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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading in New York City.

Trump’s Trade Contradictions Come Home to Roost

The dollar is falling instead of rising—a defiance of tariff theory that shows investors are losing faith in America.

Analysis
Peter Coy

Trump’s Tariffs Are Killing His Plans for Energy Dominance

Analysis
Keith Johnson

How Countries Should Respond to Trump’s Tariffs

Analysis
Wendy Cutler

Trump’s Tariffs Crush the ASEAN Economic Model

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews the troops in the U.S. Capitol during his inauguration ceremony in Washington on Jan. 20.
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews the troops in the U.S. Capitol during his inauguration ceremony in Washington on Jan. 20.

America Under Trump Is the Realists’ Grand Experiment

This administration will leave an indelible mark on how international relations is taught for a generation to come.

Argument
Raphael S. Cohen
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago.
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago.

How to Ruin a Country

A step-by-step guide to Donald Trump’s destruction of U.S. foreign policy.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt

Asia & the Pacific

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, wearing a blue tie, applauds. The Philippine and South Korean flags hang in the background.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, wearing a blue tie, applauds. The Philippine and South Korean flags hang in the background.

Yoon’s Disappointing Foreign-Policy Legacy

Argument
Lami Kim

Trump Tariffs Target Both China and U.S. Allies in Asia

South Korea’s Top Court Is Producing a Revolving Door Presidency

India’s Tesla Policy Is Inseparable From Trump

China

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A photo illustration shows the currency of the United States and China peeking out from under a layer of soybeans.

China Fires Back at U.S. in Escalating Trade War

Report
Lili Pike, Christina Lu

China Looks to Neighbors as Trump Tariffs Loom

U.S. Cybersecurity Weakness Benefits China

Don’t Give Up on China’s Democracy Just Yet

Middle East & Africa

A Lebanese Army soldier stands guard in the southern Lebanese town of Naqura after Israel's withdrawal from the area, on Jan. 7.
A Lebanese Army soldier stands guard in the southern Lebanese town of Naqura after Israel's withdrawal from the area, on Jan. 7.

Surprisingly, the Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Is Holding

Analysis
David Schenker

What Are Uyghurs Doing in Syria?

Is South Sudan’s Fragile Peace Over?

South Sudan Is Returning to War

Europe

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A man rides a bicycle past the Trocadero Esplanade as dark rain clouds loom over The Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 9, 2020.

Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony

Argument
Francesca Bria, Haroon Sheikh

U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Seizing Russian Assets Isn’t as Easy as It Sounds

Britain Is Banking on the Special Relationship to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs

Americas

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an executive order signing event at the White House in Washington on March 31.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an executive order signing event at the White House in Washington on March 31.

Over and Out

It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig

What Trump’s Latest Tariffs Mean for Latin America

Trump’s Real Motives in Attacking U.S. Universities

Markets Greet Trump’s Tariffs With a Blizzard of Red Numbers

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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.

Is America a Kleptocracy?

Here’s how life could change for the rich, poor, and everyone in between.

Essay
Jodi Vittori
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An illustration shows a golden Newtons cradle with Elon Musk depicted on the one at left and sending a globe-motif ball swinging at right.

Elon Musk’s First Principles

The world’s richest man wants to apply the rules of physics to politics. What could go wrong?

Essay
Adam Tooze

Did China Get Billionaires Right?

Essay
James Palmer

The Deep Roots of Oligarchy

Essay
Priya Satia

How Modi and Trump Treat Billionaires Differently

Essay
James Crabtree

The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat

Essay
Megan DuBois

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Trump’s Second Term

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King Frederik X of Denmark (R), CEO and founder of Nvidia Jensen Huang (L), and CEO of the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S, Nadia Carlsten (C), join cables to symbolically switch on the new AI supercomputer named Gefion at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, on October 23, 2024. The new AI supercomputer has been established in collaboration with EIFO and NVIDIA and is operated by the Danish Center for AI Innovation (DCAI). The computer is aimed 'at breakthroughs in quantum computing, clean energy, biotechnology and other areas serving Danish society and the world', according to Nvidia. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
King Frederik X of Denmark (R), CEO and founder of Nvidia Jensen Huang (L), and CEO of the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S, Nadia Carlsten (C), join cables to symbolically switch on the new AI supercomputer named Gefion at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, on October 23, 2024. The new AI supercomputer has been established in collaboration with EIFO and NVIDIA and is operated by the Danish Center for AI Innovation (DCAI). The computer is aimed 'at breakthroughs in quantum computing, clean energy, biotechnology and other areas serving Danish society and the world', according to Nvidia. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tariffs Can Actually Work—if Only Trump Understood How

Smart trade policy could help restore jobs, but the president’s carpet-bomb approach portends disaster.

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Asia Is Getting Dangerously Unbalanced

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Trump’s Wanton Tariffs Will Shatter the World Economy

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U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast each other during a banquet in Beijing.

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Anti-Trump demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2024.

Trump vs. the Courts: Lessons From the World

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