In Damascus, Syria, last Tuesday the managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine spent much of the day at the presidential palace. In a lengthy interview with President Bashar al-Assad, Jonathan ...

In the latest issue of Newsweek, Jonathan Tepperman has a very confused piece arguing that nuclear disarmament is a bad idea because “[t]he bomb may actually make us safer.” Taking a stand against ...

Are you surprised and wondering why there appears to be challenges all over the world today? Watching cable news and other local channels is most likely to leave you extremely pessimistic about the ...

Our global food system is unsustainable, and its practices are inflexible, inefficient, and inequitable. The December issue of s+b explores why it doesn’t have to be. When their profit goals differ, ...

Tepperman, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, examines global problem solving in this survey of how 10 countries and their respective leaders addressed concerns such as Islamic fundamentalism, ...

There tends to be more focus on why terrorist groups flourish in certain countries than why they fail in others. But Jonathan Tepperman, the managing editor of Foreign Affairs, has just investigated ...

Certain adjectives carry an almost magical aura that makes one snap to attention and succumb to lust. The words in question vary from person to person; for some it might be “deep-fried” or “Swiss-made ...

After immersing himself in the politics of Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, and many other countries, Jonathan Tepperman emerges with an optimistic view: democracy is remarkably pliant — and resilient.

Tim Duggan Books/Crown, New York, 2016, 320 pp., $28 (hardcover). We live in a moment of global trepidation, beset by economic, political, and social problems that are perceived as insurmountable. We ...