warsaw, Poland, February 2019

Politics & Society March/April 2019 Review Essay

Building a Better Nationalism

In her review of Yoram Hazony's book The Virtue of Nationalism, Yael Tamir suggests that the main problem today is a clash between nationalism and neoliberal...

Yael Tamir

Politics & Society March/April 2019 Comment

False Flags

Many of the self-described "nationalist" leaders who have recently risen to power in societies around the world are actually populist poseurs who have won support by...

Jan-Werner Müller

Full of hot air: at the inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro, Brasília, Brazil, January 2019

Politics & Society Dec 14, 2018 Interview

Big Man in Congo

A Conversation With Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, talks to Foreign Affairs about his presidency, the history of the country, and the elections to determine his successor.

EU Dec 10, 2018 Snapshot

Broken Europe

Europe's structural contradictions mean it will never succeed.

Helen Thompson

Macron and Merkel at the NATO Summit in Brussels, July 2018.

Brexit Nov 16, 2018 Snapshot

Brexit and Broken Promises

The United Kingdom embraced a political fantasy in June 2016, when a slight majority of Brexit referendum participants voted for the country to leave the European Union

Peter Hall

British Prime Minister Theresa May holds a news conference at Downing Street in London, November 2018.

Politics & Society Nov 14, 2018 Snapshot

Spain Digs Up Its Past

The Spanish government's plans to exhume the country's former dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen has caused a fierce debate over the dictator's...

Sebastiaan Faber

Politics & Society Oct 28, 2018 Snapshot

Trumpism Comes to Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro has accomplished the once unthinkable: he has won the presidency of Latin America’s largest country, which accounts for approximately 40 percent of the...

Roberto Simon and Brian Winter

Jair Bolsonaro waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28, 2018

Politics & Society Oct 19, 2018 Response

Naming and Shaming in the Balkans

Modern-day nationalist aspirations in Macedonia and the Macedonian language reach far back in history. The Prespa agreement between Greece and Macedonia may be ailing...

Victor A. Friedman

Politics & Society Oct 15, 2018 Snapshot

The Twilight of German Conservatism

Much ink has been spilled on the collapse of European social democracy. Much less talked about, but just as brutal, has been the decline of German conservatism.

Georg Diez

Politics & Society Oct 12, 2018 Response

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

A name change alone won't solve the two countries' problems.

Ioannis Kotoulas

Politics & Society Oct 11, 2018 Snapshot

The Catholic Church’s Biggest Crisis Since the Reformation

A new wave of clerical sexual abuse revelations has worsened an already bitter divide between Catholic traditionalists and progressives.

Massimo Faggioli

Pope Francis sits during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2017.

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.

Politics & Society Oct 10, 2018 Snapshot

Why Borders Are Not the Problem—or the Solution—for Serbia and Kosovo

There are almost certainly other solutions to the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo that do not involve redrawing borders.

Eric Gordy

People protest against Kosovo President Hashim Thaci's border change proposal deal with Serbia in Pristina, Kosovo, September 2018.

Politics & Society Oct 3, 2018 Snapshot

Learning to Love Kim’s Bomb

North Korea's nuclear arsenal may be more opportunity than threat.

Joshua Shifrinson

Politics & Society Oct 2, 2018 Snapshot

How Russia and China Undermine Democracy

Both Russia and China view weakening Western democracy as a means of enhancing their own standing.

Andrea Kendall-Taylor and David Shullman

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping watch a performance at the "Ocean" All-Russian Children's Centre in Vladivostok, September 2018.

Law & Institutions Oct 1, 2018 Snapshot

The Name’s Macedonia. North Macedonia.

Macedonia's potential name-change could end a decades-long dispute over lanugage, national identity, and history between the country and its southern neighbor Greece.

Victor A. Friedman

Economics Sep 13, 2018 Snapshot

The Financial Crisis Is Still Empowering Far-Right Populists

Financial crises empower right-wing populists. The crash of 2008 was worse than usual.

Manuel Funke, Moritz Schularick, and Christoph Trebesch

Politics & Society

Democracy Is Not Dying

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The Problem With Xi’s China Model

What’s Driving the Crisis in Zimbabwe?

How the Polish Left Could Make Its Comeback

Building a Better Nationalism

False Flags

Big Man in Congo

Broken Europe

Brexit and Broken Promises

Spain Digs Up Its Past

Trumpism Comes to Brazil

Naming and Shaming in the Balkans

The Twilight of German Conservatism

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

The Catholic Church’s Biggest Crisis Since the Reformation

Old Money, New Order

Why Borders Are Not the Problem—or the Solution—for Serbia and Kosovo

Learning to Love Kim’s Bomb

How Russia and China Undermine Democracy

The Name’s Macedonia. North Macedonia.

The Financial Crisis Is Still Empowering Far-Right Populists

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The American Midwest and Southeastern Africa Hit by Storms and Flooding

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

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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