September/October Issue Out Now
Our September/October 2026 issue is available online today. It features new essays by Gloria Xiong and Jessica Chen Weiss on China’s rare-earth dominance, Kurt Campbell and Rush Doshi on the future of alliances, and Philip Gordon on the end of the war on terror. The magazine also covers:
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The Abandoned Order
Mark Leonard considers how to navigate global chaos.
The End of the American Middle East
Marc Lynch assesses the prospects of stability in the wake of war.
AI and the New Age of Bioweapons
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall warns of the dangers of synthetic pathogens.
America’s Missing Military Revolution
Doug Beck argues that Washington risks losing the tech race.
In The Steppe and Its Empires, Michael Khodarkovsky illuminates the shared history of the Russians, the Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Qing, writes Ayşe Zarakol.
