An Army of Yesterday’s Civilians: Ukraine and the Fight for Freedom
Do Europeans fully grasp what the fall of Ukraine would mean for the rest of the continent?
Maarten Boudry
· 24 min read
Foreign Affairs
A collection of 219 posts
Our Foreign Aid System Is Broken. Thanks to Trump, We Have a Chance to Rebuild It
During my three-decade career as a diplomat and international-development manager, I saw the sector become more wasteful, frivolous, and ideologically self-serving.
Mark McDowell
· 12 min read
The Real End of the Arab–Israeli Conflict?
The strategic case for Syria–Israel normalisation.
Aurele Tobelem
· 8 min read
A Bright September Day
Reflections on a morning that changed the world as we knew it.
Jesse Inman
· 6 min read
Power Without Principle
The Trump administration does not know how to use American power to expand American influence, and its officials do not care to learn.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Reasons to Leave China
The Chinese Communist Party cannot and will not accept that its time in the sun has passed. But the public knows.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
Drink More Ovaltine
The jokes we told in a Venezuelan prison.
Joseph G. St. Clair
· 11 min read
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Amid a regional scramble to shape the “day after,” Jordan appears to be the only country without a plan of its own.
Aurele Tobelem
· 9 min read
The Pacific's True Rogue State
Beijing just launched a nuclear-capable missile into the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone and called it routine. It was not.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
Reshaping the Middle East
Reconsidering Israel’s wars in 1956, 1982, and 2026.
Shany Mor
· 21 min read
State of Failure
Trump ignored Clausewitz, and disaster ensued.
Brian Stewart
· 10 min read
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