A Diplomatic Strategy to End the War; China Still Has What America Needs; The Trouble With the Nuclear-AI Analogy
Foreign Affairs This Week

September 25, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

 

This week’s highlights:

- The Stalemate With Iran Is Not Sustainable by Richard Haass and Carolyn Kissane

- China Still Has What America Needs by Adam S. Posen

- The Trouble With the Nuclear-AI Analogy by Christopher David LaRoche and Ankit Panda

- America’s Attrition Trap by Nadia Schadlow

- Podcast: Anwar Gargash discusses the wars in Iran, Sudan, and more 

- How Putin Escalates by Andrei Kolesnikov

- Ebola Is Only the Beginning by Stephanie Psaki

 

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Clerics at a military march in Tehran, Iran, September 2026

The Stalemate With Iran Is Not Sustainable

A Diplomatic Strategy to End the War

By Richard Haass and Carolyn Kissane

 
Shipping containers from China at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, November 2025

China Still Has What America Needs

The Trump-Xi Summit Gives Washington a Chance to Buy Time

By Adam S. Posen

 
 
Employees working at a data training center, Beijing, September 2026

The Trouble With the Nuclear-AI Analogy

America Is Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Atomic Age

By Christopher David LaRoche and Ankit Panda

 
Aircraft on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, Laem Chabang Port, Thailand, September 2026

America’s Attrition Trap

The U.S. Military Needs to Build Up Its Endurance

By Nadia Schadlow

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