Volume 101, Number 4
WHAT IS POWER?
Why War Fails 10
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Limits
of Military Power
Lawrence Freedman
What the Mighty Miss 24
The Blind Spots of Power
Ngaire Woods
The Perils of Pessimism 34 Click download
Why Anxious Nations Are Dangerous Nations
Daniel W. Drezner
The Balance of Soft Power 44
The American and Chinese Quests to Win Hearts
and Minds
Maria Repnikova
What Makes a Power Great 52
The Real Drivers of Rise and Fall
Michael J. Mazarr
What Money Can’t Buy 64
The Limits of Economic Power
Barry Eichengreen
Hierarchies of Weakness 74
The Social Divisions That Hold Countries Back
Amitav Acharya
COVER: ANDREA UCINI
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ON FOREIGNAFFAIRS.COM
Liana Fix and Michael
Kimmage on the war
in Ukraine.
Nina Khrushcheva on
Russia’s security state.
Yanzhong Huang on
China’s COVID-19
lockdowns.
ESSAYS
Can Putin Survive? 84
The Lessons of the Soviet Collapse
Vladislav Zubok
The Consequences of Conquest 97
Why Indo-Pacic Power Hinges on Taiwan
Brendan Rittenhouse Green and Caitlin Talmadge
The Hollow Order 107
Rebuilding an International System That Works
Philip Zelikow
Last Best Hope 120
The West’s Final Chance to Build a Better World Order
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay
The New Energy Order 131
How Governments Will Transform Energy Markets
Jason Bordo and Meghan L. O’Sullivan
Nigeria’s Second Independence 145
Why the Giant of Africa Needs to Start Over
Uzodinma Iweala
The Myth of the Global 158
Why Regional Ties Win the Day
Shannon K. O’Neil
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Can Brazil Turn Back the Clock? 170
Latin America’s Nostalgia Trap and the Return of Lula
Brian Winter
REVIEWS & RESPONSES
How Much Power Do Economists Really Have?
Jason Furman
Evil Empires? 190
The Long Shadow of British Colonialism
Lauren Benton
How the System Was Rigged 197
The Global Economic Order and the Myth of Sovereignty
