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Foreign Affairs magazine was founded on the 15th of September 1922 with Archibald Cary Coolidge serving as the founding editor. Hamilton Fish Armstrong took charge of day-to-day operations while Coolidge remained in Boston.
The July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs published George F. Kennan's famous X Article which introduced the doctrine of containment. This article fundamentally altered the trajectory of the Cold War by arguing that the United States must contain Soviet expansionism through political and economic means.
Samuel P. Huntington wrote the Clash of Civilizations article which appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs. Huntington argued that cultural differences would be the fundamental source of conflict in the post-Cold War world.
W. E. B. Du Bois began contributing to Foreign Affairs in 1925 with a series of articles titled Worlds of Color. These articles focused on race issues and imperialism marking one of the earliest instances of an African American intellectual contributing to the publication.
The impact factor of Foreign Affairs in 2023 is 6.3 and it ranks second out of 166 journals in the category International Relations. This ranking attests to the enduring value of the magazine in shaping academic and policy discourse.
Foreign Affairs launched its website ForeignAffairs.com in 2009 and the site attracts 1.2 million unique visitors per month. The print magazine reaches 303,000 readers while the website offers daily updates and anthologies every other month.