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INTERNATIONAL POLICY ARTICLES (Magazines other than The Atlantic. Click links for full article-- some are pay-walled) Pinned for now: Case (in Foreign Policy) for the US to wipe out COVID-19 by vaccinating the world To Protect Itself, America Must Vaccinate the World Today, the United States loses a 9/11-level toll of its citizens to COVID-19 every week—usually every few days. The bad news: This battle can’t be won at home. But that’s the good news too. A sample: “The Delta Variant arose on the other side of the world, but viruses don’t care about national borders. Delta is only the fourth variant to merit a Greek name; there are 20 more letters in the Greek alphabet. “It would cost just $50 billion to bring the entire world to herd immunity. That’s less than what Joe Biden is proposing for upgrades to Amtrak. This investment would generate an economic return of $9 trillion. Even if IMF calculations are off by a factor of 10 (they aren’t), that would be global return on investment of nearly 2,000 percent. My old boss has the opportunity to protect the health and safety of all Americans, and save millions of lives across the planet. He should do it. Now. Right this minute.”
In Foreign Affairs “What Jokowi’s Reelection Means for Indonesia,” Foreign Affairs, April 22, 2019. “The Corleones of Kabul: The U.S.-Afghan Divorce and the Karzai Family.” Foreign Affairs, October 12, 2016. “Thank You for Being a Friend: Pakistan and China’s Almost Alliance.” Foreign Affairs, October 15, 2015. "Defining the Relationship: What Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Want From Each Other." Foreign Affairs, June 16, 2015 “Give Ghani a Chance: Why This Time Is Different.” Foreign Affairs, March 31, 2015. “Afghanistan’s Best Bet." Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2014. “Good Guy Gamble: What to Expect from Indonesia’s Jokowi.” Foreign Affairs, July 16, 2014. “Victory, Afghan Style: The Good News—and Bad— About the Recent Election.” Foreign Affairs, June 22, 2014. “A Milder Modi? What to Expect in a BJP-Led India” Foreign Affairs, May 16, 2014. “Invading Afghanistan, Then and Now: What Washington Should Learn from Wars Past.” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 90, No. 5 (September/October 2011), pp 156-162. “Kashmir: Fundamentalism Takes Root.” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 6 (November/December 1999), pp 36-53. In Foreign Policy “The Afterparade: No Breakthroughs— And That’s Just Fine.” Foreign Policy, February 2, 2015. “From Glasgow to Kashmir: Will Scotland’s Vote Spur Separatism in Asia?” Foreign Policy, September 20, 2014. “Let’s Talk About Kashmir: Could Modi, Islamabad, and the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan make the disputed territory the world’s next terrorist hotspot?” Foreign Policy, September 5, 2014 “Is There a Hidden Message in the Taliban’s 2014 Fighting Season Plan?” Foreign Policy, May 29, 2014. “How to Negotiate Like a Pashtun: A Field Guide to Dealing with the Taliban,” Foreign Policy, June 3, 2013. In The New Yorker (it's related to foreign policy-- wait for it)“Penny Saved Department: A Nest Egg Grows in Washington.” The New Yorker, January 18, 1999. In other outlets “The Flight 370 Mystery Gets Political.” US News & World Report, March 18, 2014. “U.S.-India Dispute: A Diplomat and a Double-Standard Laid Bare.” Reuters.com, January 8, 2014.“How Disaster Relief Abroad Aid Helps USA,” USA Today, November 11, 2013.“Who’s Bombing Myanmar?” CNN.com, October 30, 2013."Obama's Burmese Gamble." Project Syndicate, July 10, 2013.“What Bangladesh— and US retailers— must do to prevent man-made tragedies.” Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2013. “Is Asia’s forgotten revolt about to explode?” CNN.com, February 25, 2013. “Obama and Myanmar.” Christian Science Monitor, November 19, 2012.

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