Editor's Note

List of Editor's Note articles

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Spring-2024-FP-Site-Cover-32

The India Issue

Illiberal, democratic, and rising: How a middle power is reshaping the world order.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
The cover of Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 print issue titled "The Alliances That Matter Now"
The cover of Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 print issue titled "The Alliances That Matter Now"

The Alliances Issue

Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
A Foreign Policy magazine cover illustration shows a glowing AI projection figure emerging from a pile of technological machinery and semiconductors. The on-image text reads: The Scramble for AI. Paul Scharre, Stanley McChrystal, Alondra Nelson, and more thinkers on the dawn of a new age in geopolitics. Erik Carter illustration for Foreign Policy
A Foreign Policy magazine cover illustration shows a glowing AI projection figure emerging from a pile of technological machinery and semiconductors. The on-image text reads: The Scramble for AI. Paul Scharre, Stanley McChrystal, Alondra Nelson, and more thinkers on the dawn of a new age in geopolitics. Erik Carter illustration for Foreign Policy

The Scramble for AI

Paul Scharre, Stanley McChrystal, Alondra Nelson, and more thinkers on the dawn of a new age in geopolitics.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
A frayed textile illustration shows the words "What Made in America Means for the World" with U.S. flag stitched out with black thread to illustrate the effect or protectionist industrial policy.
A frayed textile illustration shows the words "What Made in America Means for the World" with U.S. flag stitched out with black thread to illustrate the effect or protectionist industrial policy.

What Made in America Means for the World

Adam Posen, Eswar Prasad, and Katherine Tai with dueling perspectives on the rise of protectionism.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
The cover of Foreign Policy magazine's Winter 2023 print issue shows a Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer in Ukraine.
The cover of Foreign Policy magazine's Winter 2023 print issue shows a Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer in Ukraine.

The New Rules of War

Twelve experts on what the world needs to learn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
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We Can Feed the World

How to fix the global food crisis.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
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foreign-policy-back-to-the-future-print-cover-summer-2022-ed-note

The Back to the Future Issue

Delving into the past to make sense of current affairs.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
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The Contest of the Century

How to navigate the U.S.-China relationship.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
Cover illustration for Foreign Policy magazine of a cracked monument declaring: Democracy is broken. Here's How to Fix It.
Cover illustration for Foreign Policy magazine of a cracked monument declaring: Democracy is broken. Here's How to Fix It.

Democracy Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

And why we can't afford to fail.

Editor's Note
Ravi Agrawal
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