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Russian Defense Ministry Press Service / AP The Sliding-Doors Approach to the Russia Crisis
Putin knows that the West will not fight for Ukraine because it is not a NATO ally, so traditional military deterrence will not work.
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Sergei Savostyanov / TASS / Getty Putin Is Taking a Huge Gamble
His decision to assemble an invasion force along Russia’s border with Ukraine suggests that we are about to enter a dangerous new phase of international relations.
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The Atlantic The World Needs a Pandemic Plan B
We must prepare to deal with future health crises in a world beset by nationalism and rivalry.
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Getty; The Atlantic The International Travel Restrictions Make Little Sense
Few leaders seem concerned about what we might lose by being cut off from one another.
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Tim Rue / Getty Joe Biden Worries That China Might Win
The president has put his finger on an important geopolitical development.
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Sarah Silbiger / Bloomberg / Nasir Kachroo / … Biden’s Misstep in India
The president’s foreign-policy and domestic teams have a long-standing difference on pandemic diplomacy.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic The U.S. and China Finally Get Real With Each Other
The exchange in Alaska may have seemed like a debacle, but it was actually a necessary step to a more stable relationship between the two countries.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The U.S. Must Now Repair Democracy at Home and Abroad
Our domestic troubles show that America has a real stake in the struggle for democracy worldwide.
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DENIS / REA / Redux The Risk of John Kerry Following His Own China Policy
Any progress on climate change will be lost if the frame is one of a grand bargain with Beijing.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Fraught Politics Facing Biden’s Foreign Policy
His presidency may be the establishment’s last best chance to demonstrate that liberal internationalism is a superior strategy to populist nationalism.
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SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty The Story of Our Mad King Will Live on Well Past the Election
Donald Trump is now an intrinsic part of the narrative of America.
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Jim Bourg / AP Images Real Problems Do Not Exist for Trump
Fearmongering about imaginary threats works only when the world is a fairly safe and stable place.
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Getty / The Atlantic What a Second Trump Term Would Mean for the World
Think of his reelection as a pincer movement, an attack on the international order from two sides.
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Braca Nadezdic / Newsmakers / Getty Large-Scale Political Unrest Is Unlikely, But Not Impossible
No, Democrats are not organizing a color revolution.
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Worradirek / Bhaskar Dutta / Getty / The … Will Trumpism Change Republican Foreign Policy Permanently?
The president did not just challenge Republican orthodoxy. He also blew up its establishment.
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Hannah McKay / Getty Pompeo’s Surreal Speech on China
An ideological struggle is under way between Beijing and free societies, and the Trump administration is on the wrong side.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic What a Shift in the U.K.’s Foreign Policy Means for the U.S.
Britain seems to be rejoining the fray, thinking strategically again.
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Philip Montgomery What Matters Most Is That Bolton Publishes the Book Before the Election
I’m no fan of his, but he is doing a service to the nation by speaking out.
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Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic We’ve Now Entered the Final Phase of the Trump Era
The president is stuck in a vicious downward spiral.
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Drop of Light / Shutterstock / Paul Spella … How Should Biden Handle China?
Look to Europe for lessons.
