Essays by Michael Beckley, Jason Bordoff, and Meghan O’Sullivan, and more.

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September/October Issue Out Now
September/October Issue Out Now
November/December 2025 Cover Photo with the title
November/December 2025 Cover Photo with the title
 

Our November/December 2025 issue is available online today. It features new essays by Michael Beckley on the end of rising powers, Shannon O’Neil on supply chain insecurity, and Ben Buchanan and Tantum Collins on winning the AI innovation race. The magazine also covers:

  • The roots of China’s overcapacity problem
  • Why America must link its Atlantic and Pacific strategies
  • Threats to the U.S. Dollar
  • The case for a new economic and security order, and more.

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The Return of the Energy Weapon

Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan warn of a new dawn of energy weaponization.

The Autumn of the Ayatollahs

Karim Sadjadpour lays out five possible futures for Iran.

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China Against China 

Jonathan Czin considers the downsides of Beijing’s success. 

How Russia Recovered

Dara Massicot explains what the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

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The Return of the Energy Weapon

Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan warn of a new dawn of energy weaponization.

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The Autumn of the Ayatollahs

Karim Sadjadpour lays out five possible futures for Iran.

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China Against China 

Jonathan Czin considers the downsides of Beijing’s success. 

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How Russia Recovered

Dara Massicot explains what the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

 
 

Books & Reviews

 

In The Party’s Interests Come First, Joseph Torigian offers a prodigiously researched look at how Xi Jinping’s passage into adulthood made him who he is today, writes Orville Schell.