A New Cold War Could Be Much Worse Than the One We Remember
China is a more formidable adversary than the Soviet Union ever was, and the world is less divisible.
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The Atlantic Ukraine’s Way Out
Strategic prudence argues in favor of pocketing successes rather than pressing the fight and running the tantamount risks.
Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Isolationism Is Not a Dirty Word
Americans have lost touch with a crucial strain of their foreign-policy tradition.
Shutterstock / The Atlantic The World in 2050: When the 5 Largest Economies Are the BRICs and Us
As China, India, Russia, and Brazil join the global middle class, brains and money will increasingly flow away from the United States
The End of the West
The next clash of civilizations will not be between the West and the rest but between the United States and Europe—and Americans remain largely oblivious
Poland: Solidarity's Future
The resistance movement lives on, but it is increasingly dispirited by Poland’s official climate of enforced mediocrity
