Foreign Affairs – September/October 2026

Volume 105, Number 5

The September/October 2026 issue of Foreign Affairs examines the changing global order, international alliances, security, economics, technology, and the future of American foreign policy.

Highlights include:

How Alliances Survive — Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi

The Abandoned Order — Mark Leonard

Why We Should Fight — Kori Schake

The End of the American Middle East — Marc Lynch

The New Old Middle East — F. Gregory Gause III

The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China — Michael B. G. Froman

How China Found Its Most Potent Weapon — Gloria Xiong and Jessica Chen Weiss

AI and the New Age of Bioweapons — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

America’s Missing Military Revolution — Doug Beck

Democracies Need Creative Destruction — Jennifer Pahlka and Andrew Greenway

The issue also features book reviews, recent book recommendations, reviews and responses, and “The Strategy of Terrorism” by David Fromkin.

A current issue of Foreign Affairs, covering major questions shaping international politics, security, economics, and global affairs.