Saturday, July 05, 2025

FOREIGN POLICY in The Magazine Summer 2025

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In the Magazine

 

How Low Can the Dollar Go?

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It took a decade for the U.S. economy to recover from Nixon. This time could be worse.

By , a professor of economics at Harvard University and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. 
 
 

The End of Modernity

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A crisis is unfolding before our eyes—and also in our heads.

By , a professor of history at the University of Cambridge and fellow of St. Catharine’s College.
An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments.


Hundreds of people gather around a giant doll with pigtails, an orange jumper and red glowing eyes.
Hundreds of people gather around a giant doll with pigtails, an orange jumper and red glowing eyes.

Why Is ‘Squid Game’ So Popular?

One of the most vicious, violent, and nihilistic works of entertainment ever made is also truly the work of an auteur.

A giant panda's tongue hangs out while eating.
A giant panda's tongue hangs out while eating.

The Expedition That Launched a Century of Panda-Mania

A new book details how the United States helped create a truly political animal.

A man in a hat sits on a curb as a young girl stands next to him and a toddler sits next to him.
A man in a hat sits on a curb as a young girl stands next to him and a toddler sits next to him.

The Forgotten Stories of the Chinese in America

‘Strangers in the Land’ illuminates a dark, enduring period of U.S. history.

An illustration shows a world map fractured into several groupings that align with the dividing lines laid out in Samuel Huntington's book Clash of Civilizations. The broken up continents are scattered against a green background.
An illustration shows a world map fractured into several groupings that align with the dividing lines laid out in Samuel Huntington's book Clash of Civilizations. The broken up continents are scattered against a green background.

How to Sell a Clash of Civilizations

The incoherence of Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis is also its power.

A Chechen fighter stands in front of a house destroyed by Russian artillery in central Grozny on Jan. 15, 1995.
A Chechen fighter stands in front of a house destroyed by Russian artillery in central Grozny on Jan. 15, 1995.

The Fate of the World’s Forgotten Wars

A new book raises questions about Russia’s bygone fight in Chechnya—and the future legacy of conflicts today.


An illustration shows the NATO logo sinking slightly on a blue horizon.

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