State of Failure
Trump ignored Clausewitz, and disaster ensued.
Brian Stewart
· 10 min read
Foreign Affairs
A collection of 209 posts
China’s Last Moonshot
China’s ghost cities are like a mocking glimpse of the Chinese century we were told to expect, and for which we are still waiting.
Aaron Sarin
· 5 min read
Perceptions of Weakness
In his panic-stricken effort to disentangle America from the Middle Eastern mess, Trump now appears to be falling into line with Tehran’s wishes.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Four Inconvenient Truths About the Conflict in Lebanon
Western political will and good intentions are no match for a complex reality rife with conflicting interests and ideologies.
Eric Bordenkircher
· 9 min read
The Enemy Within
Iran is not Saudi Arabia’s biggest problem.
Chama Mechtaly
· 13 min read
An Electoral Reckoning at Last?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented tenure as Israeli prime minister may be about to end.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
Antifragility in Ukraine
Four years into the full-scale invasion, Ukraine bears little resemblance to the country Russia expected to defeat in a matter of days.
Sergey Maidukov
· 7 min read
Taiwan in the Balance
Donald Trump seems to have given up on Taiwan’s long-term future.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
Nixon Was Right
After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
Aaron Sarin
· 10 min read
This Is Not the 1970s
Amid the great uncertainties produced by the Iran War, some likelihoods have begun to emerge.
Milton Ezrati
· 5 min read
The Wrong Man
In Iran, Donald Trump is showing us what a populist war looks like.
Michael J. Totten
· 11 min read
Postliberalism After Hungary
Orbán’s defeat should scare the hell out of populist authoritarians.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read
Germany’s Cozy Catastrophe
The German state has been generous to its beneficiaries—but that largesse is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
Andreas Paul John
· 18 min read
Foreign Power, Local Politics
Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.
Pablo Policzer
· 10 min read
The Axis of Renewal
Israel and the United States have already done much to dismantle the Axis of Resistance, but the broader network supported by Iran remains most active in Western Europe.
Aurele Tobelem
· 11 min read