The Debt Ceiling Deal Highlights America's Warped Priorities
By failing to invest in its own people, the United States shows the world the shakiness of the foundations of its power.
Jerusalem’s ties to Moscow are partly about security. They’re also about illiberalism.
The institutions designed to secure global order clearly aren't up to the task. What will take their place?
In two new books, Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama try to cure the patient.
Beijing recognizes promoting human rights and democracy is an ideological challenge. So should Washington.
The decline of Israeli democracy holds lessons for the United States.
The incoming U.S. president must hold China and other countries accountable for religious persecution—and counter Beijing’s global campaign to destroy human rights.
G. John Ikenberry’s new book traces what went wrong. And Biden is listening.
Even if 2020 marks a low point of U.S. democratic practice, supporting liberalism abroad must remain a vital element of U.S. foreign policy.
Why Pankaj Mishra sees the ideology’s limits more clearly than its most powerful fans.
The potential next Democratic administration is preparing to upend decades of dogma on globalization.
Anne Applebaum wants to understand rising illiberalism but is clinging to a Cold War moral framework that no longer applies.
The old U.S.-led order has crumbled. What will replace it may be just what the world—and the United States—needs.
The future has rarely seemed bleaker for free-market democracy—but small changes can bring it roaring back.
Last week’s attack in Britain proves that well-meaning progressive academics have no business keeping the public safe.
Without the support of the U.S. government, pro-democracy forces around the world will wither as authoritarianism gains ground.
Western-oriented reformers are about to get completely wiped out in parliamentary elections—and they have nobody to blame but themselves.
Why most Americans are right about foreign policy, and David Brooks is wrong.
The United States is committed to protecting freedom of expression abroad—but in far too narrow terms.
A leader in liberal internationalism is about to turn its back on the world.
Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.