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Israel's Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran.
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran.

3 Ways Israel Could Respond to Iran

Israeli leaders have vowed to counterattack, but how they do so could jeopardize international support.

Analysis
Jack Detsch
A protester holding a Palestinian flag stands up at the back of an audience of people seated in a U.S. congressional committee hearing room. Other protesters sitting around him raise up hands painted red to signify blood. In the foreground and slightly out-of-focus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wears a serious expression as he sits in front of a microphone.
A protester holding a Palestinian flag stands up at the back of an audience of people seated in a U.S. congressional committee hearing room. Other protesters sitting around him raise up hands painted red to signify blood. In the foreground and slightly out-of-focus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wears a serious expression as he sits in front of a microphone.

Iran’s Attack Complicates Efforts to Condition U.S. Military Aid to Israel

Calls to curb U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza over the humanitarian crisis risk being upended by Israel’s pressing security needs.

Report
Amy Mackinnon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem.

Why Israel-Iran War Is a Lifeline for Netanyahu

An isolated leader who faced widespread criticism a week ago now has the backing of the West and has deflected global attention from Gaza.

Analysis
Mairav Zonszein
A Maxar satellite image shows the Fortune Galaxy Mahshahr Oil Terminal in Iran.
A Maxar satellite image shows the Fortune Galaxy Mahshahr Oil Terminal in Iran.

Why Oil Markets Are Calm Despite Iran-Israel Tensions

And why that could change.

Analysis
Keith Johnson

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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

Asia & the Pacific

Members of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party pray outside the Palace of Justice (background), as they await the Federal Court’s decision on Kelantan state’s sharia law criminal enactment, in Putrajaya.
Members of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party pray outside the Palace of Justice (background), as they await the Federal Court’s decision on Kelantan state’s sharia law criminal enactment, in Putrajaya.

Court Victory Disturbs Malaysia’s Balancing Act on Islamic Law
Analysis
Joseph Rachman

The Chipmaking World Hedges Its Taiwan Bets

The Question Looming Over Biden’s White House Summit: Where Are the Exit Ramps?

How Pakistan Plays Into India’s Elections

China

An illustration on industrial policy shows a factory worker in a hard hat looking over three conveyer belts, one with the yellow stars of China, and the others with white stars on blue conveyer belts for the U.S.
An illustration on industrial policy shows a factory worker in a hard hat looking over three conveyer belts, one with the yellow stars of China, and the others with white stars on blue conveyer belts for the U.S.

America’s Flailing Industrial Policy Can Take Lessons From China
Argument
Bob Davis

China Won’t Change Tack on Economic Policy

China-Philippines Tensions Heat Up

U.S. and U.K. Sanction Chinese Hacking Group

Middle East & Africa

U.S. Air Force personnel stand on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III as it prepares to deliver aid intended for the Gaza Strip at El Arish International Airport.
U.S. Air Force personnel stand on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III as it prepares to deliver aid intended for the Gaza Strip at El Arish International Airport.

U.S. Foreign Aid Is Broken but Fixable
Argument
Walter Kerr, Amanda Arch

Togo Readies for Turmoil

The Long Cultural Legacy of the Rwandan Genocide

How to Get More Aid Into Gaza

Europe

A burned-out view of the Crocos
A burned-out view of the Crocos

The Islamic State Never Went Away
Argument
Colin P. Clarke

Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine

Germany Doesn’t Work Like It Used To

The Steady Hand

Americas

A woman walks past burning tires during a demonstration following the resignation of acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
A woman walks past burning tires during a demonstration following the resignation of acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The Tragedy of Haiti
Q&A
Ravi Agrawal

How Mexico’s Presidential Candidates Could Reshape Security Policy

How to Defend U.S. Rights to a Million Square Kilometers of Ocean Floor

U.S. Policy on Venezuela Is Converging

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Displaced Palestinian children pose for photos standing in front of makeshift tents at a camp beside a street in Rafah.
Displaced Palestinian children pose for photos standing in front of makeshift tents at a camp beside a street in Rafah.

The Economics of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
The cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.

Who’s on the Hook for the U.S. Bridge Collapse?
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow.

Did Russia Come Close to Using a Nuclear Device in 2022?
Insider
Ravi Agrawal

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Weekend Reads

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A woman wearing a dress with floral details and loose sleeves looks straight ahead. She is flanked by flags and statues of large cats in the background.

‘The Regime’ Misunderstands Autocracy

HBO’s new miniseries displays an undeniably American nonchalance toward power.

Review
Anastasia Edel
A photo collage illustration of Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan within red and white stripes.
A photo collage illustration of Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan within red and white stripes.

Republicans Are More United on Foreign Policy Than It Seems
Argument
Matthew Kroenig, Dan Negrea
Kirsten Dunst is shown in a still from the Civil War film at a military base.
Kirsten Dunst is shown in a still from the Civil War film at a military base.

‘Civil War’ Succeeds Because Its Politics Make No Sense
Review
Jordan Hoffman
Representatives from countries of the United Nations sit in tiered rows with placards bearing names of their countries on them including: Togo, Thailand, Sweden, Swaziland, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, and South Afrida along with many others.
Representatives from countries of the United Nations sit in tiered rows with placards bearing names of their countries on them including: Togo, Thailand, Sweden, Swaziland, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, and South Afrida along with many others.

Who’s Afraid of the Global South?
Argument
Michael Galant, Aude Darnal

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Palestinians start to return to their homes amid destruction after Israel’s withdrawal in Khan Younis, Gaza.
Palestinians start to return to their homes amid destruction after Israel’s withdrawal in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Israel Is Facing an Iraq-like Quagmire

Six months in, there’s still no plan for after the war, U.S. officials say.

Analysis
Michael Hirsh
Instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard 12th District Company “Hegra” participate in a blank-fire exercise, together with Ukrainian soldiers, north of Trondheim, Norway.
Instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard 12th District Company “Hegra” participate in a blank-fire exercise, together with Ukrainian soldiers, north of Trondheim, Norway.

NATO Doesn’t Have Enough Troops

For the first time in decades, NATO has a plan to fight Russia. Now it just needs the forces to do it.

Report
Jack Detsch
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during an AUKUS summit in San Diego.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during an AUKUS summit in San Diego.

Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine

The latest flurry of U.S. diplomacy shows how the president is all about “minilateralism.”

Report
Robbie Gramer
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

Books

Four book covers of: India Is Broken, Price of the Modi Years, City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh, and Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India.
Four book covers of: India Is Broken, Price of the Modi Years, City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh, and Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India.

4 Books to Understand Modern India

Is the world’s most populous country booming or broken?

Review
Mukul Kesavan
Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles, Viking, 464 pp., $32, April 2024
Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles, Viking, 464 pp., $32, April 2024

The World Still Loves (Yesterday’s) America
Review
Jessi Jezewska Stevens
The cover of Fareed Zakaria's book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
The cover of Fareed Zakaria's book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

Is This a Revolution? Or Are People Just Very Ticked Off?
Review
Michael Hirsh
This article is adapted from Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade (Harvard University Press, 352 pp., $37.95, March 2024).
This article is adapted from Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade (Harvard University Press, 352 pp., $37.95, March 2024).

How ‘Made in China’ Became American Gospel
Excerpt
Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson
The book cover of Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk.
The book cover of Forgottenness by Tanja Maljartschuk.

Can Ukraine Escape the Curse of Nonexistence?
Review
Johannes Lichtman
Book cover for Cosmopolitan Elites
Book cover for Cosmopolitan Elites

The Civil Servants Who Shaped Indian Diplomacy
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Sumit Ganguly
The book covers for A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas and Keeping the Red Flag Flying by Mark Garnett, Gavin Hyman, and Richard Johnson.
The book covers for A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas and Keeping the Red Flag Flying by Mark Garnett, Gavin Hyman, and Richard Johnson.

The Labour Party Is Never Ready for an Election
Review
John Kampfner

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