Essays by Stephen Kotkin, Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, Daniel Ziblatt, and more.

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January/February Issue Out Now
January/February Issue Out Now
January/February 2026 Cover Photo with the title
January/February 2026 Cover Photo with the title
 

Our January/February 2026 issue is available online today. It features new essays by Stephen Kotkin on the weakness of strongman rulers, Zongyuan Zoe Liu on China’s long economic war, and Nic Cheeseman, Matías Bianchi, and Jennifer Cyr on how authoritarian cooperation is reshaping the global order. The magazine also covers:

  • Latin America’s lurch to the right
  • Why Europe shouldn’t appease Trump
  • The Indian way of strategic diversification
  • How the West can build a new global order, and more.

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The Price of American Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt consider how to reverse democratic decline. 

How China Wins the Future

Elizabeth Economy lays out Beijing’s strategy to seize the new frontiers of power.

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The Allies After America

Philip Gordon and Mara Karlin warn that U.S. partners need a Plan B. 

The End of the Israel Exception

Andrew Miller calls for a new paradigm for American policy.

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The Price of American Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt consider how to reverse democratic decline. 

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How China Wins the Future

Elizabeth Economy lays out Beijing’s strategy to seize the new frontiers of power.

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The Allies After America

Philip Gordon and Mara Karlin warn that U.S. partners need a Plan B. 

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The End of the Israel Exception

Andrew Miller calls for a new paradigm for American policy.