Michael Schuman

American global leadership is ending. Not because of “American decline,” or the emergence of a multipolar world, or the actions of U.S. adversaries. It’s ending because President Donald Trump wants to end it. Just about all of Trump’s policies, both […]

When the upstart Chinese firm DeepSeek revealed its latest AI model in January, Silicon Valley was impressed. The engineers had used fewer chips, and less money, than most in the industry thought possible. Wall Street panicked and tech stocks dropped.

Americans voted for change in this week’s presidential election, and in foreign policy, they’ll certainly get it. Donald Trump has shown disdain for the priorities and precedents that have traditionally guided Washington’s approach to the world. He speaks more fondly

North Korean troops are in Russia. Is that really what’s best for Beijing? Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Carlos Barrio / Getty; Gavriil Grigorov / Getty. November 3, 2024, 11:49 AM ET The revelation that North Korean troops have been

Donald Trump was right when he warned at the Republican National Convention in July that China is “circling Taiwan” and that a “growing specter of conflict” hangs over the island. But his supposed concern hasn’t stopped him from signaling to

As China’s leader, Xi Jinping, intensifies his campaign to reshape the U.S.-led global order, the big question hanging over international affairs is: How will he choose to do it? Xi purports to be a man of peace, offering the world