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Europe’s Best Bet for Protecting Postwar Ukraine
With U.S. commitment in question, armed neutrality is the most feasible option.
Will Milei’s Charm Offensive Work on Trump?
The Argentine leader left Washington empty-handed, but geopolitics could still tilt in his favor.
Is Trump Executing a Self-Coup?
Modern autocrats don’t openly declare their intention to kill democracy but erode it stealthily over time.
Tigray Power Struggle Risks Ethiopia-Eritrea War
A rift within the TPLF has renewed the risk of a large interstate conflict.
Asia & the Pacific
Can South Korea Join the Frontier AI Race?
China
Trump Closes an Important Window Into China
Middle East & Africa
The Long Arm of Turkey’s Global Media Censorship
Europe
How to Negotiate With Putin
Americas
Trump’s Trade War Roils a Key Voter Base
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Current Issue: Winter 2025
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America Is Locked in a New Class War
Money and education no longer explain voting patterns.
Trump Is Ushering In a More Transactional World
Countries and companies with clout might thrive. The rest, not so much.
Updates: Trump's Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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South African Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe (L) South African Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald (C) and South African Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber (R) talk at the swearing in of cabinet ministers, on July 3, 2024, in Cape Town. -
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit. -
David Sacks, U.S. President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, speaks to Trump as he signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a photo session at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. -
A scale weighs cucumbers for sale at a street market in Mexico City, Mexico, on Feb. 3. -
A collage stile illustration shows a soldier waving a NATO flag. Behind are soldiers walking in front of a blue descending bar chart and graph lines.
Hollywood Has a New China Problem
‘Ne Zha 2’ shows audiences are growing tired of formulaic Western films.
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French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte leads the final assault by the Imperial Guard before his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in what is today Belgium, on June 18, 1815. -
Kenneth Roth, a man in his 60s with gray hair and glasses, tucks a piece of paper into the inside pocket of his suit jacket, a serious expression on his face as he looks down. -
Donated clothing to be shipped abroad is gathered by the Church World Service in Denver.
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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.
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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. -
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training. -
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
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An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance. -
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. -
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.
Visual Stories
The Mood on the Front Line, Three Years On
Ukrainian troops watch with anxiety as the United States moves closer to talks with Russia over the war.
How Tourism Trapped Tibet
The region is becoming a theme park for the Chinese nation.
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