FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAGAZINE (December 22, 2024): The top essays of the year include…

The Self-Doubting Superpower

By Fareed Zakaria

America shouldn’t give up on the world it made.

Why Gaza Matters

By Jean-Pierre Filiu

Since antiquity, the territory has shaped the quest for power in the Middle East.

Israel’s Self-Destruction

By Aluf Benn

Netanyahu, the Palestinians, and the price of neglect.

Russia Is Burning Up Its Future

By Andrei Kolesnikov

How Putin’s pursuit of power has hollowed out the country and its people.

The Trouble With “the Global South”

By Comfort Ero

What the West gets wrong about the rest.