Michael Horowitz

Jan 27, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Michael Horowitz |James M. Lindsay |Fawaz A. Gerges |Steven Simon

After half a century of tyranny, the Assad family’s rule over Syria has come to an end. Syrians have every right to celebrate, but their struggle is nowhere near finished. Although the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face many of the same problems that beset other Arab countries after their Arab Spring revolutions.

Jan 14, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Zongyuan Liu |Michael Horowitz |Elizabeth Economy |Melanie Hart

Growing the U.S. economy is at the top of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, and tackling the many challenges in the U.S.-Chinese trade and investment relationship will be central to realizing this objective.