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A pencil-drawn portrait of Robert Lighthizer seen in profile, wearing glasses and looking to the right.

The Man Who Would Help Trump Upend the Global Economy

As a potential U.S. Treasury secretary, Robert Lighthizer has more than trade policy to revolutionize.

Profile
Edward Alden
Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery during an anti-drone drill in Chernigiv oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 11, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery during an anti-drone drill in Chernigiv oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 11, 2023.

Biden’s Catch-22 in Ukraine

Washington’s backing for Kyiv and avoidance of risk are increasingly at odds.

Analysis
Raphael S. Cohen, Gian Gentile
A demonstrator holds up the flags of Israel and the United States during a rally in support of Israel outside the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver on Oct. 15, 2023.
A demonstrator holds up the flags of Israel and the United States during a rally in support of Israel outside the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver on Oct. 15, 2023.

Rift or Rupture?

What the war in Gaza is doing to U.S.-Israeli relations.

Analysis
Aaron David Miller, Daniel C. Kurtzer
A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.
A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.

The True Horseman of the ‘Fallout’ Apocalypse

Amazon’s adaptation of the video game knows what Americans should really be afraid of.

Review
Syrus Solo Jin

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China Tackles Housing Crisis With New State Initiatives
World Brief
Alexandra Sharp

How the Beyoncé Bump Affected Sweden
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze

What in the World?
Quiz
Drew Gorman

What Biden’s New China Tariffs Mean for World Trade
Q&A
Ravi Agrawal

Asia & the Pacific

Three Pakistani farm workers stand in a wheat field, feeding piles of cut wheat into a mechanical thresher. One of the workers is resting on a bag of threshed wheat, preparing another empty bag. The sky overhead is blue and clear, and a ridge of trees is visible far in the distance.
Three Pakistani farm workers stand in a wheat field, feeding piles of cut wheat into a mechanical thresher. One of the workers is resting on a bag of threshed wheat, preparing another empty bag. The sky overhead is blue and clear, and a ridge of trees is visible far in the distance.

Pakistan Seeks More IMF Funding Amid Protests
South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

Singapore’s New PM Is Already Worried

The Kazakh Murder Trial That Captivated Russia

India’s Battleground State

China

Aerial view showing the construction works in the area where the Chinese company Cosco Shipping is building a port in Chancay, some 80 km north of Lima, on August 22, 2023.
Aerial view showing the construction works in the area where the Chinese company Cosco Shipping is building a port in Chancay, some 80 km north of Lima, on August 22, 2023.

Peru Learns to Read the Fine Print in China Deals
Argument
Elisabeth Braw

Why Are More Chinese Migrants Arriving at the U.S. Southern Border?

The Tech Hawks Took Down TikTok. Now What?

Can Xi Win Back Europe?

Middle East & Africa

An overview of the court during a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on Apr. 8.
An overview of the court during a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on Apr. 8.

Genocide Allegations Are Not a Political Football
Argument
Stephan Pechdimaldji

Could Ghana Be Jihadists’ Next Target?

How Joe Biden Sabotaged the ‘Rules-Based Order’

Are Campus Protesters Heroes or Hypocrites?

Europe

Josep Borrell arrives for a summit at the EU Parliament in Brussels.
Josep Borrell arrives for a summit at the EU Parliament in Brussels.

‘We Are Allied, but We Are Not Aligned’
Q&A
Rishi Iyengar

Russia Advances on Kharkiv as Ukraine Struggles to Fight Back

The Changing Nuclear Mind Game

Gazprom’s Declining Fortunes Spell Trouble for Moscow

Americas

A U.S. Army staff sergeant salutes as U.S. Navy sailors stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan during Fleet Week in New York City on May 25, 2022.
A U.S. Army staff sergeant salutes as U.S. Navy sailors stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan during Fleet Week in New York City on May 25, 2022.

The U.S. Navy Can’t Build Ships
Argument
Gil Barndollar, Matthew C. Mai

What Madam President Means for Mexico

The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade

The Woman Inheriting AMLO’s Revolution

Weekend Reads

A woman wearing mittens, a coat, and a winter hat touches a flag with a soldier's face on it to her face. Behind her is a snowy graveyard scene with flowers and Ukrainian flags.
A woman wearing mittens, a coat, and a winter hat touches a flag with a soldier's face on it to her face. Behind her is a snowy graveyard scene with flowers and Ukrainian flags.

The Resilience of Ukraine’s War Widows

Perhaps tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have lost their partners in the conflict with Russia. They look to rebuild amid precarity and uncertainty.

Dispatch
Liz Cookman, Paula Bronstein
A crowd of students kneel on the ground with their faces pressed against it as they duck from clouds of tear gas in a film still from 1968.
A crowd of students kneel on the ground with their faces pressed against it as they duck from clouds of tear gas in a film still from 1968.

Columbia, Chicago, and the Movies About ’68
Review
Jordan Hoffman
Following increased Chinese military exercises near the island, flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill in Pingtung, Taiwan.
Following increased Chinese military exercises near the island, flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill in Pingtung, Taiwan.

China and the U.S. Are Numb to the Real Risk of War
Excerpt
Sulmaan Wasif Khan
A photo collage illustration shows Navy brass pictured with Fat Leonard raising glasses against a backdrop of Navy ships in the Pacific. Overlaid text reads: Wanted by U.S. Marshals next to a round image of Fat Leonard applying a spa facial mask.
A photo collage illustration shows Navy brass pictured with Fat Leonard raising glasses against a backdrop of Navy ships in the Pacific. Overlaid text reads: Wanted by U.S. Marshals next to a round image of Fat Leonard applying a spa facial mask.

‘Fat Leonard’ Was a Crook U.S. Admirals Called Bro
Review
James Palmer

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Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in New York City.

What’s Ailing Tesla?
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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A man wearing a suit and tie is surrounded by members of the media holding phones and tape recorders.

‘Russia Feels Like They’re Winning’
Insider
Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
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French President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is in France as part of a five-day trip to Europe.

China Wants to ‘Divide and Conquer’ Europe
Insider
Ravi Agrawal

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A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The New Idea of India

Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.

Essay
Ravi Agrawal
An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.
An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.

Is India Really the Next China?

The case for its economic ascent is strong, but government policies still stand in the way.

Analysis
Josh Felman, Arvind Subramanian

Modi’s Messenger to the World
Profile
Rishi Iyengar

Meet India’s Generation Z
Essay
Snigdha Poonam

Becoming Indian
Essay
Amitava Kumar

4 Books to Understand Modern India
Review
Mukul Kesavan

In Case You Missed It

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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.

America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

Essay
Adam Posen
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism
Essay
Gordon Brown
A fireball erupts behind a turreted building as smoke fills the sky after an Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
A fireball erupts behind a turreted building as smoke fills the sky after an Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

10 Conflicts to Watch
Analysis
Comfort Ero, Richard Atwood
A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon.
A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon.

The Global Credibility Gap
Essay
Jared Cohen, Ian Bremmer
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China-military-readiness-war-us-taiwan-Doug-Chayka-illustration

How Primed for War Is China?
Essay
Michael Beckley, Hal Brands
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.

No, the World Is Not Multipolar
Essay
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.

6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
Analysis
Cliff Kupchan

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US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.
US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.

Saudi Arabia Is on the Way to Becoming the Next Egypt

Washington is brokering a diplomatic deal that could deeply distort its relationship with Riyadh.

Argument
Steven A. Cook
Police try to block students and faculty members from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Columbia College Chicago amid a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Chicago, on April 26.
Police try to block students and faculty members from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Roosevelt University, and Columbia College Chicago amid a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Chicago, on April 26.

What America’s Palestine Protesters Should and Shouldn’t Do

A how-to guide for university students from a sympathetic observer.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping, both wearing dark suits, are seen from behind as they walk through a large wooden doorway. Biden reaches out to pat a hand on Xi's back. Small trees flank the entrance.
U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping, both wearing dark suits, are seen from behind as they walk through a large wooden doorway. Biden reaches out to pat a hand on Xi's back. Small trees flank the entrance.

No, This Is Not a Cold War—Yet

Why are China hawks exaggerating the threat from Beijing?

Analysis
Michael Hirsh
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Kabul, Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on August 26, 2021 in Washington.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Kabul, Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on August 26, 2021 in Washington.

The Original Sin of Biden’s Foreign Policy

All of the administration’s diplomatic weaknesses were already visible in the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Review
John Kampfner

Books

A Ukrainian serviceman wearing combat fatigues is seen from the waist up as he stands on a grassy field. His arms are crossed over a rifle that he holds against his chest, and a Christian rosary with white and purple beads hangs from the neck of the rifle.
A Ukrainian serviceman wearing combat fatigues is seen from the waist up as he stands on a grassy field. His arms are crossed over a rifle that he holds against his chest, and a Christian rosary with white and purple beads hangs from the neck of the rifle.

The Divine Marketplace Is Pretty Crowded

Religions aren’t just spiritual communities. They’re also businesses.

Excerpt
Paul Seabright
The book cover for The Jazzmen by Larry Tye.
The book cover for The Jazzmen by Larry Tye.

Duke Ellington, the Jazz Legend Who Became a Diplomat
Excerpt
Larry Tye
Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 416 pp., $32, February 2024 Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe, Sathnam Sanghera, PublicAffairs, 464 pp., $35, May 2024
Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 416 pp., $32, February 2024 Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe, Sathnam Sanghera, PublicAffairs, 464 pp., $35, May 2024

The Opioid High of Empire
Review
Nikhil Kumar
This essay is adapted from the book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz, W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $29.99, April 2024
This essay is adapted from the book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz, W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $29.99, April 2024

Where Global Governance Went Wrong—and How to Fix It
Essay
Joseph E. Stiglitz
The book cover for In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea by Jonathan White
The book cover for In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea by Jonathan White

Democracy Has Run Out of Future
Review
Ivan Krastev, Leonard Benardo
The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Christophers, Verso, 432 pp., $26.07 (that's the price on the affiliate link), March 2024
The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Christophers, Verso, 432 pp., $26.07 (that's the price on the affiliate link), March 2024

Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
Review
Ted Nordhaus
The book covers of Underground Empire and Digital Empires by Henrey Farrell and Abraham Newman and Anu Bradford.
The book covers of Underground Empire and Digital Empires by Henrey Farrell and Abraham Newman and Anu Bradford.

The New Empires of the Internet Age
Review
Daniel W. Drezner

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A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City.

Taiwan Can’t Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts

The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.

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