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" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/america-and-the-world-build-back-better-lessons-from-the-past-50-years-zakaria/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?quality=90 4167w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/america-and-the-world-build-back-better-lessons-from-the-past-50-years-zakaria/"> <h3 class="hed">America and the World: How to Build Back Better</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Looking back on 50 years of U.S. foreign policy and the lessons they hold for Washington today.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/jonathan-tepperman/" rel="author" class="author"> Jonathan Tepperman</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fareed-zakaria/" rel="author" class="author"> Fareed Zakaria</a></address> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid__half grid--flex"> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/judicious-retrenchment-isolationism-internationalism/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?quality=90 4167w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/judicious-retrenchment-isolationism-internationalism/"> <h3 class="hed">The Case for a Middle Path in U.S. Foreign Policy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Neither pure isolationism nor unchecked internationalism has served the United States well. It’s time for a third option.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/charles-kupchan/" rel="author" class="author"> Charles A. Kupchan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/human-rights-foreign-policy-domestic/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="human-rights-truth-commission-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-HP" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/human-rights-foreign-policy-domestic/"> <h3 class="hed">Foreign Policy Begins at Home</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America’s own house in order—and that begins with human rights.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kelebogile-zvobgo/" rel="author" class="author"> Kelebogile Zvobgo</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content small-padding" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="divider dark"></div> </div> <div class="looking-back"> <div class="post-content no-border--all" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>Looking Back</h2> <div class="grid__fourth grid--flex"> <div class="figure-border-red"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-predictions-always-bad-worst-international-relations-rewards-catastrophic-thinking/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?quality=90 1300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=800,534&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration" style="height:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?w=800&h=534&quality=90" alt="doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-predictions-always-bad-worst-international-relations-rewards-catastrophic-thinking/"> <h3 class="hed">Wonks Gone Wild</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">In FP’s 50 years, its writers’ forecasts have ranged from prescient to spectacularly wrong. That’s because the field of international relations rewards catastrophic thinking.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/daniel-w-drezner/" rel="author" class="author"> Daniel W. Drezner</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="figure-border-yellow"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/worst-ideas-past-50-years-foreign-policy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/worst-ideas-past-50-years-foreign-policy/"> <h3 class="hed">When U.S. Foreign Policy Went Wrong</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">How to spot a bad concept when you see it.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/charli-carpenter/" rel="author" class="author"> Charli Carpenter</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="figure-border-green"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/rise-fall-united-states-financial-empire-dollar-global-currency/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Dollar-fall-rise-foreign-policy-joan-wong-illustration-article" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/rise-fall-united-states-financial-empire-dollar-global-currency/"> <h3 class="hed">The Rise and Fall and Rise (and Fall) of the U.S. Financial Empire</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The dollar is dead. Long live the dollar.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/adam-tooze/" rel="author" class="author"> Adam Tooze</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="figure-border-blue"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/forgotten-prophet-john-kenneth-galbraith-united-states-pandemic-economy/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="john-kenneth-galbraith-economist-foreign-policy-prophet-50-years-hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/forgotten-prophet-john-kenneth-galbraith-united-states-pandemic-economy/"> <h3 class="hed">America Abandoned Its Economic Prophet. The World Embraced Him.</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">John Kenneth Galbraith was an intellectual celebrity 50 years ago—and it would be a mistake to ignore him today.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/james-k-galbraith/" rel="author" class="author"> James K. Galbraith</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content smallest-padding" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="divider dark"></div> </div> <div class="party-policy"> <div class="post-content small-padding no-border--all" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>Party Policy</h2> <div class="grid--flex grid--full"> <div class="excerpt-content content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <span style="padding-bottom:66.625%; " class="image-attachment -ratioscale"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?w=800?quality=90" alt="Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017." class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?w=800?quality=90" alt="Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017." class="image -fit"> </noscript> </span> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="grid--flex grid--half grid--full--mobile"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/joe-biden-foreign-policy-relationships-united-states/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joe-Biden-world-view-foreign-policy-trunk-archive-TRU1963164_v2_SW_V1.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/joe-biden-foreign-policy-relationships-united-states/"> <h3 class="hed">Inside Joe Biden’s Foreign-Policy Worldview</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The next U.S. president doesn’t belong to a single school of thought—and that’s a good thing.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/heather-hurlburt/" rel="author" class="author"> Heather Hurlburt</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid--flex grid--fourth--desktop"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/conservative-foreign-policy-future-reset-continuity-not-revolution/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="President Donald Trump departs after speaking about Opportunity Zones in Washington on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Trump's lawyers have spoken to Justice Department officials repeatedly about the special counsel's findings. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trump-conservative-foreign-policy-future-h_15204530_hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="President Donald Trump departs after speaking about Opportunity Zones in Washington on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Trump's lawyers have spoken to Justice Department officials repeatedly about the special counsel's findings. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/conservative-foreign-policy-future-reset-continuity-not-revolution/"> <h3 class="hed">A Conservative Foreign Policy for the Future</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/danielle-pletka/" rel="author" class="author"> Danielle Pletka</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid--flex grid--fourth--desktop"> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/biden-10-challenges-foreign-policy-economy-united-states-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?quality=90 4167w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="The author’s essay in the Winter 1970-71 inaugural issue of Foreign Policy." style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/american-empire-graham-allison-foreign-policy-50-years-article.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="The author’s essay in the Winter 1970-71 inaugural issue of Foreign Policy." class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/biden-10-challenges-foreign-policy-economy-united-states-china/"> <h3 class="hed">Grave New World</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Why Biden’s job will be so much harder than his predecessors’. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/graham-allison/" rel="author" class="author"> Graham Allison</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content small-padding--no-top" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="divider dark"></div> </div> <div class="geopolitics"> <div class="post-content no-border--all" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>Geopolitics</h2> <div class="grid__third grid--flex"> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/biden-china-asia-allies-strategy-pivot/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/biden-china-asia-allies-strategy-pivot/"> <h3 class="hed">A New Pivot to Asia</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/c-raja-mohan/" rel="author" class="author"> C. Raja Mohan</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/united-states-africa-biden-administration-relations-china/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?quality=90 1266w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="africa-us-foreign-policy-kingsley-nebechi-illustration-hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/united-states-africa-biden-administration-relations-china/"> <h3 class="hed">How to Restore U.S. Credibility in Africa</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">By standing up for democracy and free trade, the United States can outflank China and Russia, its authoritarian rivals on the continent. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/landry-signe/" rel="author" class="author"> Landry Signé</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/containment-russia-china-kennan-today/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="containment-soviet-era-modern-threat-china-foreign-policy-ula-sveikauskaite-illustration-hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/containment-russia-china-kennan-today/"> <h3 class="hed">The Return of Containment</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">What the Cold War policy means for our current moment. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/deborah-welch-larson/" rel="author" class="author"> Deborah Welch Larson</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content small-padding" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="divider dark"></div> </div> <div class="fifty-years"> <div class="post-content no-border--all" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>50 Years of Media and Foreign Policy</h2> <div class="grid__third grid--flex"> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/history-foreign-correspondents-media-press-journalism-war-reporting-photography/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="Janine di Giovanni in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in January 2010. Peter Nicholls" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/janine-di-giovanni-foreign-correspondent-war-reporter-Peter-Nicholls-HP.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="Janine di Giovanni in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in January 2010. Peter Nicholls" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/history-foreign-correspondents-media-press-journalism-war-reporting-photography/"> <h3 class="hed">The First Draft of History</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Why the decline of foreign reporting makes for worse foreign policy.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/janine-di-giovanni/" rel="author" class="author"> Janine di Giovanni</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-magazine-history-1970s-liberal-internationalism-journalism-vietnam-carter/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?quality=90 4167w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=1536,1024&quality=90 1536w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=2048,1365&quality=90 2048w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=1920,1280&quality=90 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="foreign-policy-magazine-covers-50-years-hp" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-magazine-history-1970s-liberal-internationalism-journalism-vietnam-carter/"> <h3 class="hed">Consensus Lost</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">How FP set out to change the world. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/justin-vaisse/" rel="author" class="author"> Justin Vaïsse</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-archives-hillary-clinton-kofi-annan-brzezinski/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=400,267&quality=90 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=401,267&quality=90 401w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=800,533&quality=90 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=275,183&quality=90 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=325,217&quality=90 325w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?resize=600,400&quality=90 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?w=800&h=533&quality=90" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine-50th-anniversary/" alt="excerpts from FP archives" style="width:auto;" class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/foreign-policy-magazine-excerpts-archives-50-years-article.png?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="excerpts from FP archives" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-archives-hillary-clinton-kofi-annan-brzezinski/"> <h3 class="hed">FP Looks Back</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we’ve been—and where we’re heading.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fp-staff/" rel="author" class="author"> FP Staff</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content smallest-padding" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="divider dark"></div> </div> <div class="global-thinkers"> <div class="post-content no-border--all" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>Global Thinkers</h2> <div class="grid__third grid--flex"> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/02/2021-coronavirus-predictions-global-thinkers-after-vaccine/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?quality=90 1500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=90 768w, 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration.jpg?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="coronavirus-vaccine-predictions-2021-foreign-policy-global-thinkers-brian-stauffer-illustration" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/02/2021-coronavirus-predictions-global-thinkers-after-vaccine/"> <h3 class="hed">The World After the Coronavirus</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">We asked 12 leading thinkers to predict what happens in 2021 and beyond. </p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/john-r-allen/" rel="author" class="author"> John R. Allen</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/laurie-garrett/" rel="author" class="author"> Laurie Garrett</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/richard-n-haass/" rel="author" class="author"> Richard N. Haass</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/g-john-ikenberry/" rel="author" class="author"> G. John Ikenberry</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kishore-mahbubani/" rel="author" class="author"> Kishore Mahbubani</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/shivshankar-menon/" rel="author" class="author"> Shivshankar Menon</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/robin-niblett/" rel="author" class="author"> Robin Niblett</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/joseph-s-nye-jr/" rel="author" class="author"> Joseph S. Nye Jr.</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/shannon-k-oneil/" rel="author" class="author"> Shannon K. O'Neil</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/kori-schake/" rel="author" class="author"> Kori Schake</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/anne-marie-slaughter/" rel="author" class="author"> Anne-Marie Slaughter</a><span class="separator">,</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/stephen-m-walt/" rel="author" class="author"> Stephen M. Walt</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="excerpt-content excerpt-content--list--mobile content-block"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:66.666666666667%; " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-poll-50-years-predictions/" class="image-attachment -ratioscale horizontal-orientation"> <img data-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50-years-logo-poll-article.png?quality=90 4167w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50-years-logo-poll-article.png?resize=150,100&quality=90 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50-years-logo-poll-article.png?resize=550,367&quality=90 550w, 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class="image -fit -lazy"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50-years-logo-poll-article.png?w=800&h=533&quality=90" alt="50-years-logo-poll-article" class="image -fit-3-2"> </noscript> </a> </figure> <div class="list-text"> <a class="hed-heading -excerpt" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/15/foreign-policy-poll-50-years-predictions/"> <h3 class="hed">The Next 50 Years of Foreign Policy</h3> </a> <div class="dek-heading -excerpt"> <p class="dek">A survey of experts offers predictions on the future of U.S. leadership and geopolitical dominance.</p> </div> <div class="meta-data -excerpt"> <address class="author-list -excerpt"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fp-staff/" rel="author" class="author"> FP Staff</a></address> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content smallest-padding attribution-parent" data-whitelist="true" aria-hidden="true"> <div> <div class="caption"> <span class="attribution">Cover illustration by Rachel Price for Foreign Policy</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent-issues"> <div class="light-grey--bg"> <div class="post-content" data-whitelist="true"> <div class="grid--container grid--flex"> <div class="grid--flex grid--flow"> <h2>Recent Issues</h2> <div class="grid__fifth grid__third--mobile--all grid--flex"> <div class="excerpt-content"> <figure class="figure-image -nocaption"> <a style="padding-bottom:129.09090909091%; " href="/web/20210119070616/https://foreignpolicy.com/the-magazine/?issue_id=411129718" class="image-attachment -ratioscale"> <img data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20210119070616im_/https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fall-2020-foreign-policy-magazine-cover-andrea-ventura-trump-biden.jpg?quality=90 1000w, 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