U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wants to limit China’s influence, even if he has to break the American-made economic order to do it.
Atlantic writers look ahead at their beats.
Tariffs aren’t changing China’s mind. So get ready for more tariffs.
The trade talks may end. But the trade war will never die.
Activists can succeed in China, as long as they follow the ever-changing rules for dissent.
Robert D. Kaplan’s “The Coming Anarchy” was a pessimistic masterpiece. But its bleak predictions didn’t all pan out.
The economic historian Adam Tooze sees the consequences of 2008 everywhere.
A historical briefing on the legacy of the Soviet withdrawal
Bill Burns revisits NATO enlargement and other stories from a relationship gone bad.
The Pakistan crisis gives the Indian prime minister the perfect chance to divide his opponents.
America has long blocked truce talks, says the historian Bruce Cumings. Now Trump might be getting out of the two Koreas’ way.
In 1977, the writer John Brooke itemized his annual budget. It wasn’t pretty, even by today’s standards.
A tainted election reveals a lesson about the relationship between democracy and power.
The legal reformer wants to bring back antitrust as the cornerstone of a new political philosophy.
Everything has changed since the drug war of the mid-’90s. And nothing has.
Riyadh has refined its control of oil production over the years. But that doesn’t mean it can embargo the United States again.
Riyadh has refined its control of oil production over the years. But that doesn’t mean it can embargo the United States again.
Over 20-plus years, China has gone from ignoring pollution to taking center stage at climate talks. Here’s how that happened.
Why are young Americans having a hard time getting down?
The author of the “Sex Recession” sits down with The Masthead.
Labour’s leader is focused instead on purging the party of Tony Blair’s legacy.