The Thucydides Trap
When one great power threatens to displace another, war is almost always the result -- but it doesn’t have to be.
David Bosco
Max Boot
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
Observation Deck
Washington’s Ministry of Preemption
To stop security breaches before they happen, U.S. intelligence agencies are surveilling everything.
In Dumping the Paris Accord, Trump Cedes the Energy Future to China
The United States isn’t just forfeiting its environmental leadership. It’s shipping jobs and influence to Beijing.
Thoughts from Jane Goodall on How to Save the Planet
What chimpanzees and the trees of Tanzania can teach us about battling the effects of climate change.
The Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven’t Heard of
How President Trump might turn an all-seeing spy apparatus on innocent American citizens.
Advice From Pussy Riot: How to Defy Putin and Trump
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Gender Hack
The dearth of women in the tech world is cultural — and therefore entirely reversible.
A Blow to the Soul
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Davos Man Has No Clothes
The World Economic Forum’s annual celebration of global capitalism once represented the inevitable arc of human progress. No longer.
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