James Traub

James Traub is a regular contributor to Foreign Policy, a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, and author of the book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present and Promise of A Noble Idea.

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President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive for a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit on Aug. 25, 2019 in Biarritz, France.

The Pandemic Is the World’s Long Overdue Reality Check
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U.S. President Donald Trump

The Free World’s Leader Isn’t Free Anymore
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in visits the Daegu Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, on Feb. 25.

The Future Is Asian—but Not Chinese
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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump embrace at the completion of a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 24, 2018.

After the Coronavirus, the Era of Small Government Will Be Over
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Wembley Way is seen thanking the NHS

Today’s Coronavirus Anger Can Revive Tomorrow’s Welfare State
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