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Digital Authoritarianism: Finding Our Way out of the Darkness
Commentary
From Chinese government surveillance in Hong Kong and Xinjiang to Russia’s sovereign internet law and concerns about foreign operatives hacking the 2020 elections, digital tec...
By Naazneen Barma, Brent Durbin & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Digital Dictators
Commentary
Rapid technological change will likely produce a cat-and-mouse dynamic as citizens and governments race to gain the upper hand....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Putin Is Following the Game Plan of Other Autocrats Before Him
Commentary
All of the sudden, the transition of power in Russia has begun. In his annual state of the nation speech on Jan. 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised many by proposi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO Is Struggling Under Trans-Atlantic Tensions
Commentary
NATO leaders gathered in London this week for a brief summit marking the alliance’s 70th anniversary. The trans-Atlantic community looked on with trepidation—not because there...
By Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The U.S. or China? Europe Needs to Pick a Side
Commentary
Amid ten consecutive weeks of protest in Hong Kong, Beijing is looking to a seemingly unlikely place for support: Europe. In recent days, Chinese ambassadors across the contin...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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How to Address the Greater Russia-China Alignment
Commentary
The world’s leaders will gather this week for the G20 Summit in Japan. All eyes will be on President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinpi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Why the fragmentation of European politics could bode poorly for democracy
Commentary
After last week’s elections, the European Parliament is more fragmented than ever — growing discontent with the mainstream meant that centrist and mainstream parties took a be...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright
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Populism and the coming era of political paralysis in Europe
Commentary
Europe’s populists seem set to pull off a major win in the European parliamentary elections this week. But populism’s real challenge to European democracy goes far deeper than...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Alina Polyakova
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A Russian-Chinese Partnership Is a Threat to U.S. Interests
Commentary
Russia and China are strengthening ties across virtually every dimension of their relationship. Yet Washington is divided over what these growing ties portend. The conventiona...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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The Building of Russia's Geopolitical Momentum
Commentary
Since returning to office in 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pursued a course of action that has enabled him to significantly enhance Russia’s position on the globa...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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America’s Role in the World is Worth Debating
Commentary
There is a growing debate in the United States about the utility of America’s allies and the United States’ role in the world. Should the United States retrench and play a les...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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Trump Should Not Have Canceled His Meeting With Putin at the G-20
Commentary
In the runup to the gathering of world leaders in Argentina for the G-20 summit, a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has att...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The United States' Greatest Strength Over Russia and China is Its Alliance with Europe
Commentary
President Donald Trump has rightly recognized that America must do more to stand up to Chinese and Russian threats to U.S. interests. While most agree that having a national s...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Julianne Smith
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Has the Transatlantic Alliance Been Irreparably Damaged?
Commentary
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces dealing with the transatlantic relationship. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of e...
By Jim Townsend, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine & Julianne Smith
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Idaho is not immune to Russian meddling and disinformation
On Jan. 6, 2017, the United States intelligence community released a report documenting Russia’s interference in our elections. One of us, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, was a senior ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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How Russia and China Undermine Democracy
Commentary
Russian and Chinese actions are converging to challenge the U.S.-led global order. Last month, China joined Russia in conducting the latter’s largest military exercises since ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
