Stephen Brooks

2 months ago | foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Joshua Kurlantzick |Rebecca Patterson |Stephen Brooks

The geopolitical competition between China and the United States is the defining issue in international politics. It is a contest between the world’s largest economies. It pits two dramatically different political systems—one democratic, the other authoritarian—against each other. And it is taking place in almost every region. According to most American analysts, this competition will be close.

Jun 24, 2024 | almendron.com | Stephen Brooks

It is a cherished truism among numerous Western officials: international commerce reduces the risk of war. This idea motivated the British parliamentarian Richard Cobden when he championed the repeal of tariffs on grain in 1846. In 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson called for “the removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions” as part of his blueprint for world peace.

Jun 18, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Stephen Brooks

It is a cherished truism among numerous Western officials: international commerce reduces the risk of war. This idea motivated the British parliamentarian Richard Cobden when he championed the repeal of tariffs on grain in 1846. In 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson called for “the removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions” as part of his blueprint for world peace.

Apr 24, 2023 | almendron.com | Stephen Brooks

In the 1990s and the early years of this century, the United States’ global dominance could scarcely be questioned. No matter which metric of power one looked at, it showed a dramatic American lead. Never since the birth of the modern state system in the mid-seventeenth century had any country been so far ahead in the military, economic, and technological realms simultaneously.