Everything Old Is New Again

The Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs are pleased to introduce the Spring Issue of the Orbis Journal of World Affairs. The mission of the relaunched Orbis is to the bridge the gap between scholarship and policy by asking strategic questions, interpreting technological change, and examining emerging geopolitical competition. Yet, the purpose of Orbis remains what it was in 1957: to help scholars, policymakers, and practitioners understand a world where power, technology, and political order are constantly being reshaped. This issue contains two sections that relate closely to the vast changes taking place in the international system and America’s role in it—in keeping with Strausz-Hupé’s charge.