Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs is a U.S. magazine that focuses on global relations and American foreign policy. It is produced by the Council on Foreign Relations, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership group and think tank dedicated to U.S. foreign policy and international issues. Established in 1922, the magazine is released in print every two months, and its website features new articles every day.

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Europe’s Bad Nuclear Options

4 days ago | foreignaffairs.com | Florence Gaub |Stefan Mair

The early months of the second Trump administration have left Europe adrift. The continent was already reeling from the war in Ukraine and increasingly worried about the specter of Russian aggression. Now, new leadership in Washington is casting doubt on its commitment to the defense of European allies. In the eyes of Europeans, even the U.S. nuclear umbrella, which for decades has shielded the continent from outside threats, no longer seems fully dependable.
The Right Path to Regime Change in Iran

1 week ago | foreignaffairs.com | Eric Edelman |Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh

There are many paths to regime change in Iran. In 2020, two of us (Edelman and Takeyh) wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs in which we outlined a way to topple the Islamic Republic. At that time, we assumed that the use of force was off the table, and that outside powers could only gradually erode the regime’s sources of strength. Israel’s attack on Iran this month has introduced a new and volatile element into the mix, but the underlying logic remains the same.
Why Putin Still Fights

1 week ago | foreignaffairs.com | Lawrence Freedman

Nearly five months since U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House promising to quickly end the war in Ukraine, it is being fought as intensively as before. Russia has not rejected the idea of negotiations, but despite Trump ruling out NATO membership or U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to offer any serious concession to put a deal within reach. At first glance, it is unclear why this is so.
Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad

1 week ago | foreignaffairs.com | Elizabeth Saunders

Only a few months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, the United States looks dramatically and perhaps irreversibly different at home and on the world stage. Trump’s rampage through the federal government has gutted U.S. state capacity. His undermining of basic constitutional rights at home and his hostility to immigration have made the United States inhospitable to visitors who enrich the country and contribute to its productivity and innovation.
America and Israel Follow the Same Old Script

3 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Aluf Benn

In recent weeks, an air of crisis has enveloped the United States’ relationship with Israel—Washington’s closest ally and client state in the Middle East. When U.S. President Donald Trump made his first trip to the region in May, he notably bypassed Jerusalem on his way to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The snubbing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was coupled with dramatic twists and turns in American regional diplomacy.
Has the United States Gone Rogue?

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Diana Roy |Joshua Kurlantzick |Timothy Naftali |L. Rafael Reif

In a little more than 100 days, Donald Trump has set about dismantling much of the international order that has prevailed since World War II. That’s true of traditional U.S. approaches to trade, to conflict, alliances, international organizations, and more. But as much as we focus on Trump, Michael Beckley argues that much of this change in U.S. foreign policy has deeper roots, going to the very nature of American power.
The Technopolar Paradox

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Ian Bremmer

In February 2022, as Russian forces advanced on Kyiv, Ukraine’s government faced a critical vulnerability: with its Internet and communication networks under attack, its troops and leaders would soon be in the dark. Elon Musk—the de facto head of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), xAI, the Boring Company, and Neuralink—stepped in. Within days, SpaceX had deployed thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine and activated satellite Internet service at no cost.
The Frightening Fusion of Tech Power and State Power

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Ian Bremmer

In February 2022, as Russian forces advanced on Kyiv, Ukraine’s government faced a critical vulnerability: with its Internet and communication networks under attack, its troops and leaders would soon be in the dark. Elon Musk—the de facto head of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), xAI, the Boring Company, and Neuralink—stepped in. Within days, SpaceX had deployed thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine and activated satellite Internet service at no cost.
Los Niños Raptados de Colombia

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Elizabeth Dickinson

En las semanas antes de que Edgar Tumiñá fuera asesinado de nueve disparos en la cabeza, el líder indígena había tomado todas las precauciones para evitar ser visto mientras visitaba a su familia en Toribio, un pueblo del Cauca, en el suroeste de Colombia. Tumi, como todos lo conocían, había recibido tantas amenazas de muerte que se habían convertido en una monótona forma de terror cotidiano. “Me quieren asesinar”, me dijo en noviembre. Tres meses después, lo mataron.
Colombia’s Stolen Children

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Elizabeth Dickinson

In the weeks before Edgar Tumiñá was killed with nine shots to his head, the indigenous leader had taken every precaution to avoid being seen while visiting his family in Toribio, a town in the southwestern part of Colombia called Cauca. Tumi, as everyone knew him, had gotten so many death threats that it had become a monotonous form of terror. “They want me dead,” he told me in November. Three months later, he was assassinated. Tumi was a quiet, muscular man in his late 40s.