Edward Alden

Edward Alden is a columnist at Foreign Policy, the Ross distinguished visiting professor at Western Washington University, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy.

Articles by Edward Alden

U.S. Customs officers stand at the closed U.S.-Canadian border near Lansdowne, Ontario, on March 22, 2020.

Who Lost North America?

Argument |

November 17, 2021, 6:19 PM

A metal fence limits access to the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Arizona, on Feb. 9, 2019.

Immigration Reform Needs a New Strategy

Analysis |

November 10, 2021, 6:00 AM

The container ship Ever Given arrives at the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on July 29.

Biden’s Vague Muddle of a Trade Policy for China

Analysis |

October 7, 2021, 1:26 PM

International terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense

Analysis |

September 13, 2021, 12:55 PM

A container ship sails on the Mediterranean Sea during a thunderstorm about 20 nautical miles from Malta on Sept. 24, 2017.

Free Trade Is Dead. Risky ‘Managed Trade’ Is Here.

Analysis |

July 20, 2021, 1:32 PM

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