Foreign Affairs

A review of Carter Malkasian’s “The American War in Afghanistan,” a look at how the U.S. and its NATO allies failed to defeat the Taliban.

Technology is enabling nonstate actors to collect and analyze intelligence—sometimes more easily, more quickly, and better than governments.

Xi has placed China on a risky trajectory, one that threatens the achievements of his predecessors.

Three recent books serve as reminders that Chinese communism has given rise to a surprising diversity of viewpoints and leadership styles.

Belarus’s skyjacking reflects a global threat that democracies must confront.

The staggering cost of an unscientific response to the pandemic.

The diplomatic door is open for the United States and Iran to reach a nuclear deal that will weather transitions of administrations in both countries.

The Search for a Two-State Solution is Over.

Washington and its allies still have tools at their disposal to help Afghan women defend their rights and to ensure that the state and security forces that Afghan women depend on remain intact.

The Afghan government views Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan decision as an opportunity and a risk for itself, for Afghans, for the Taliban, and for the region.

The United States can withdraw from Afghanistan without walking away.

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What a U.S. withdrawal means for Afghanistan.

An internationalist foreign policy needs a stronger domestic foundation.

For the United States, patience is the least bad option.

Efforts to control information are only hardening the country’s divisions.

To prevent China’s techno-authoritarianism from gaining traction, the United States must start leading by example.

Although civilian control over the military is deeply embedded in the U.S. Constitution, it's currently under threat.

Wealthy democratic governments have pushed liberal market principles aside in the face of vaccine shortages.

If the Biden administration really wants to move the needle on North Korea, it will need to rethink the assumptions it has inherited about China’s role there.