MARTIN INDYK was a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Executive Vice President of the Brookings Institution. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1995 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2001. He also served on the U.S. National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs during the Clinton administration, among other senior diplomatic and national security positions. His books include Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and...| Foreign Affairs
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HAL BRANDS is Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. From 2015 to 2016, Brands served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense for Strategic Planning. From 2017 to 2018, he was the lead writer for the Commission on the National Defense. He is the author of several books on U.S. grand strategy, including T...| Foreign Affairs
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America should pursue a vision of benevolent hegemony as bold as President Ronald Reagan's in the 1970s by dramatically increasing the defense budget.| Foreign Affairs
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America can make a good deal with China without abandoning the island.| Foreign Affairs
An old tool creating new dangers.| Foreign Affairs
China’s role as the world’s factory—producing and exporting goods across the globe—has entered a new phase. In the past decade, China has made a concerted effort to move its manufacturing sector up the value chain, producing a deluge of cheap, green technology in the process, including electric vehicles, batteries, and solar panels. It now makes EV models that sell for under $10,000—most of the low-cost models in the United States start at around $30,000—and it dominates roughly 8...| Foreign Affairs
Fortress America is not a safer America.| Foreign Affairs
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Xi Jinping confronts the downsides of success.| Foreign Affairs
America must link its Atlantic and Pacific strategies.| Foreign Affairs
How America and Europe can exploit Moscow’s vulnerabilities.| Foreign Affairs
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How to build an economic and security order that works for America.| Foreign Affairs
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The region lacks leaders who connect with the U.S. president.| Foreign Affairs
The continent needs more cooperation with America—not less.| Foreign Affairs
America’s digital defenses are failing—but AI can save them.| Foreign Affairs
The power to fight without the burden of governing.| Foreign Affairs
To outcompete China, Washington must unleash the private sector.| Foreign Affairs
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Turning the Gaza cease-fire into lasting peace.| Foreign Affairs
For the first time in nearly four decades, Iran is on the cusp of a change of leadership—and maybe even of regime. As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s reign nears its end, a 12-day war in June laid bare the fragility of the system he built. Israel battered Iranian cities and military installations, paving the way for the United States to drop 14 bunker-busting bombs on Iranian nuclear sites.| Foreign Affairs
As it has in the past, the group will retrench and rearm.| Foreign Affairs
How the anger economy will supercharge populism.| Foreign Affairs
Aging societies and depopulation will lead to fewer wars.| Foreign Affairs
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North Korea, aka Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is a country on the northern area of the Korean Peninsula. It is a self-proclaimed enemy of U.S. ally, South Korea. North Korea has made news due to a recent visit from Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, negotiating a second meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un.| Foreign Affairs
How the war is driving a wave of purges and suicides among the country’s elites.| Foreign Affairs
What America must do to meet surging demand.| Foreign Affairs
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Who profits in a post-American world?| Foreign Affairs
Trump is launching a turbulent new era for the global economy.| Foreign Affairs
Only America can prevent a new war in the Horn of Africa.| Foreign Affairs
Washington is overusing its most powerful weapons.| Foreign Affairs
The “reverse Kissinger” delusion.| Foreign Affairs
Russia’s allies in the region couldn’t count on Moscow—and neither should China.| Foreign Affairs
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Beijing is using soft power to gain global dominance.| Foreign Affairs
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The world’s reserve currency may not survive the weaponization of U.S. economic power.| Foreign Affairs
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What comes after democratic breakdown.| Foreign Affairs
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U.S.-Chinese tensions may rise, but Washington’s isolationism will help Beijing.| Foreign Affairs
La máxima presión solo fortalecerá a Maduro.| Foreign Affairs
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Washington must redefine its objectives.| Foreign Affairs
The failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has prompted much handwringing over the problems with prewar intelligence. Too little attention has been paid, however, to the flip slide of the picture: that the much-maligned UN-enforced sanctions regime actually worked. Contrary to what critics have said, we now know that containment helped destroy Saddam Hussein's war machine and his capacity to produce weapons.| Foreign Affairs
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The Chinese economy is stuck. Following Beijing’s decision, in late 2022, to abruptly end its draconian “zero COVID” policy, many observers assumed that China’s growth engine would rapidly reignite. After years of pandemic lockdowns that brought some economic sectors to a virtual halt, reopening the country was supposed to spark a major comeback. Instead, the recovery has faltered, with sluggish GDP performance, sagging consumer confidence, growing clashes with the West, and a collaps...| Foreign Affairs
Hitting faraway targets will not tip the balance of the war.| Foreign Affairs
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And China is reaping the benefits.| Foreign Affairs
A conversation with Martin Indyk.| Foreign Affairs
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Early in the war, Moscow struggled to shift gears—but now it’s outlearning Kyiv.| Foreign Affairs
A statist economy can't foster creativity.| Foreign Affairs
If Trump pulls out, the alliance would likely fall apart.| Foreign Affairs
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America’s competition with China must be won, not managed.| Foreign Affairs
Kyiv cannot capitalize on Russian military weakness without U.S. aid.| Foreign Affairs
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Transforming the CIA for an age of competition.| Foreign Affairs
With radiological weapons, states—not terrorists—pose the main risk.| Foreign Affairs
The war in Ukraine will overheat the Russian economy.| Foreign Affairs
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A new strategy must balance means and ends.| Foreign Affairs
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It’s time to give up on the two-state solution.| Foreign Affairs