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China's Boyfriends for Hire How to Survive the Chinese New Year By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore In China, the overwhelming cultural pressure for women to marry by the age of 27—especially intense around Chinese New Year—has led to a burgeoning rent-a-boyfriend industry.

Obama's Libya Debacle How a Well-Meaning Intervention Ended in Failure By Alan J. Kuperman The U.S. intervention in Libya was a complete failure. Libya has not only failed to evolve into a democracy; it has devolved into a failed state. Violent deaths there have increased, and the country now serves as a safe haven for terrorists.

The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin Russia’s Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream By Stephen Kotkin Russian President Vladimir Putin’s vaunted “stability” has turned into spoliation. The methods he used to fix the corrupt, dysfunctional post-Soviet state have produced yet another corrupt, dysfunctional state—and unfortunately, there is no end to it in sight.

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The Failure of Multiculturalism Community Versus Society in Europe By Kenan Malik Multicultural policies accept that societies are diverse, yet they implicitly assume that such diversity ends at the edges of minority communities. By forcing people into ethnic and cultural boxes, they help create the very divisions they were meant to manage.

Should the United States Arm Ukraine? Foreign Affairs' Brain Trust Weighs In We poll experts on whether they think the United States should arm Ukraine.

The Catch-22 in U.S.-Chinese Relations The Future of Bilateral Ties By Stephen Hadley and Paul Haenle U.S. leaders should not dismiss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal to build a “new type of major-country relations” out of hand if Xi is willing to remove the proposition's references to core interests.

The New Special Relationship The U.S.-Australia Alliance Deepens By Bates Gill and Tom Switzer Australia now figures more prominently in U.S. foreign policy than at any time since 1942–45, when Australian combat troops served under General Douglas MacArthur and scores of U.S. air and naval bases and army camps were stationed Down Under.

Putin and the Hermit Kingdom Why Sanctions Bring Moscow and Pyongyang Closer Together By Van Jackson Russia tends to make diplomatic overtures to North Korea whenever relations between Moscow and Washington sour. With U.S. strategy in Asia hanging in the balance, though, the repercussions of a stronger Russian-North Korean partnership could be different than ever before.

Rapprochement Reloaded Why Détente with Russia is not Appeasement By Rolf Mützenich Despite being misdefined by proponents and detractors alike, a new détente with Russia offers a way out of a political and military stalemate in the Ukraine crisis.

Undivided Tehran Khamenei and Rouhani's Joint Strategy at the Nuclear Talks By Reza Marashi To avoid another failed round of nuclear negotiations with Tehran, Washington must understand why Iran is at the negotiating table.

Harder to Breathe  India's Pollution Crisis—And What To Do About It By Ira Trivedi India’s environmental crisis is not just endangering human lives, but is also holding back the country’s economy. For Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, this story isn’t new.

Don't Doubt the Ceasefire Minsk II Could Freeze the Conflict in Ukraine By Michael Kofman The second Minsk ceasefire agreement had an inauspicious beginning. But hope remains. Much of frontline has calmed down, and the sides have started to exchanges prisoners. Although the recent agreement may not provide a final solution to the conflict, it has good prospects of...

Foreign Affairs Focus: Stephen Kotkin on Putin's Rise By Gideon Rose and Stephen Kotkin Princeton University Professor Stephen Kotkin discusses his recent article, "The Resistible Rise of Vladimir Putin," with Foreign AffairsEditor Gideon Rose.