Essay
List of Essay articles
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An illustration combining images of Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi. Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi Have One Last Job
The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next?
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Early versions of Foreign Policy featured a narrow format and a different logo color for each season—blue for winter, green for spring, burgundy for summer, and yellow or brown for fall. Consensus Lost
How FP set out to change the world.
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Janine di Giovanni in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in January 2010. The First Draft of History
Why the decline of foreign reporting makes for worse foreign policy.
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A photo proof from the Toronto Star archives of John Kenneth Galbraith on Dec. 29, 1972. 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.
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Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire
The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.
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containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-article The Return of Containment
What the Cold War policy means for our current moment.
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africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-article 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.
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Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp A New Pivot to Asia
The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.
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bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration-article When U.S. Foreign Policy Went Wrong
How to spot a bad concept when you see it.
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President Donald Trump departs after speaking in Washington on April 17, 2019. A Conservative Foreign Policy for the Future
Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.
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Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017. 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.
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doomsday-worst-predictions-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration_SW_V1 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.
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human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP 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.
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isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-article 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.
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The author’s essay in the Winter 1970-71 inaugural issue of Foreign Policy. Grave New World
Why Biden’s job will be so much harder than his predecessors’.
