Osama Bin Laden’s Catastrophic Success | Foreign Affairs
WEBAug 13, 2021 · Play. Download Article. On September 11, 2001, al Qaeda carried out the deadliest foreign terrorist attack the United States had ever experienced. To Osama bin Laden and the other men who planned it, however, the assault was no mere act of terrorism. To them, it represented something far grander: the opening salvo of a campaign of revolutionary ...
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What If Russia Wins the War in Ukraine? - Foreign Affairs
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · What if Russia wins in Ukraine? If Russia gains control of Ukraine or manages to destabilize it on a major scale, a new era for the United States and for Europe will begin. U.S. and European leaders would face the dual challenge of rethinking European security and of not being drawn into a larger war with Russia.
How Hegemony Ends: The Unraveling of American Power
WEBJun 9, 2020 · Takaki Yajima / Reuters. At the United Nations, for example, the two countries routinely consult on votes and initiatives. As permanent members of the UN Security Council, they have coordinated their opposition to criticize Western interventions and calls for regime change; they have vetoed Western-sponsored proposals on Syria and efforts to impose sanctions on Venezuela and Yemen.
Too Many Secrets - Foreign Affairs
WEBApr 20, 2015 · In Democracy in the Dark, Frederick Schwarz, Jr., has produced a thoughtful, authoritative account of this problem, focusing on the troubling consequences of excessive secrecy. In the mid-1970s, Schwarz, a veteran lawyer, served as the chief counsel to the Church Committee, a Senate body that examined U.S. intelligence activities and revealed ...
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The United States of Sanctions - Foreign Affairs
WEBAug 24, 2021 · During President Barack Obama’s first term, the United States designated an average of 500 entities for sanctions per year for reasons ranging from human rights abuses to nuclear proliferation to violations of territorial sovereignty. That figure nearly doubled over the course of Donald Trump’s presidency.
The Wars Within Islam Are Not Over - Foreign Affairs
WEBNov 4, 2021 · The battlefields in the wars within Islam shifted to brutal fighting in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bosnia, Egypt, Russia, Somalia, and Sudan. By the mid-1990s, when al Qaeda was sheltered by a friendly Islamist government in Sudan, bin Laden had decided that Saudi Arabia’s rulers also had to be overthrown.
How America Should React to China’s Economic Slowdown
WEBNov 13, 2023 · From 1980 to 2019, China reported economic growth at a rate that was on average three times faster than the United States’. But since 2021, that outperformance has slowed. According to China’s official numbers, its growth rate barely surpassed that of the United States in 2022, at three percent to 2.1 percent.