Uri Friedman
He was previously a staff writer at The Atlantic covering national security and global affairs and a senior editor overseeing The Atlantic’s global coverage. Before that, he served as the deputy managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and worked with Atlantic Media’s chair and owner on editorial and business strategy, helping launch The Atlantic Wire. Friedman’s reporting has focused on issues such as the North Korean nuclear challenge, U.S. relations with China, the evolving international system, the geopolitical consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, global democratic trends, and the intersection of American politics and U.S. foreign policy.
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Antonio Masiello / Getty; The Atlantic Will Putin Use Nuclear Weapons? Watch These Indicators.
I asked several experts to share the indicators they’re tracking most closely to determine whether Russian nuclear use in Ukraine is imminent—and to help us all separate the signal from the noise.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty A Third Nuclear Age Is Upon Us
North Korea’s moves to develop tactical nuclear weapons show that the slope toward a new era is steepening.
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Getty; The Atlantic How the UN Security Council Can Reinvent Itself
The most powerful body of the most global organization has proved unable to address the world’s most pressing problems.
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The Atlantic What’s the Likelihood of Nuclear War?
The Ukraine crisis isn’t as dangerous as the darkest moments of the Cold War, but the potential for mistakes and miscalculations means the risks are still high.
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Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Putin’s Nuclear Threats Are a Wake-Up Call for the World
The Russian leader’s actions have opened our eyes to how dependent we all are on the whims of one man and his nuclear arsenal.
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The Atlantic The Seven Habits of COVID-Resilient Nations
South Korea has repeatedly suppressed the spread of the virus and kept deaths to relatively low levels.
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Ben Hickey The Dueling Ideas That Will Define the 21st Century
Our paradigms mold our assumptions and expectations, and thus our policies and behavior.
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Harold M. Lambert / Keystone / Getty ; … Germany Found a Way to Reduce Polarization. Could It Work in the U.S.?
The country’s robust investment in public media has helped it reduce political divisions.
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Chinatopix / AP The Lost Month That Haunts the World
And points to how we prevent the next pandemic.
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Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty COVID-19 Lays Bare the Price of Populism
A raging outbreak in Brazil threatens gains against the virus.
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Jim Lo Scalzo /Getty Don’t Erase What Happened at the Capitol
The building should resemble the United States, a still-broken country in need of fixing.
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Oded Balilty / AP One Country Has Jumped Ahead on Vaccinations
Israel has vaccinated six times more of its population than the United States. Can others learn from its success?
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Damage Will Last
The precedents Trump has set, the doubts he has sown, and the claims he has made will linger.
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Daniel Hernanz Ramos / Getty The Pandemic Is Revealing a New Form of National Power
In the COVID-19 era, a country’s strength is determined not only by its military and economy, but also by its resilience.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic My Son Is Looking to Me for Answers—And I Don’t Have Them Anymore
He’s asking me life’s biggest questions at the very moment when I am unlearning so much of what I used to know.
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The Atlantic Why America Resists Learning From Other Countries
The pandemic may pose the greatest threat yet to the belief that America has little to learn from the rest of the world.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Brazil’s Pandemic Is Just Beginning
The hardest-hit country in Latin America is facing a “perfect storm,” as inequality collides with COVID-19.
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SongJoon Cho / Bloomberg / Getty I Have Seen the Future—And It’s Not the Life We Knew
Cities around the world might slowly be coming back to life, but there’s no going back to “normal.”
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Simon Schluter / Fairfax / Headpress / Redux New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.
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Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty Anthony Fauci, Lightning Rod
The nation’s top infectious-disease expert is hardly infallible. But Trump allies may be criticizing him because they can’t target the president.
