Foreign Affairs

“Trump’s likely approaches to the most important issues facing Washington—competition with China, Russia’s war in Ukraine, global economic stability, and conflict in the Middle East—are not likely to

“China’s progress and power are substantial. But it has liabilities on its balance sheet, too, and without looking at these alongside its assets, it is impossible to evaluate the United States’ real p

“U.S. leaders risk making costly missteps by adopting a reactive posture toward China instead of capitalizing on the United States’ comparative advantages to push forward its interests at a moment whe

“This is the paradox of American power: the United States is a divided country, perpetually perceived as in decline, yet it consistently remains the wealthiest and most powerful state in the world—lea

“It’s important to remember what Putin was trying to accomplish. He was trying to erase Ukraine from the map. He was trying to subsume it back into a greater Russia. And that’s failed, and that’s a st