Foreign Affairs Magazine

“Chinese decision-makers have long understood that winning the geoeconomic long game requires cultivating a pipeline of top talent with breadth and depth across technology, economics, and investment,” Navin Girishankar writes. https://fam.ag/4q38Tsu

“The rapid proliferation of AI has exacerbated threats to nuclear stability,” writes Erin Dumbacher. “In an extreme scenario, a deepfake could convince the leader of a nuclear weapons state that a first strike from an adversary was underway.” https://fam.ag/499b4Dy

“No one in Russia quite knows what is forbidden and what is still allowed,” writes Nina Khrushcheva. “The gray area leaves people in a state of perpetual uncertainty and becomes a form of oppression itself, encouraging individuals to police their own behavior.” https://fam.ag/4qwiZ4Y

“If a fractured America is to steady a fractured world, U.S. leaders must bring international ends back into equilibrium with domestic means by persuading Americans from different walks of life to again get behind U.S. statecraft,” write Peter Trubowitz and Charles Kupchan. https://fam.ag/3MXP8nA

“Washington’s desire to avoid getting entangled in a costly war in Yemen is understandable,” writes April Longley Alley. “But given Yemen’s strategic location on the Red Sea corridor and its proximity to key Gulf allies, the Trump administration cannot afford a policy vacuum.” https://fam.ag/4j56c77

“In his approach to national security, Trump is not nearly as unprecedented a figure in American history as is sometimes alleged,” writes Michael O’Hanlon. “His philosophy centers on the pursuit of national power, not simply as the main priority but as the overwhelming fixation.” https://fam.ag/3L15YkZ

With Nicolás Maduro gone, a peaceful transition to democracy in Venezuela is possible, argues Juan S. Gonzalez. “What happens next will determine whether this moment becomes a hinge in hemispheric history or another entry in the long catalogue of American overreach.” https://fam.ag/3YWz9c0

The Venezuelan opposition “might end up with a system where Maduro’s regime is still in control, and it’s struck an oil deal with the United States,” says Francisco Rodríguez in a new Q&A. “It is the antithesis of what they wanted.” https://fam.ag/3LkaL0H

“It has become much more difficult to sustain the belief that no matter how high U.S. debt gets, it will have no effect on the country’s capacity to fight financial crises, pandemics, climate events, and wars,” writes Kenneth Rogoff. https://fam.ag/4qENc1W

“If Beirut and Damascus exclude minorities, marginalized Shiites will again turn to Iran for support; once conflict erupts, Iranian help with training, arms, and financing will follow,” write Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr. https://fam.ag/491KXzw