Ideas

Trump’s Deal-Powered Vision Will, and Won’t, Change US Foreign Policy

'The day of the chess player is over,' the businessman once wrote.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Global Conflicts to Watch in 2017

The greatest unknown for U.S. interests in the world might be the United States itself.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

A Dictator Among the Ruins: What Comes Next in Syria

Putin and Assad’s victory in Aleppo will usher in a new phase of the conflict, rather than its end.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

‘Trump Has Already Created Lots of Chaos’

A Chinese scholar argues that the U.S. shouldn’t touch Taiwan—just like China wouldn’t back separatists in Texas or Hawaii.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Coming War on ‘Radical Islam’

How President-elect Trump’s government could change America’s approach to terrorism.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Crises from Europe to the Asia-Pacific Await Donald Trump

The world has reacted to Trump’s victory. Soon Trump will have to react to the world.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Change the Entire International System

A scholar of U.S. foreign policy explains why the 2016 race could be the most consequential election—anywhere—since the 1930s.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Threats

The Once and Future Insurgency: How ISIS Will Survive the Loss of Its 'State'

Controlling territory is at the core of the group's ideology, but it isn't everything.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Geography Allows America To Choose Its Global Role. Only One Candidate is Choosing Wisely

Because of its location, America can choose whether it wants to be a gatekeeper or a global policeman.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Beating Terror, Indonesian Style

Jakarta’s battle against Islamic terrorist groups has seen improvisation and missteps, but also five key factors.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The UK Is Having the War Debate That America Isn't

The U.S. and Britain both intervened in Iraq and Libya. Only one is now seriously reckoning with those choices.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The True Costs of America's Credit-Card War on Terror

The bills will be coming for decades, in the form of debt-service interest, veterans’ medical expenses, and forgone opportunities.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The United Nations: What's the Point?

It's not clear the organization can effectively confront—or even survive—today's challenges.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Death of Hope in Syria

“I don’t think anyone can help us,” one of the last doctors in Aleppo says.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

For US Politicians, Overcoming the Fear of Terrorism is Easier Done Than Said

We don’t resign ourselves to car accidents, learning from what went wrong and funneling those insights back into prevention.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Policy

Imagine a Russian Invasion of the Baltics, If Trump Were President

A former NATO general imagines a 'frightening scenario.’

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Is Global Terrorism Getting Worse? Depends on Your Definition

Civil war is driving many recent attacks, and that blurs both statistics and remedies.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

Is Brazil Experiencing a Coup?

Why it’s so hard to know.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The Changing Logic Behind Suicide Bombings

What was once purely a strategic action has become a tactical move meant to help hold territory.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Ideas

The US-Iran Conflict That Never Happened

One upside of talking to enemies.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
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