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How to Survive a Constitutional Crisis

How to Survive a Constitutional Crisis

On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attempted to seize control of the country by abruptly declaring martial law. What...

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Foreign Affairs

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

What America Gets Wrong About the AI Race

What America Gets Wrong About the AI Race

For several years now, the United States has been locked in an intensifying race with China to develop advanced artificial intelligence. Given the...

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Foreign Affairs

Radha Iyengar Plumb

China’s Double Game in Myanmar

China’s Double Game in Myanmar

Four years into Myanmar’s civil war, the conflict remains far from a resolution. The military regime, reeling from devastating losses, is in deep...

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Foreign Affairs

Ye Myo Hein

The Russia That Putin Made

The Russia That Putin Made

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine changed the course of history. It did so most directly, of course, for the...

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Foreign Affairs

Alexander Gabuev

Russia’s Hidden Empire

Russia’s Hidden Empire

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, many Western analysts and scholars who study post-Soviet countries expected those countries’...

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Foreign Affairs

Alexander Cooley

The Age of American Unilateralism

The Age of American Unilateralism

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has largely been expected to follow one of two foreign policy paths: preserve the country’s...

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Foreign Affairs

Michael Beckley

Arms Control Is Not Dead Yet

Arms Control Is Not Dead Yet

Nearly every week since taking office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has had something to say about controlling nuclear weapons. In...

15.04.2025 10

Foreign Affairs

Rose Gottemoeller

How America Can Stay Ahead of China in the AI Race

How America Can Stay Ahead of China in the AI Race

In October 2022, the United States imposed sweeping restrictions on the export of advanced chips and chip-making equipment. The move, which...

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Foreign Affairs

Nikita Lalwani

The Age of Forever Wars

The Age of Forever Wars

In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive...

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Foreign Affairs

Lawrence D. Freedman

How Trump’s Coercion Could Backfire in Asia

How Trump’s Coercion Could Backfire in Asia

A century after the “wedding of the oceans”—the moment when U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ordered the final step in the creation of the Panama...

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Foreign Affairs

Lynn Kuok