Foreign Affairs Magazine

“Washington does not need to lead every initiative to facilitate the change it wants to see in the world.” Read Anne-Marie Slaughter’s vision for a U.S. national security strategy that looks beyond statist diplomacy and embraces multisector partnerships:

The longer it takes the United States to strengthen its diplomatic presence in the Pacific, the more ground Washington will cede to Beijing, write Charles Edel and Kathryn Paik.

The United States is the only outside actor capable of preventing further suffering in Lebanon, argue Steven Simon and Jeffrey Feltman. For Washington, the best path forward—at least for now—is to craft an informal ceasefire agreement that eases each party’s concerns.

Ukraine’s Kursk invasion in early August revealed the key vulnerabilities in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s information system—including cracks in the Kremlin’s control over what Russians say and do, writes Peter Pomerantsev.

From the archive: In a 1980 essay, the Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sought to lay bare what he called the “true nature” of the Soviet regime, whose oppression he had fled six years earlier.

Read Larry Diamond on the factors driving the trend of global democratic backsliding—and what it will take to restore democracy’s momentum: https://fam.ag/3BY46nW

“Decision-makers need not panic about inadvertent war. The tools of restraint lie in their hands.” Read Erik Lin-Greenberg on how leaders can pull their states away from the brink of war:

Washington’s vision of a two-state solution for the Israelis and the Palestinians now seems beyond reach, writes Marwan Muasher. It is time for U.S. officials to change tack—and to let Arab states lead the way in promoting a rights-based resolution to the conflict.

To reduce unauthorized migration at the southern border, Washington must make legal immigration easier by increasing pathways for entry into the United States—and help migrants to integrate once they have arrived, writes Andrea Flores.

“Even though Russia’s election interference in 2016 attracted a great deal of public opprobrium in the United States, the Kremlin and other autocratic governments still seek to influence how Americans think and perceive the world.”