Q&A
List of Q&A articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters after returning to the White House in Washington, D.C. Is There a Biden Doctrine?
A surprising set of grades for the 46th U.S. president’s foreign policy.
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Ukrainian artillerymen fire toward Russian positions at a front line in the Lugansk region of Ukraine. Subscriber Questions on Ukraine, Answered
German tanks, Russia’s looming offensive, and what the global south is waiting for.
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Protesters listen to anti-coup fighters in Myanmar. U.N. Rapporteur: Myanmar Crisis ‘Has Been Forgotten’
Two years after the coup, the world has moved on, but many Burmese can’t.
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Travelers wait for trains at the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Adam Tooze: Signs of Economic Rebound in China
COVID-19 infections are surging, but China’s economic growth rate could top 5 percent this year.
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A photograph shows a sign of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Congress centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 16, 2023. - The world's political and business elites gather for the annual Davos summit to promote "cooperation in a fragmented world", with war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and global trade tensions high on the agenda. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) Is Geopolitics Damaging Industry?
FP convenes a discussion with four top global executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, smile broadly amid a crowd of cheering followers after the civil rights leader's conviction for his part in the Montgomery bus boycott The Economic Philosophy of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr.’s critique of capitalism was central to his civil rights campaign from the start.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Valley Generating Station in Sun Valley, California, on Dec. 11, 2008. Is America’s Climate Policy Helping—or Hurting—the World?
A climate envoy who has advised four U.S. presidents responds to European and Asian complaints over the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan leaves after a closed hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow on the Moment He Realized Russia Would Launch a Full-Scale Invasion
John Sullivan on the road to war, diplomatic tensions with Moscow, and volunteering to scrub the embassy toilets.
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Ukrainian service members fire on Russian positions. What We’ve Learned From the War in Ukraine
David Petraeus and Anne-Marie Slaughter reflect on what’s surprised them—and how to prevent future wars.
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A worker explains a photo of construction to an interior plasma chamber. Adam Tooze: Why Nuclear Fusion Is Not the Holy Grail
A recent breakthrough is good news, but renewables are still the better bet.
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks. Adam Tooze: Washington Is Undermining the Trade System It Helped Build
The World Trade Organization nears a breaking point over U.S. tariffs against China.
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A cul-de-sac runs through a new housing development in Middlesex Township, Pennsylvania. Tooze on How Low the U.S. Housing Market Could Go in 2023
High interest rates are roiling the real estate market and rippling across the world economy.
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U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali. Stephen Walt on the Underweighted Risks of 2023
A realist POV on the war in Ukraine, competition with China, COVID, and more.
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People help dig out a plow after an intense lake-effect snowstorm hit the area around Hamburg, New York, on Nov. 18. Tooze on How Climate Change Will Alter the Economics of Winter
Less snowfall won’t necessarily mean fewer megastorms.
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Members of the People’s Liberation Army band file out after the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Oct. 22. What to Expect From China in 2023
Three experts predict how Beijing will manage China’s economy, the pandemic, protests, Taiwan, and relations with Washington.