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Winter 2020-21
Magazine / 50th Anniversary
America and the World: How to Build Back Better
Looking back on 50 years of U.S. foreign policy and the lessons they hold for Washington today.
The Case for a Middle Path in U.S. Foreign Policy
Neither pure isolationism nor unchecked internationalism has served the United States well. It’s time for a third option.
Foreign Policy Begins at Home
The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America’s own house in order—and that begins with human rights.
Looking Back
Wonks Gone Wild
In FP’s 50 years, its writers’ forecasts have ranged from prescient to spectacularly wrong. That’s because the field of international relations rewards catastrophic thinking.
When U.S. Foreign Policy Went Wrong
How to spot a bad concept when you see it.
The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire
The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.
America Abandoned Its Economic Prophet. The World Embraced Him.
John Kenneth Galbraith was an intellectual celebrity 50 years ago—and it would be a mistake to ignore him today.
Party Policy
Inside Joe Biden’s Foreign-Policy Worldview
The next U.S. president doesn’t belong to a single school of thought—and that’s a good thing.
A Conservative Foreign Policy for the Future
Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.
Grave New World
Why Biden’s job will be so much harder than his predecessors’.
Geopolitics
A New Pivot to Asia
The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.
How to Restore U.S. Credibility in Africa
By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent.
The Return of Containment
What the Cold War policy means for our current moment.
50 Years of Media and Foreign Policy
The First Draft of History
Why the decline of foreign reporting makes for worse foreign policy.
Consensus Lost
How FP set out to change the world.
FP Looks Back
Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we’ve been—and where we’re heading.
Global Thinkers
The World After the Coronavirus
We asked 12 leading thinkers to predict what happens in 2021 and beyond.
The Next 50 Years of Foreign Policy
A survey of experts offers predictions on the future of U.S. leadership and geopolitical dominance.
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