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3 weeks ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michelle Gavin |Henry Farrell |Abraham L. Newman |Laura Gamboa
Technology companies such as Alphabet, Meta, and OpenAI need to wake up to an unpleasant reality. By getting close to U.S. President Donald Trump, they risk losing access to one of their biggest markets: Europe. Just a decade ago, these companies believed that information technology would limit the power of governments and liberalize the world.
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3 weeks ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michelle Gavin |Joshua Kurlantzick |Julia Huesa |Mark Bell
Over the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, it has become increasingly clear to European leaders that remaining reliant on the United States to underwrite the continent’s security would be a dangerous gamble.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Aroop Mukharji |Michael Kimmage
U.S. President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last few decades, only a smattering of quirky historians and cult devotees have paid much attention to him. But in repeated comments over the last several years, including in his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump has brought McKinley back into the spotlight.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Stephen Peter Rosen |Brian Deese
The United States is now engaged in an intense dialogue about the future of its relations with its European and Asian allies. This debate has been emotional, in part because it has been cast as a morality tale. On the one hand, advocates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda argue that allies have not been grateful for U.S. backing and do not deserve the protection of the United States.
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1 month ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Michelle Gavin |Lisa Anderson |Scott Atran
In a press conference with Jordanian King Abdullah in February, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his proposal that the United States should seize control of Gaza, empty it of its roughly two millionresidents, and redevelop the territory as a tourist area, a “Riviera of the Middle East.” Such a plan is a nonstarter among Arab countries. They perceive it as tantamount to accepting the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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2 months ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Larry Garber |Michelle Gavin |James Goldgeier |Elizabeth Saunders
Just a few weeks ago, the greatest threat to U.S. government computer systems seemed to be that hostile foreign powers could break into them and steal data. In late December, Treasury Department officials sent a letter to members of Congress reporting that a Chinese group had hacked their systems and stolen unclassified documents. The department said that it was working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to assess the damage.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Steven Cook |Michelle Gavin |Oren Cass |Ronald R. Krebs
Across the American economic dashboard, warning indicators are flashing red. The globalization and financialization of the past several decades have slowed investment, innovation, and growth. Industrial output and productivity have declined, and the United States has lost its leadership position in vital technologies—including in aerospace, energy, and semiconductors. Yes, U.S. corporate profits, stock prices, and consumption have all surged.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Steven Cook |Michelle Gavin |Omar G. Encarnación |Robin Niblett
In the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I argued in Foreign Affairs that Donald Trump’s ascent to power represented the “Latin-Americanization of U.S. politics” and the entrenchment of “caudillismo” in the United States. Deriving from the word “caudillo,” or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cfr.org | Michelle Gavin
It is often suggested that the horrific crisis in Sudan garners little international attention because of its complexity, and specifically because “there are no good guys, only bad guys.” It’s true that Sudan’s crisis grows more complicated by the day, as groups that aimed to stay out of the clash between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) feel compelled to take up arms to defend their communities, and as the numerous outside powers fueling the war with arms and...
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Michelle Gavin
The promise of a more transactional U.S.-Africa relationship risks alienating African populations. For some, the future of U.S.-Africa policy is looking up. Optimists are trumpeting the virtues of President-elect Trump’s enthusiasm for transactionalism, noting that it could lead to more investment on the continent and less moral posturing.
