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Foreign Affairs

A collection of 43 posts

Why AUKUS Matters

Why AUKUS Matters

The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence.

Aaron Sarin

20 Mar 2023 · 11 min read

The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast

Too many Western politicians continue to delude themselves about the character of Beijing’s regime.

Aaron Sarin

1 Mar 2023 · 10 min read

The Ukrainian Year

The Ukrainian Year

Ukraine has been instrumental in restoring a focus on what matters to the people and elected leaders of the West.

Jesse Inman

26 Feb 2023 · 4 min read

Ukraine’s Verdun

Ukraine’s Verdun

Attritional trench warfare and the terrible logic of the sunk cost return to Europe.

Robert Zaretsky

17 Feb 2023 · 4 min read

Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction?

Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction?

What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides.

Matt Johnson

15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read

The White Paper Revolution

The White Paper Revolution

China’s population has learned that its voice has real power.

Aaron Sarin

21 Dec 2022 · 13 min read

Misremembering the Korean War

Misremembering the Korean War

The profound difference in quality of life on opposing sides of the 38th parallel today offers a rebuke to those who portray the US-led intervention in Korea as immoral or futile.

Niranjan Shankar

29 Nov 2022 · 15 min read

Will It Be Different This Time?

Will It Be Different This Time?

It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall.

Brian Stewart

19 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

Putting the Cart before the Camel?

Putting the Cart before the Camel?

A plea for Arab democracy.

Brian Stewart

10 Nov 2022 · 9 min read

A Single Spark

A Single Spark

In the age of the Internet, can the Sitong Bridge Warrior’s protest make a difference?

Aaron Sarin

26 Oct 2022 · 5 min read

In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud

In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud

Biden, Putin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Robin Ashenden

25 Oct 2022 · 15 min read

Red Letter Day

Red Letter Day

How an unknown teacher from Leningrad took on Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev—and ultimately won.

Robin Ashenden

29 Sep 2022 · 12 min read

What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine

What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine

Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.

Matt Johnson

9 Sep 2022 · 9 min read

Idealist and Idiot

Idealist and Idiot

Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped.

John Lloyd

2 Sep 2022 · 9 min read

Lydia and the Vlads

Lydia and the Vlads

An Estonian’s changing relationship with Russia.

Robin Ashenden

26 Aug 2022 · 11 min read