Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

6/10/2025, 4:43:51 PM

“Unless Washington changes course fast, the United States will suffer many of the same consequences that the United Kingdom did in the aftermath of Brexit,” warn Jonathan Haskel and Matthew Slaughter. https://fam.ag/43P4Dmw

Foreign Affairs

6/9/2025, 10:02:01 PM

Amid the current tumult, the Trump administration has an opportunity to negotiate a reset of the international economic system—one that addresses the old system’s shortcomings while meeting today’s strategic interests, write Emily Kilcrease and Geoffrey Gertz. https://fam.ag/43yG6Do

Foreign Affairs

6/11/2025, 8:34:54 PM

Merely reversing Trump’s cuts to the national security apparatus will not be enough to keep the United States safe in the years ahead, argues Michael Singh. Washington should let go of the old system—and “build a new national security state tailored to the world’s present-day threats.” https://fam.ag/4kCMlvZ

Foreign Affairs

6/10/2025, 5:02:26 PM

Pro-democracy forces in the United States should act quickly to strengthen grassroots movements, writes Laura Gamboa. “With the right infrastructure in place, the citizenry can be mobilized to boost turnout on Election Day—and demand that voters’ choices are respected afterward.” https://fam.ag/4000tqL

Foreign Affairs

6/9/2025, 3:45:47 PM

Read Charles King’s 2020 essay on what the decline of the Soviet Union looked like from the inside—and why great powers can be blind to their own decay until collapse is imminent: https://fam.ag/4jB3jti

Foreign Affairs

6/10/2025, 7:22:02 PM

“Gulf leaders do not want to have to make a Faustian choice between Iran and Israel,” writes Vali Nasr. “They want relations with both in order to strike a regional balance that works to their countries’ advantage and ensures the peace and stability that are vital to the region’s geoeconomic goals.” https://fam.ag/4e1nijI

Foreign Affairs

6/12/2025, 5:45:31 PM

Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Adam Posen on the short- and long-term effects of Trump’s tariffs—and the growing risks to the United States’ economic position: https://fam.ag/3SQzZ7k

Foreign Affairs

6/12/2025, 2:52:48 PM

Under Trump, the United States is no longer interested in leading the rules-based global order, write Victor Cha, John Hamre, and G. John Ikenberry. When the G-7’s leaders meet in Canada, they must recognize that “a new, reimagined G-7 needs to step up to fill the void.” https://fam.ag/4kBQWhN

Foreign Affairs

6/9/2025, 8:30:30 PM

“To truly reduce the cartels’ corrosive power, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum should pursue their protectors,” writes Will Freeman. How can the Trump administration give Sheinbaum a greater incentive to act? https://fam.ag/3SL5NdM

Foreign Affairs

6/8/2025, 10:27:29 PM

In recent years, a subset of Silicon Valley visionaries who once saw technology “not just as a business opportunity but as a revolutionary force” have taken a techno-authoritarian turn, writes Ian Bremmer. “No longer content to transcend the state, they now seek to capture it.” https://fam.ag/3HKt9h5