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Jun 05, 2026
Trump and Putin are backing different players in a contested country.
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Jun 05, 2026
Even in the face of tariffs and an energy crisis, the jobs report shows an economy that's still humming.
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Jun 05, 2026
Zelensky offers in-person peace talks in a rare open letter to Putin. Moscow isn't interested.
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Jun 05, 2026
Plus, a Venezuelan thriller in translation.
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Jun 05, 2026
Resilience, technology, and European support have put Russia on the back foot.
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Jun 05, 2026
How Europe has learned to live with great-power politics.
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Jun 05, 2026
In a new memoir, Nobel laureate Herta Müller condemns her homeland for failing to reconcile with history.
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Jun 05, 2026
Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime's growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup.
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Jun 05, 2026
The journey of Iran's World Cup team sets a dangerous precedent for international soccer.
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Jun 05, 2026
Economic strategists are pitching tougher policies for an anxious world.
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Jun 05, 2026
Will openness to foreign players and coaches make a difference at the World Cup?
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Jun 05, 2026
Donald Trump is working hard to alienate yet another strategic partner.
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Jun 05, 2026
The Board of Peace has been revealed to be so flawed as to be completely unworkable.
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Jun 05, 2026
An example—albeit an imperfect one—of how to achieve a lasting peace.
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Jun 04, 2026
Thousands call for Tirana to block the investment projects, citing environmental and corruption concerns.
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Jun 04, 2026
The U.S. military remains extremely active in and around Latin America.
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Jun 04, 2026
Former Iran negotiator Robert Malley on the White House's best options right now.
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Jun 04, 2026
The U.S. blockade on the island is unprecedented—and could lead to prolonged upheaval.
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Jun 04, 2026
Snubbing a key security forum shows Beijing's new confidence.
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Jun 04, 2026
The new import duties are "a solution in search of a problem."
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Jun 04, 2026
What history can and cannot explain about today's unraveling order.
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Jun 04, 2026
The small Baltic country has refashioned the relationship between citizens and the state for
the current moment.
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Jun 04, 2026
With his war in Ukraine going badly, he may soon face another quagmire in Chechnya.
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Jun 04, 2026
Oil and gas price spikes are doing what decades of climate diplomacy struggled to achieve.
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Jun 03, 2026
There is a brief lull in violence, but the root causes of the conflict haven't been addressed.
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Jun 03, 2026
A satirical political party has tapped into the discontent among unemployed youth.
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Jun 03, 2026
Experts warn that continued strikes could jeopardize peace talks.
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Jun 03, 2026
Abiy's all-but-certain victory threatens to destabilize the African nation.
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Jun 03, 2026
The U.S. designation of two Brazilian crime groups as terrorist organizations scrambles already tense bilateral relations.
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Jun 03, 2026
Mid-range drones that can hit targets almost 100 miles behind Russian lines have changed the game.
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Jun 03, 2026
Tehran may feel empowered to wait out U.S. demands for concessions in face of war-weary American public.
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Jun 03, 2026
Tehran may feel empowered to wait out U.S. demands for concessions in face of war-weary American public.
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Jun 03, 2026
A joint campaign to defend the island would struggle to operate effectively.
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Jun 03, 2026
Why Washington let its Middle Eastern partners wreak havoc in Africa
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Jun 03, 2026
De-escalation, rather than lasting peace, is still important.
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Jun 03, 2026
A Shangri-La charm offensive collided with regional values.
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Jun 02, 2026
Two fatal disasters highlight enduring problems in the mining industry.
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Jun 02, 2026
Moscow warned of a massive attack on Kyiv. And it delivered.
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Jun 02, 2026
Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military's targeting criteria don't include the presence of drugs or arms.
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Jun 02, 2026
Tokyo spent decades preparing for disruption—then found its options narrowing.
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Jun 02, 2026
A recent attack in Jerusalem highlights a worrying trend intensified by wartime nationalism.
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Jun 02, 2026
Resource-rich countries haven't always benefited from extraction. Can this time be different?
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Jun 02, 2026
An era of great-power competition has started—but not all would-be competitors qualify.
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Jun 01, 2026
Tehran had said it would suspend negotiations over Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
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Jun 01, 2026
The Israeli leader needs a win ahead of a key election.
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Jun 01, 2026
Islamabad is happy to give the U.S. president the image he craves.
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Jun 01, 2026
Across the world, signals crucial for safe air and sea travel are being disrupted.
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Jun 01, 2026
Democracy promotion is out, and the race to engage the country's junta is on.
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Jun 01, 2026
A small but influential office will soon announce grants to support Trump administration causes in Europe.
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Jun 01, 2026
The baked-in damage to oil and gas production will take months to undo.
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Jun 01, 2026
Berlin has already made a huge commitment to its military—but is facing new obstacles at home and abroad.
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Jun 01, 2026
What a very 1990s scandal says about corruption during the second Trump administration.
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May 29, 2026
Both countries have refuted the allegations and accused the agency of bias.
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May 29, 2026
U.S. concessions could include the unfreezing of assets and unsanctioning of oil.
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May 29, 2026
Bilateral relations have reached a breaking point at a crucial moment for the USMCA.
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May 29, 2026
Mellower European populists have killed some Republicans' dreams of a far-right alliance.
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May 29, 2026
As a new book shows, the dollar isn't really the United States' currency, but a 500-year-old relic.
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May 29, 2026
Two new books seek to capture the changing reality of Turkey and the world.
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May 29, 2026
Test yourself on the week of May 23: The U.S. strikes Iran, European countries summon Russian diplomats, and the WHO calls for a cease-fire in Congo.
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May 29, 2026
The country hopes to fund its reconstruction by serving as the Middle East's new transit and logistics hub.
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May 29, 2026
Trump's legal evasion regarding Iran reveals the rotten state of constitutional war powers.
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May 29, 2026
With USMCA on ice, Mexico City is looking across the Atlantic for new partners.
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May 29, 2026
A more modest agenda is also more credible.
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May 28, 2026
It's an open question if negotiators can break the repetitive cycle engulfing the war.
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May 28, 2026
Tehran's leadership has also not publicly signed off on the agreement yet.
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May 28, 2026
From Diet Coke to condoms, the world's supply chains have faced surprising downstream disruptions.
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May 28, 2026
The country is uniquely vulnerable to regional shocks.
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May 28, 2026
Turkey is moving from repressing the opposition to reshaping it.
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May 28, 2026
As conditions on the island worsen, people are leaving—just not for the United States.
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May 28, 2026
Over three decades, Netanyahu's pivot to divisive electioneering has paid off.
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May 28, 2026
Nixon's theory on the power of unpredictability didn't account for an actual madman adversary.
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May 28, 2026
Germany's chancellor keeps complaining about the source of the continent's power.
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May 28, 2026
The Iran war was obviously a mistake. Why not say so?
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May 27, 2026
Despite recent successful strikes, experts doubt the campaign's long-term success.
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May 27, 2026
At the same time, the White House is optimistic that a deal to end the war is in reach.
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May 27, 2026
He also said NATO allies should "take their part" in the Iran war.
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May 27, 2026
Repairing Trump's damage to bilateral ties will require more than a charm offensive.
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May 27, 2026
A Xi visit to Pyongyang is likely soon, after a seven-year gap.
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May 27, 2026
A Xi visit to Pyongyang is likely soon, after a seven-year gap.
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May 27, 2026
A new group is trying to create what its predecessors could not: an effective democratic force for Iran.
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May 27, 2026
The Vatican has made a frontal challenge to the Trump administration's approach to technology.
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May 27, 2026
A messy rollout looks set to disrupt global commodity markets.
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May 26, 2026
The pause of a $14 billion arms package raises concerns about U.S. support for Taipei.
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May 26, 2026
Still, Washington insists that it is committed to peace talks with Tehran.
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May 26, 2026
The region knows that Iran won the war—and is hedging its bets as a result.
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May 26, 2026
Trump's Beijing trip shows that the wind is blowing in China's direction.
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May 26, 2026
Washington should no longer be liable for Israeli misdeeds.
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May 25, 2026
A century later, the meaning of Abd el-Karim and the Rif Rebellion is still up for grabs.
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May 25, 2026
Trump's bad bargains have shaken a complacent continent.
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May 25, 2026
The private letters of famed literary critic Harold Bloom offer an ethical guide for politics.
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May 25, 2026
A recent Supreme Court decision threatens a core democratic principle.
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May 22, 2026
The abrupt policy reversal leaves NATO allies wondering to what extent the United States will defend Europe.
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May 22, 2026
The West's shortsightedness in Africa is more apparent than ever.
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May 22, 2026
The series has been the most on-the-nose fictional take on Trumpism so far.
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May 22, 2026
Kori Schake's ‘The State and the Soldier' is the discussion on civilian control of the military that this moment requires.
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May 22, 2026
For a movie set 20 years ago, it has a surprising amount to say about today's wars in the Middle East.
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May 22, 2026
The latest Ebola outbreak underscores a central flaw with the global preparedness model.
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May 22, 2026
The Chinese president may be preparing for a rare and momentous trip to Pyongyang.
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May 22, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising the floor for punishing purge targets.
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May 22, 2026
Seizing Castro could prove more costly and less effective than the capture of Maduro.
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