Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardInnovation PowerCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineHow Technology Will Reshape Geopolitics
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardHow to Understand COP27Curated byForeign Affairs MagazineForeign Affairs’ editors have selected some of the best analyses of the obstacles facing governments, policymakers, corporations, and citizens as they seek to equip the world for the consequences of a warming planet.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardForeign Affairs at 100: The Age of UncertaintyCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineThe central claim of the magazine’s first-ever essay—that a good foreign policy demands deep, open, and broad debate—may no longer seem as striking as it did in September 1922. Yet all we do is meant to fulfill that commitment, one as vital now as it was 100 years ago.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardCrisis in UkraineCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineEssays in Foreign Affairs explore the Ukraine-Russia conflict—and consider what comes next.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardDigital Disorder: War and Peace in the Cyber AgeCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineGovernments, businesses, and citizens alike now face pervasive and unrelenting cyberthreats.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardWhat to Read Before COP26Curated byForeign Affairs MagazineCatch up on international climate politics with recent Foreign Affairs essays ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardThe Divided WorldCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineIn September, in his first address to the UN General Assembly as president, Joe Biden pledged that the United States was not “seeking a new cold war or a world divided into rigid blocs.” Yet rather than offering reassurance, this chorus served mostly to highlight just how dismal the geopolitical reality has become, with suspicion and acrimony threatening to sink trust and cooperation even in the face of shared existential challenges. Is it too late? Has a new cold war already begun?
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardWho Won the War on Terror?Curated byForeign Affairs Magazine“This battle will take time and resolve,” President George W. Bush declared on September 12, 2001. “But make no mistake about it: we will win.” For much of the next two decades, pursuing victory in the “war on terror” would serve as the central fixation of American foreign policy. Yet even as the United States invaded two countries and launched drone strikes in others, a basic question was never answered: What would it mean to “win”?
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardWar in AfghanistanCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineThe Taliban takeover has roots in failed U.S. policies over the past two decades.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardCan China Keep Rising?Curated byForeign Affairs MagazineA self-assured China, bolstered by years of dazzling economic performance and the forceful leadership of Xi Jinping, has claimed its place as a world power and accepted that long-term competition with the United States is all but inevitable as a result. But past performance does not guarantee future results. On closer examination, the obstacles to China’s continued success look daunting.
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardTrade WarsCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineThe Fight Over the Global Economy’s Future
Foreign Affairs MagazineStoryboardHow the Pandemic Changed the WorldCurated byForeign Affairs MagazineMarch 11, 2021, marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. In some ways, we understand the crisis better than we did a year ago: the failures of detection, preparation, and cooperation; the economic and social toll; the political repercussions; the missteps and the successes of the scientific response. But even now, much remains uncertain—including the question of whether the world will be better prepared the next time.
