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President Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, standing in front of both countries' flags.

American Power in a Multipolar World

Emma Ashford offers a new vision of realism and restraint American foreign policy is in crisis. The bipartisan consensus that emerged after the Cold War has collapsed after a string …
The US Capitol building viewed at night.

How Foreign Influence Works in Washington

President Trump speaks from a podium.

What Americans Really Think of Trump’s Foreign Policy

A seamstress at Chinese factors sews an American flag

’90s Rewind Finale | Why The ‘90s Matter

US troops in desert camouflage disembark near a military transport aircraft during a foreign deployment

’90s Rewind | A Military Without Rival

Children run as a US military helicopter hovers low over a road in Somalia

’90s Rewind | The Cost of Humanitarian Intervention

Chinese President Jiang Zemin and US President Bill Clinton wave during a joint press event in front of Chinese and American flags in 1997

’90s Rewind | America’s China Gamble

’90s Rewind | How Apartheid Ended in South Africa

’90s Rewind | Why the Israel-Palestine Peace Process Failed

’90s Rewind | Fewer Nukes, More Danger

’90s Rewind | The CIA, Afghanistan, and the Road to 9/11

’90s Rewind | How Democracy Failed in Russia

’90s Rewind | Dawn of Unipolarity

Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures to supporters outside the Cabildo during the commemoration of the 214th anniversary of the May Revolution, in Cordoba, Argentina May 25, 2024.

The Chainsaw Effect: Javier Milei and the Disruption of Argentina’s Politics

The Hell of Bad Assumptions: Lessons from Afghanistan

Hubris in Haiti: Ambassador Dan Foote on Learning from America’s Failures

Anchored Insight: Admiral James Stavridis on Fiction, History, and Service

Who are the Houthis? Inside America’s Undeclared Air War

The Case Against Israel: South Africa’s Genocide Suit at the World Court

Ukraine at Two Years Sam Charap and Alex Ward on US Aid and Interests

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