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Israel’s Strategic Declaration
By striking Qatar, Netanyahu has forsworn negotiations and expanded the battlefield.
My Theory Says Sanctions on Russia Won’t Work. So Why Do I Want Them Anyway?
The inventor of the sanctions paradox stress tests it 25 years on.
Nepal Protests Expose Depth of Public Anger
The situation in Kathmandu remains tense after Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s resignation.
Can China Replace USAID?
The ideological and economic concerns that make Beijing wary of development assistance.
The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
Asia & the Pacific
The Battle of Narratives on the Thai-Cambodian Border
China
Putin and Xi Have Different Plans to Live Forever
Middle East & Africa
Why Israeli Support for Settling Gaza Is Rising
Europe
Europe and the U.S. Still Haven’t Choked Off Russia’s Energy Riches
Americas
Outlawry in the Caribbean
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This photograph shows the newly-inaugurated bronze statue in the likeness of the late Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his right-hand man Dmitru Utkin erected in Bangui, Central African Republic on Dec. 3, 2024. -
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024.
The East-West Contest With No End
The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.
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A man writes on the arm of a woman as she looks down at him.
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at "The People's House," a White House immersive experience across the street from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, during a tour in Washington, D.C.
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A woman stands behind a sheet of solar panel material, made up of smaller blue rectangles. Her arms are outstretched to either side to hold the panels up. She wears a hair net and a surgical mask as well as a white lab coat. The metal scaffolding of a workshop or factory floor is visible behind her. -
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A man in a suit and glasses gestures on stage in front of an "intel foundry" background.
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The book cover for Adventures in the Louvre.
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A grid of book covers for 11 summer fiction releases.
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Four Explanatory Models for Trump’s Chaos
It’s clear that the second Trump administration is aiming for change—not inertia—in U.S. foreign policy.
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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.
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Soldiers from various NATO allies take part in a military exercise at the Smardan Training Area in Smardan, Romania, on Feb. 19. -
An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
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From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway
The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.
Life Returns to Palmyra
After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.
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