A Journal of Ideas

Foreign Policy

Reinventing the State Department

It was designed to meet twentieth-century challenges. Here’s the refresh it needs.

By Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Chinese Military Threat Is Real

Instead of ignoring it, progressives should offer their own proposals to address it.

By Jacob Stokes

Who’ll Stand for Democracy?

As the United States and China hurtle toward Cold War, our next President must take a stand for our most enduring value.

By William J. Antholis Emmanuelle M. Murphy

The Common-Sense Visionary

By Tony Blinken Dan Feldman

Stage-Setting Power

By Anne-Marie Slaughter Darren Geist Jeanne-Paloma Zelmati