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Our November/December 2026 issue is now available online. Start reading here:
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“A bubble can be characterized as a good idea taken too far. And there is mounting evidence that markets have begun to push the tantalizing idea of AI beyond its limits.”
Ruchir Sharma considers what will happen when the AI bubble bursts:
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For the first time since World War II, “Europe, rather than the United States, has become Russia’s principal geopolitical adversary,” writes Dmitry Adamsky.
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Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring @pbmehta in conversation with Deputy Editor @kanishktharoor:
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Can nuclear weapons still reliably deter conventional attacks? Five experts—Eric Edelman, Franklin Miller, @Yonatan_Touval, Janice Gross Stein and @Gottemoeller—weigh in:
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“An obsessive focus on chokepoints might lead to collective disaster, but it will be remarkably hard for states to jump off the escalator and balance making credible threats with offering credible assurances,” write Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, and @YelingT. bit.ly/4iyBTXB
“The West ignores Xi’s ideological messaging at its own peril.” Read @MrKRudd’s 2022 essay on the worldview that drives Xi Jinping and his ambitions for China:
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“The Iranian regime’s fresh approach is designed to do more than deter Washington psychologically,” writes Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar. “It is also meant to systematically degrade the U.S. military and intelligence infrastructure in the Middle East.”
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The era of rising powers is ending, and an age of stagnation and demographic shocks is taking its place, writes Michael Beckley. “‘The rise of the rest’ has not merely slowed; it is reversing.”
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As China “heads toward a demographic cliff, Beijing seems incapable of preparing for the social challenges it will face,” writes @CarlMinzner. “China can build new high-speed rail lines or aircraft carriers but not, it seems, a sustainable social safety net.”
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“Xi Jinping probably has years, perhaps even more than a decade, before he steps down,” write @tcjost and @mattinglee. But “succession shapes political choices well before leaders finally relinquish control.”
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“India is in rebellion. At stake is the very future of the country’s democracy and the potential of its renewal.”
Read @pbmehta on what today’s mass protests could mean for the future of Indian democracy:
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“By abstaining from economic espionage, the United States has tilted the playing field against itself and magnified the Chinese threat,” argues David Cohen.
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Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar warns that Iran could soon cut undersea cables, assassinate American or Israeli officials, or “even launch ground offensives against its neighbors.”
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.@beverlygage examines the evolution of John Foster Dulles—and explains how he helped build the postwar world.
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Eric Edelman, Franklin Miller, @Yonatan_Touval, Janice Gross Stein and @Gottemoeller debate whether nuclear deterrence has failed.
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“To defeat U.S. war aims, Tehran does not have to deploy regular armed forces in the open,” writes @Justin_Br0nk. “It simply has to maintain control of the Iranian population.”
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Explore our November/December issue, featuring Ruchir Sharma on what happens when the AI booms ends; Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, and Yeling Tan on the risks posed by chokepoint warfare; Pratap Bhanu Mehta on today’s crisis of modernity, and more. foreignaffairs.com/issues/20…
“Trump’s ‘America first’ foreign policy is a symptom, not a cause, of global disarray and the public’s turn against the establishment,” writes @CharlesKupchan.
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“For the Indian government, the open defiance of young people—who come from all class, religious, and caste backgrounds and cannot easily be dismissed—is an unprecedented challenge,” writes @pbmehta.
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As Trump antagonizes Canada and Mexico, he risks “destroying a precious geopolitical asset: a strong continental base from which Washington projects power,” writes Robert Zoellick.
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