Editors’ Picks: Adam Tooze—The 1970s weren’t what you think

And other historical analogies that explain the world today [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( July 02, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. 1 [Global economic order.]( decades, policymakers have been determined to avoid a return to the 1970s. But were they really that bad? FP’s Adam Tooze [examines]( crucial lessons from the period in our latest print issue. 2 [Nuclear taboo.]( advantage of the Ukraine war to reassert U.S. hegemony is a dangerous game. There is a whiff of nuclear forgetting in the air, Nina Tannenwald [writes]( in our latest print issue. 3 [Korean War redux.]( war in Ukraine is accelerating the geopolitical divide between the West and a Sino-Russian axis—much as the Korean War did for the original Cold War, Jo Inge Bekkevold [writes](. 4 [Thinking nuclearly.]( nuclear saber-rattling over Ukraine should make Washington realize that its post-Cold War nuclear holiday has ended, Michael Auslin [writes](. 5 [End of empire.]( history, imperial collapse has always led to massive violence. Russia’s war can thus only be understood as a bloody post-imperial conflict, Anatol Lieven [writes](. --------------------------------------------------------------- This summer, Foreign Policy is partnering with the Walton Family Foundation to bring you a brand new podcast: The Catch. Join us as we learn what squid tells us about the state of our oceans. [Listen Here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Our [Summer 2022 issue]( tries to find ways to make sense of current affairs by delving into the past. [Subscribe]( today to read the entire issue. FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP’s Editors' Picks newsletter. Want a friend to receive this newsletter? [Forward it]( now. Want to receive other FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [partner with FP]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2022 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. [Link](