July 5, 2020 | View In Browser

Illustration: Keith Negley

What began as a local outbreak of an unknown disease in Wuhan, China, late last year has become a global upheaval of historic proportions—laying bare deep-rooted inequality and injustice, the precariousness of trade and globalization, and the weakness of institutions and political leadership. By now, that there will be no return to a pre-pandemic world is clear. What comes next is less so.

Over the next eight weeks, we’ll be sharing some of the best Foreign Affairs essays that shed light on what the current tumult will mean for geopolitics and for economies and institutions around the world. We hope you’ll stick with us.

—Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Executive Editor