Beijing Fears American Volatility; The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran; Trump Has Got Europe All Wrong
Foreign Affairs This Week

April 3, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by Special Competitive Studies Project

 

Top articles this week:

- What the Iran War Means for China by Zongyuan Zoe Liu

- The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran by Richard K. Betts and Stephen Biddle

- Trump Has Got Europe All Wrong by Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

- How Geopolitics Overran Globalization by Eswar Prasad

- Podcast: William J. Burns on America in a World of Upheaval

- The Real War for Iran’s Future by Afshon Ostovar

- Europe’s Untapped Arsenal by Elina Ribakova and Lucas Risinger

 
Police officers at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, March 2026

What the Iran War Means for China

Beijing Fears American Volatility More Than American Power

By Zongyuan Zoe Liu

A U.S. Air Force bomber in Fairford, England, March 2026 

The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran

For America, the War’s Benefits Won’t Outweigh Its Costs

By Richard K. Betts and Stephen Biddle

 

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Police officers at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, March 2026

What the Iran War Means for China

Beijing Fears American Volatility More Than American Power

By Zongyuan Zoe Liu

 
A U.S. Air Force bomber in Fairford, England, March 2026 

The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran

For America, the War’s Benefits Won’t Outweigh Its Costs

By Richard K. Betts and Stephen Biddle

Flags of the United States and the European Union, April 2025

Trump Has Got Europe All Wrong

Why America Needs the European Union

By Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

A cargo ship in the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, March 2026 

How Geopolitics Overran Globalization

The End of the Dream of Economic Integration

By Eswar Prasad

Flags of the United States and the European Union, April 2025

Trump Has Got Europe All Wrong

Why America Needs the European Union