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Sep 2024
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“Dear America”: FP’s Fall 2024 Print Iss...

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An exclusive episode for our podcast listeners: Host and FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal gives a preview of the latest print issue: “Letters to the Next President.”

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

Martin Kimani: How to Restore the American Center

Arancha González: Isolationism Doesn’t Protect

Danny Quah: Why America Should Drop Its Obsession With Being No. 1

Joseph E. Stiglitz: Play by the Rules

Catherine Ashton: The Trans-Atlantic Partnership Still Matters

Jason Bordoff: Clean Energy Is Security

Mark Malloch-Brown: Muster Global Majorities

Joseph S. Nye Jr.: Invest in Soft Power

Nirupama Rao: Strategic Autonomy Is Nothing to Fear

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