Articles
Selected Publications:
"The brilliant immigrant who advised presidents and predicted the fall of the Soviet Union," The Washington Post, July 10, 2025
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"How the International Order Serves American Interests," The Catalyst, Spring 2025
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"Can the US stop the brewing nuclear arms race before it erupts?," The Hill, March 12, 2025
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"Will the West Miss a Secular Syria?," Foreign Policy, December 23, 2024
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"The Anti-Authoritarian Handbook," Foreign Policy, August 18, 2024
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"How Ukraine Remade its Military," The Catalyst, Fall 2023
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"China's Dangerous Decline," Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2022
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"A Nuanced History of the Forces Shaping U.S.-Israel Relations," The New York Times Book Review, August 26, 2022​
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"America’s Uncertain Role in the World After 9/11," The New York Times Book Review, Sept. 5, 2021
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"Biden's Dangerous Doctrine," Foreign Policy, July 21, 2021
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"Why Biden Can't End Israel's War with Hamas," Foreign Policy, May 19, 2021
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"Why China is America's Hardest Foreign Policy Problem," Foreign Policy, March 18, 2021
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"Biden Was Right: America is Back," Foreign Policy, Feb. 23, 2021
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"The Most Serious Security Risk Facing the United States," The New York Times, Feb. 9, 2021
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"The Global Vaccine Rollout Is Failing—and That Puts Everyone, Everywhere, In Danger," Foreign Policy, Jan. 28, 2021
"Can Biden End America’s Forever Wars?" Foreign Policy, Nov. 19, 2020
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"China's Great Leap Backward," Foreign Policy, Oct. 15, 2018
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"Canada's Ruthlessly Smart Immigration Policy," The New York Times, June 28, 2017
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"The Envoy: A Conversation with John Kerry," Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2016
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"How Mexico's President May Have Rescued His Country," The Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2016
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"How Canada Got Immigration Right," The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 16, 2016
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"Syria's President Speaks: A Conversation with Bashar al-Assad," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2015
"Opening Indonesia: A Conversation with Joko Widowo," Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2014
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"Rebooting Rwanda: A Conversation With Paul Kagame," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2014
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"A Pact for Progress: A Conversation with Enrique Peña Nieto," Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2014
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"The Best Reason to Bet on America," The New York Times, Oct. 8, 2013
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"Japan is Back: A Conversation with Shinzo Abe," Foreign Affairs, July/Aug 2013
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"Beijing's Brand Ambassador: A Conversation With Cui Tiankai," Foreign Affairs, July/Aug 2013
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"Asian Tensions and the Problem of History," The New York Times, May 24, 2013
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"Barak's Last Battle: An Israeli Lion in Winter," Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2013
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"The Perils of Piecemeal Intervention," The New York Times, March 8, 2012
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"Why Israel Should Withdraw from the West Bank—Now," The Atlantic, August 2, 2012
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"Around the World in a Private Suite," Newsweek, March 18, 2010
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"In Defense of Eating Well," Newsweek, May 29, 2009