A Journal of Ideas

Foreign Policy

The Thinking Person’s Hawk

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s ideas had a profound impact in his time. What would he think of the world we face today?

By James Mann

Creatures of the Swamp

“Shame is for sissies”: inside the ugly world of American lobbyists for corrupt and violent governments.

By David Corn

Donald Trump Re-Meets the World

Russia. Israel. China. What will Trump—and his pal Elon Musk—do, and how should progressives respond?

By Nancy Okail

The Reactionary Bind

In assessing the rise of the global anti-democracy movement, the United States must look inward as well as outward.

By Kim Phillips-Fein

The Arab World Blame Game

The United States has a lot to answer for in the Middle East. But not everything.

By Liz Sly