Michael Hirsh
Michael Hirsh is a columnist for Foreign Policy. He is the author of two books: Capital Offense: How Washington’s Wise Men Turned America’s Future Over to Wall Street and At War With Ourselves: Why America Is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World .
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Michael Hirsh
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, delivers a foreign-policy statement on Iran at Chelsea Piers in New York, on Jan. 7, 2020.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington, on Jan. 19.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
A Grand Old Identity Crisis
February 14, 2021, 5:12 PM
Katherine Tai speaks after then President-elect Joe Biden announced her nomination to be U.S. trade representative
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 29, 2015.
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak to staff during his first visit to the State Department in Washington on Feb. 4.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Who Lost Myanmar?
February 2, 2021, 2:23 PM
U.S. President Joe Biden greets Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 6, 2015.
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20. Saul Loeb/REUTERS
Francis Fukuyama, philosopher, economist and researcher in American Political Science, photographed in Paris (Photo by Stephane GRANGIER/Corbis via Getty Images)
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol building
A police officer detains a pro-Trump protester as mobs storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden rallies with Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Jon Ossoff
A face mask is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on May 26, 2020.