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The World That Tariffs Will Make: A Conversation With Michael Froman
Donald Trump has been railing against the global economic order from the start of his political career. But in his second term as president, he has turned that critique into blistering action. In just five months, the trade war that started
Can Israel Save Itself? A Conversation With Ami Ayalon
It has been almost two years since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza. Those many months of combat have left Hamas severely weakened, with its leadership eviscerated and its military capabilities crippled.
The Rise of the Economic Security State: A Conversation With Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman
For decades, the United States has used its position at the center of global financial, commercial, and technological networks to punish adversaries and pressure allies, exploiting what the political scientists Henry Farrell and Abraham New
Why Is America Going It Alone? A Conversation With Margaret MacMillan
During his second term, Donald Trump has railed against the United States’ closest allies. He has imposed tariffs, threatened to upend security commitments, and openly challenged the borders of Canada, Panama, and Greenland. Historians ofte
Best of: Is the World Ready for the Population Bust? A Conversation With Nicholas Eberstadt
In an episode released in January 2025, Senior Editor Kanishk Tharoor spoke with the political economist Nicholas Eberstadt about the global crash in fertility rates and the looming prospect of depopulation. Over the past century, the world
Best Of: What Drives Putin and Xi: A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin and Orville Schell
In 2023, Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with the historians Stephen Kotkin and Orville Schell about what drives Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin and how they are (and are not) like Mao and Stalin. Xi and Putin loom
The Uncertain Future of U.S. Relations With India: A Conversation With Ashley J. Tellis, Nirupama Rao, and Dhruva Jaishankar
In a recent essay in Foreign Affairs, the scholar and former U.S. official Ashley J. Tellis makes a provocative argument about India’s foreign policy. In a piece titled “India’s Great-Power Delusions (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/in
Joseph Nye and the End of the American Century: A Conversation With Robert Keohane
For decades, Joseph Nye was one of the true giants of American foreign policy. His career, in government and in the academy, spanned epochs, and his body of work as a scholar of international relations remains unparalleled. Nye, who passed
The Coming Nuclear Hurricane: A Conversation With Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi
It wasn’t long ago that both heads of state and prominent policymakers could speak seriously about a world without nuclear weapons. But in the course of just a few years, nuclear concerns have come back in force. Arms control has broken dow
Preparing for the World After Trump: A Conversation With Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper
For all its promise of disruption, Donald Trump’s first term as president transformed American foreign policy less than most critics feared and some supporters hoped. Alliances held up, the rules-based order largely endured, and American gl
What a Stronger Europe Means for America: A Conversation With Celeste Wallander
For years, U.S. presidents have complained that European governments spend far too little on their militaries, leaving the United States to pick up a disproportionate share of the tab for the transatlantic alliance. But in the past few year
How Weak Is Iran? A Conversation With Eric Edelman, Suzanne Maloney, and Andrew P. Miller
Donald Trump pledged not to entangle the United States in wars in the Middle East. But last weekend, he joined Israel’s air campaign against Iran, bombing three nuclear sites before claiming that Iranian facilities targeted by U.S. aircraft
Iran, Israel, and the Middle East in Tumult: A Conversation With Philip Gordon
Less than a week ago, on June 12, Israel launched a barrage of attacks against Iran, targeting nuclear sites, missile depots, and military and political leaders. Since then, the two countries have exchanged a series of attacks. Philip Gordo
What Trump Gets Wrong About the Global Economy: A Conversation With Adam Posen
U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted during his first term, “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” But the record of the trade war that Trump started with his so-called Liberation Day tariffs in early April suggests that things are
Another China Is Possible: A Conversation With Rana Mitter
It has become a trope to lament and lambast the wishful thinking that shaped U.S. policy toward China in the two decades after the Cold War. That policy rested on a prediction about China’s future: that with economic growth and ongoing dipl
Sudan’s Intractable War: A Conversation With Mai Hassan and Ahmed Kodouda
The war in Sudan gets only a fraction of the attention that conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and potential conflicts elsewhere get. But after two years of fighting, it has created the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. And as the two s
Can Trump Remake the Middle East? A Conversation With Dana Stroul
Donald Trump just finished his first tour of the Middle East since returning to the White House. The region has changed a lot since he was last there as president. There’s been Hamas’s attack on Israel, the ensuing Israeli retaliation, the
Has the United States Gone Rogue? A Conversation With Michael Beckley
In a little more than 100 days, Donald Trump has set about dismantling much of the international order that has prevailed since World War II. That’s true of traditional U.S. approaches to trade, to conflict, alliances, international organiz
Understanding How Trump Sees the World: A Conversation With Nadia Schadlow
Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy, released at the end of 2017, announced the start of a new era for American foreign policy—one that put great-power competition at its center and focused especially on intensifying rivalry wit
Planning for a Post-American Future in Ukraine: A Conversation With Jack Watling
Donald Trump famously promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to the White House. But he is just over 100 days into his presidency, and the war is certainly not over. With Kyiv opposed to territorial concessions, and
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Fix Global Trade: Conversations With Kimberly Clausing and Michael Pettis
Donald Trump’s embrace of tariffs should come as no surprise. For decades, he has claimed that other countries are ripping Americans off—and promised to use tariffs to remake a global trade system that, in his view, has been deeply unfair t
Why America Shouldn’t Underestimate Chinese Power: A Conversation With Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi
For years in U.S. foreign policy circles, discussions of China focused on its growing wealth, power, and ambition, and the fear that it would supplant the United States. But a few years ago, the conversation took a sharp turn. Rather than f
How Latin America Can Survive an Age of Turmoil: A Conversation With Brian Winter
For decades, it has been a trope of foreign policy commentary in the United States that Washington does not pay enough attention to its own hemisphere. But the Trump administration seems to be bucking this trend—though not exactly in the wa
Where Is the U.S.-China Relationship Headed? A Conversation With Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass
Two months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S.-Chinese relationship—the most consequential one in the world by a long stretch—faces new uncertainty. Trump has threatened larger tariffs as China has continued its militar
What Does Trump See in Putin? A Conversation With Fiona Hill
Not even two months into his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump is reshaping U.S.-Russian relations at a critical juncture for the war in Ukraine. As Russian President Vladimir Putin presses his advantage on the battlefield, Trump’s a
Where Does Ukraine Go From Here? A Conversation With Nataliya Gumenyuk
After three years of war, Ukraine is facing intense pressure from Donald Trump to reach a settlement with Russia. Trump has engaged directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin while calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictat
Bonus: Is America on the Path to Authoritarianism? A Conversation With Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way
A month into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term in office, many are alarmed by what they see as emerging signs of democratic erosion. In a new essay, called “The Path to American Authoritarianism (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/unite
Why Biden’s Economic Ambitions Fell Short: A Conversation With Jason Furman
From record-low unemployment to strong GDP growth, the Biden administration presided over what appeared to be a strong economic recovery in the aftermath of the pandemic. But these measures masked a more complex reality, argues Jason Furman
Putin’s Fight Won’t End With Ukraine: A Conversation With Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Michael Kofman
After nearly three years of war, the mood among many of Ukraine’s allies has turned grim. Russian forces are making steady gains; Kyiv is running low on ammunition; and the return of Donald Trump to the White House has only added to anxieti
How Will the World Navigate Trump’s Return? Conversations With Malcolm Turnbull and Bilahari Kausikan
With Donald Trump about to return to the White House, leaders around the world are bracing for what could be a significant realignment in U.S. foreign policy—and trying to prepare their own country’s response. In a special two-part episode,
