International Relations

How FP set out to change the world.

Essential reads from a Chinese wind farm in Del Rio, Texas, to U.N. headquarters.

From the pandemic to Black Lives Matter and the U.S. election, five articles from the year that changed everything.

The world needs experts to engage with policy more than ever. Research shows international relations scholars are already up to the task.

How not to evaluate American grand strategy.

After the wreckage of World War II, a new form of global community had huge momentum—but the United States rejected it.

Two cheers for a classic idea that’s been out of fashion for too long: state sovereignty.

The United States has abdicated its dominant role. Here’s how to fill the gap.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

Western dominance and white privilege permeate the field. It’s time to change that.

Domestic racism has long impacted U.S. foreign policy. It’s time to open up about it.

As universities struggle to respond to the ongoing pandemic, here’s what they should focus on.

Neoconservatism has died, and liberal internationalism is discredited. Perhaps it’s time to return to the ideas of one of the last century’s greatest realists.

The coronavirus has exacted a terrible toll—but some good things may come of it yet.

The coronavirus pandemic has already devastated the international economy. Its military fallout remains to be seen.

International relations scholars examine how the United States is seen on a global stage—and share who they would vote for in a presidential election.

The plan that worked to defeat the Soviet Union can work today against China—it’s just not what you think.

It’s not just that the United States has made mistakes—the very idea of U.S. global leadership is broken from the ground up.

The pandemic will change the world forever. We asked 12 leading global thinkers for their predictions.

The continent is suddenly facing serious questions about its future role in world politics—and even in the trans-Atlantic relationship.