James Traub

James Traub is a columnist at Foreign Policy, 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.

Articles by James Traub

Joe Biden holds up a copy of his daily schedule, which includes statistics about how many U.S. troops have died while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq and updates about the coronavirus caseload in the U.S., while speaking before a roundtable event with military veterans at Hillsborough Community College on Sept. 15, 2020 in Tampa, Florida.

Biden Has a Plan to Not Break Afghanistan

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March 5, 2021, 11:52 AM

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden

Biden’s Plan to Lead From Alongside

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February 26, 2021, 3:37 PM

Rob Malley poses in his office May 7, 2018 in Washington.

Who Robert Malley Is—and Isn’t

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February 16, 2021, 3:01 PM

Joe Biden addresses a gathering of Indian businessmen at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on July 24, 2013.

Can Biden Get Tough With America’s Friends?

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February 5, 2021, 4:54 PM

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington.

The Trump Mob Combined the Worst of Left And Right

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January 11, 2021, 4:22 PM

Vice-President Joe Biden looks on during a bilateral meeting between President Obama and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine in the Oval Office of the White House September 18, 2014 in Washington.

Biden Has the Team Obama Always Wanted

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November 24, 2020, 2:06 PM

Joe Biden at a meeting about a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington June 13, 2016.

Biden Can’t Stop America’s Democratic Decline

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November 12, 2020, 5:45 AM

Joe Biden Is Actually Listening

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September 14, 2020, 3:25 PM

U.S Vice President Joe Biden meets with troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan.

Under Biden, the Middle East Would Be Just Another Region

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September 9, 2020, 2:59 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanies Joe Biden to view an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on Aug. 18, 2011 in Beijing.

Biden Is Now a China Hawk—With Limits

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September 3, 2020, 10:25 AM

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden greet supporters at a rally on Oct. 12, 2008 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Biden Is Getting Ready to Bury Neoliberalism

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August 27, 2020, 4:24 PM

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The Biden Doctrine Exists Already. Here’s an Inside Preview.

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August 20, 2020, 5:00 PM

U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden in 1987

Biden Picks Harris for Veep—and Bush Sr. for Himself

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August 12, 2020, 6:18 AM

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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July 1, 2020, 3:49 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump

The Free World’s Leader Isn’t Free Anymore

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June 18, 2020, 9:58 AM

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