Essays by Rana Mitter, Ngaire Woods, Lawrence Freedman, Jennifer Harris, and more.

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May/June Issue Out Now

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May/June Issue Out Now
 

Subscribe to Foreign Affairstoday to save $5 and access the May/June issue. Your subscriber benefits include the following:

  • Six issues available in Print, PDF and file types for Kindle and Nook devices
  • Unlimited access to new articles daily, now with more audio than ever before, plus adjustable playback speeds online and in the app
  • Access to the Foreign Affairs app, now offering improved search and playlist creation for continuous listening
  • Over a century of archives
  • Gift articles to share paywall-free with friends and family
 

Our May/June 2025 issue is available online today. It features new essays by Stacie Goddard on the rise and fall of great-power competition, Rana Mitter on the future of the U.S.-Chinese relationship, Jennifer Harris on the American economy after neoliberalism, and Lawrence Freedman on the age of forever wars. The issue also covers:

  • The case for building a new defense industrial base
  • How Washington can restore conventional deterrence
  • The roots of the war in Ukraine
  • How the international system can survive without American leadership,and more.
 
 
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The Narrow Path to a New Middle East

Dana Stroul proposes a U.S. Middle East strategy to contain Iran.

The Russia That Putin Made

Alexander Gabuev considers how the United States can coexist with a post-Putin Russia.

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Underestimating China

Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi warn against underestimating China.

The Return of Great-Power Diplomacy

A. Wess Mitchell argues for a revival of great-power diplomacy.

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The Narrow Path to a New Middle East

Dana Stroul proposes a U.S. Middle East strategy to contain Iran.

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The Russia That Putin Made

Alexander Gabuev considers how the United States can coexist with a post-Putin Russia.

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Underestimating China

Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi warn against underestimating China.

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The Return of Great-Power Diplomacy

A. Wess Mitchell argues for a revival of great-power diplomacy.

 
 

Books & Reviews

 

In the accessible and thought-provoking Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a fresh perspective on why Americans are struggling economically, writes Cecilia Elena Rouse.

 
 

Books & Reviews

 

In the accessible and thought-provoking Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a fresh perspective on why Americans are struggling economically, writes Cecilia Elena Rouse.

 

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