After Chairman Mao's death in 1976, China began a series of reforms that eventually got its economy humming and its society buzzing. These led to a gradual process of liberalization during the 1980s that culminated in a series of protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. Fearing for its own survival, the communist regime cracked down, deciding to suppress the protests and keep power at all costs. A decade later, we at "Foreign Affairs" were able to publish, for the first time, a trove of secret documents showing why China's leaders opted for violence at Tiananmen Square that fateful...
After Chairman Mao's death in 1976, China began a series of reforms that eventually got its economy humming and its society buzzing. These led to a gr...
Ever since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, the questions about what would follow Saddam and what role the United States would play in Iraq's ultimate destiny have been controversial and hotly debated. At "Foreign Affairs," we've been at the center of those debates and now, as Iraq slides back into chaos following the American withdrawal, are in the thick of things again. To help you understand today's headlines, we've pulled together the best of our coverage in a new eBook, "Endgame in Iraq." The arguments presented span every significant position on the political spectrum, and...
Ever since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, the questions about what would follow Saddam and what role the United States would play in Iraq's u...
At "Foreign Affairs" we've published a ton of great content in 2014, and we've picked out ten of our favorite articles from the print edition and ten from the web to show you just what we've been up to over the last year. Highlights include "Capital Punishment," in which Tyler Cowen explains why French economist Thomas Piketty's book on economic inequality is brilliant but fundamentally flawed. "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault," John Mearsheimer's blockbuster article on Washington and its European allies' responsibility for the Ukraine crisis, will make you rethink your...
At "Foreign Affairs" we've published a ton of great content in 2014, and we've picked out ten of our favorite articles from the print edition and ten ...
So much is going on that it is hard to get a handle on it all, let alone to tie things together neatly in a simple framework. But at "Foreign Affairs," we have been carefully tracking the emergence and debating the significance of this "new global context," as the World Economic Forum puts it, in real time. So we decided that it would be useful to put together this special collection as background reading for the Forum's 2015 Annual Meeting. Drawn from the pages of our print magazine and the pixels of our website, the articles gathered here trace major recent geopolitical events and...
So much is going on that it is hard to get a handle on it all, let alone to tie things together neatly in a simple framework. But at "Foreign Aff...
With the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham still on the rampage and at the top of the U.S. national security agenda, we at Foreign Affairs have put together this companion eBook to Endgame in Iraq, in which our authors carefully examine the nature of the ISIS threat, the current state of the war against it, and the options for what to do next. Bringing together a collection of our best coverage of the subject from both print and Web, The ISIS Crisis offers an unparalleled range of authoritative analysis on everything from the group's ideology, strategy, and internal...
With the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham still on the rampage and at the top of the U.S. national security agenda, we at Foreign Affairs have...
Although we're not particularly well known for it, we at "Foreign Affairs" care a great deal about the state of the physical world and all its inhabitants, and have run a substantial number of articles about environmental, conservation, and climate issues. So we decided this spring that it was time to pull together some of the highlights of our coverage in this special collection. The articles presented span a range of topics and perspectives, from Steven M. Wise on animal rights to Bjorn Lomborg on environmental alarmism, Elizabeth Economy on China's pollution problem, and Fred Krupp on...
Although we're not particularly well known for it, we at "Foreign Affairs" care a great deal about the state of the physical world and all its inhabit...
"Foreign Affairs" has long been the place for aspiring presidents and their advisers to present their foreign policy visions, and so with the 2016 campaign well under way, we decided to provide some context for it by pulling together nearly a century's worth of campaign-related articles from our archives. In this collection, you'll find everybody, from all the major candidates in 2008-including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee-to crucial historical figures such as Colonel House, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and many more. It's a...
"Foreign Affairs" has long been the place for aspiring presidents and their advisers to present their foreign policy visions, and so with the 2016 cam...
