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Stefan Theil

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Stefan Theil is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. He was previously the executive editor of Handelsblatt Global magazine, European economics editor and Berlin bureau chief at Newsweek, a media fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and an economic policy fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He has also written for the Financial Times, Scientific American, Foreign Affairs, the New Republic, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Die Welt, and other media.

Articles by Stefan Theil
A member of a Ukrainian special police unit falls after firing a D-30 howitzer toward Russian positions near Kreminna, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023.
A member of a Ukrainian special police unit falls after firing a D-30 howitzer toward Russian positions near Kreminna, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023.

Two Years On, What’s Next in Ukraine?
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Angela Stent, Jo Inge Bekkevold, Kristi Raik, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Agathe Demarais, Franz-Stefan Gady, David Petraeus, C. Raja Mohan, Stefan Theil
An illustration showing a torn Russian flag and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
An illustration showing a torn Russian flag and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Is Russia’s Future a Forever War?
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Stefan Theil
An illustration shows the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin interrupted by wavy lines of a fragmented map of Europe and Asia.
An illustration shows the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin interrupted by wavy lines of a fragmented map of Europe and Asia.

Foreign Policy’s Best Articles on Geopolitics and Strategy
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Stefan Theil
A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others.
A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others.

Alliances Are Back at the Center of Power
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Stefan Theil
A Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer fires during a mission in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
A Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer fires during a mission in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

What 2023 Taught Us in the Russia-Ukraine War
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Stefan Theil
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