Michael Hirsh


Michael Hirsh is a columnist for Foreign Policy. He is the author of two books: Capital Offense: How Washington’s Wise Men Turned America’s Future Over to Wall Street and At War With Ourselves: Why America Is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World.

Articles by Michael Hirsh
German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, on June 9, 2018.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, on June 9, 2018.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House in Washington on Aug. 21.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House in Washington on Aug. 21.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press in Washington on Aug. 7.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press in Washington on Aug. 7.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington on July 31.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington on July 31.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speak to the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 22.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speak to the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on July 22.
Then-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other before a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 18, 2017.
Then-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other before a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 18, 2017.
From left, U.S. Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pause between answering questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 15.
From left, U.S. Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pause between answering questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 15.
A worker washes one of two M1A1 Abrams tanks that are loaded on rail cars at a rail yard in Washington on July 2.
A worker washes one of two M1A1 Abrams tanks that are loaded on rail cars at a rail yard in Washington on July 2.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea on June 30.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea on June 30.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks toward a plane to depart Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 24.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks toward a plane to depart Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 24.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the aerospace division of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, speaks to media next to debris from a downed U.S. drone in Tehran on June 21.
Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the aerospace division of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, speaks to media next to debris from a downed U.S. drone in Tehran on June 21.
U.S. and British World War II veterans gather at the U.S. 1st Infantry Division memorial on a hill that overlooks Omaha Beach in Normandy to commemorate the World War II Allied D-Day invasion in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 3.
U.S. and British World War II veterans gather at the U.S. 1st Infantry Division memorial on a hill that overlooks Omaha Beach in Normandy to commemorate the World War II Allied D-Day invasion in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 3.
Joseph Stiglitz speaks at the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24.
Joseph Stiglitz speaks at the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24.
U.S. President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on May 22, 2018.
U.S. President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on May 22, 2018.
Women work at a sweatshop sewing clothes under contract with local clothing manufacturers in Manila, the Philippines, on July 12, 2013.
Women work at a sweatshop sewing clothes under contract with local clothing manufacturers in Manila, the Philippines, on July 12, 2013.