A New Multi-literalism
How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created – By Gordon Brown America is back.” That was the message from U.S. President Joe Biden, the most internationalist of recent U.S. presidents,...
Category: International
Niger’s Coup and America’s Choice
Washington Should Push for Mediation, Not Military Intervention – By Hannah Rae Armstrong On July 26, Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was detained at his home by his own presidential security force. Within 48 hours,...
There’s No Such Thing as a Great Power – By Phillips P. O’Brien
How a Dated Concept Distorts Geopolitics In the lead-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most Western analysts saw Moscow as a great power and Kyiv as a lesser one. Diminished though it was from...
Will Russia’s Break With the West Be Permanent?
Putin Has Created a Rupture That Will Be Difficult to Repair – By Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman The war that is currently raging between Russia and Ukraine began in 2014. It started with a...
Prigozhin’s Rebellion, Putin’s Fate, and Russia’s Future
A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin Stephen Kotkin is a preeminent historian of Russia and the author of an acclaimed three-volume biography of Joseph Stalin (the third volume is forthcoming). Executive Editor Justin Vogt spoke with him...
The Beginning of the End for Putin?
Prigozhin’s Rebellion Ended Quickly, but It Spells Trouble for the Kremlin – By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage Russia’s war against Ukraine has destroyed the mystique of Russian President Vladimir Putin as an untouchable...
Putin and the Psychology of Nuclear Brinksmanship
The War in Ukraine Hinges on One Man’s Thoughts and Feelings – By Rose McDermott, Reid Pauly, and Paul Slovic Shortly after the West rebuked Russia for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and imposed...
Diversifying the CIA: A Response to “How Secrecy Limits Diversity
To the Editor: Matthew Connelly and Patricia Irvin raised several important points in their recent article about the need for greater diversity in the U.S. intelligence community (“How Secrecy Limits Diversity,” May 12, 2023). From the...
How Secrecy Limits Diversity
The Security-Clearance Process Keeps Many Qualified People Out of America’s National Security Workforce – By Matthew Connelly and Patricia Irvin In December 2022, the Department of Energy announced that it was righting a historic...
The Global Economy’s Future Depends on Africa
As Others Slow, a Youthful Continent Can Drive Growth – By Jack A. Goldstone and John F. May In recent decades, the engine of the world economy has been the spectacular growth of China....
