Foreign Affairs

America isn’t ready for the next wave of foreign influence operations.

Demographic decline, political paralysis, and the fate of great powers.

Reckoning with the country’s real crisis.

A new majority—even in Gaza—support compromise with Israel.

Tehran’s strategy to drive America out of the Middle East.

How technology empowers—and imperils—dictators.

Why the region must brace for a new wave of turbulence.

Over the last half millennium, societies around the globe competed to divide up the world’s land. Nearly every square inch of soil outside Antarctica is now owned and tucked within national borders. But the oceans have largely been spared that fate. There were times throughout history when countries tried to gate and regulate the seas, but they were too vast to be controlled for long periods. During the Cold War, as technology made it far easier to imagine partitioning the world’s waterways and

What Kyiv needs to survive.

Why America and Iran fight on without victory.

America and its allies must scale together for a new era of war.

But Washington risks missing out.

The lessons of Tehran’s use of precise mass.

Use today’s calm to prepare for the next perfect storm.

The Greenland deal proves self-reliance is not an option.

The Greenland deal proves self-reliance is not an option.

A new stage in Russia's confrontation with Ukraine—and the West.

A new stage in Russia's confrontation with Ukraine—and the West.

The real barriers to competitiveness and innovation are still in place.

A diplomatic strategy to end the war.