America’s Crisis of Deterrence | Foreign Affairs
WEB2 days ago · By Carter Malkasian. September 20, 2024. A U.S. Navy fighter jet landing on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, February 2024. Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters. The United States and its allies are facing a crisis of deterrence. China is menacing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea and possibly readying its military for an invasion of Taiwan.
What the World Can Learn From Switzerland, Taiwan, and Vietnam
WEB5 days ago · In-depth analysis delivered weekly. Yet as these major countries seem to be retreating from capitalism, there are a few places across the income curve, including Switzerland, Taiwan, and Vietnam, where capitalism still works—and their examples are worth emulating. Their governments value economic freedom, limiting their own role in …
The Case Against Israeli-Saudi Normalization | Foreign Affairs
WEB5 days ago · Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters. When President Joe Biden leaves office early next year, he will probably do so without having realized a signature item on his agenda for the Middle East—a diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, sealed by a formal U.S. security guarantee to Riyadh. Yet this elusive agreement runs the risk of ...
Exiles Cannot Save Russia | Foreign Affairs
WEB4 days ago · September 18, 2024. Russian opposition leader Ilya Yashin in court on charges of spreading false information, Moscow, December 2022. Yuri Kochetkov / Reuters. In late 2022, a Moscow court sentenced the Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years behind bars. He was a prominent and outspoken member of the Russian …
America and the Philippines Should Call China’s Bluff
WEB4 days ago · Washington, for its part, has welcomed Marcos’s foreign policy shift and his upholding of international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to settle maritime disputes. And U.S. officials have consistently expressed support for the Philippines and criticism of Beijing each time China harasses Philippine vessels.
Can America Still Lead the Global Energy Transition?
WEB3 days ago · The Foreign Affairs Interview. Foreign Affairs invites you to join its editor, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, as he talks to influential thinkers and policymakers about the forces shaping the world. Whether the topic is the war in Ukraine, the United States’ competition with China, or the future of globalization, Foreign Affairs' biweekly podcast offers the …
A Two-State Solution That Can Work - Foreign Affairs
WEB3 days ago · The infeasibility of the familiar two-state plan has prompted some intellectuals to instead push for a one-state solution. Under these proposals, Palestinians and Israeli Jews would be equal citizens in a state governed by a single, democratically elected government. Such a solution may be a worthy long-term goal, but for now, it remains ...
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