If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while... Read More
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An officially sanctioned fatal beating of a woman for incorrectly wearing the hijab unleashes a long-bottled-up rage against a regressive and... Read More
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Iran wanted to remake the Middle East. It had dispatched Shi’ite proxy armies to Syria, with their families to reconfigure the regional... Read More
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In this episode of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with Anushka Wijesinha about the ongoing political and economic crisis... Read More
Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing a large force near the Ukrainian border and reportedly has a military plan to invade and... Read More
Nearly twenty years have passed since al-Qaeda terrorists carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001.1 During that interval, the... Read More
China for a decade or more has been working hard to develop more aircraft carriers and eventually take on the U.S. Navy. Read More
The military balance is shifting China’s way, and half-abandoning a policy of strategic ambiguity won’t change that. Read More
Can realism repair foreign policy? Read More
The United States must increase Putin’s costs in Ukraine while keeping the door open for a political settlement that serves our long-term... Read More
If neither Russia nor the West backs down, the scope and dimension of the conflict will change dramatically Read More
A tour of frontlines and liberated cities during Zelensky’s great counteroffensive revealed a country ruined, ravaged, and on the brink... Read More
Xi Jinping is the first leader since 1978 not to be constrained by powerful elders in the CCP. Read More
The Brothers of Italy, which descended from Mussolini’s fascist movement, is projected to win the coming election. Read More
With the EU currently seeking out more reliable, like-minded partners as alternatives to reduce its dependence on Russia and China, it's... Read More
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Bill Emmott sees little difference between the Brothers of Italy’s program and that of recent right-wing governments. Read More
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Africans are braced for their continent to head into 'acceleration mode' Read More
Gagauzia has accumulated a set of conditions—at the political and social levels—that truly make it Moldova’s Crimea. Read More
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If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while... Read More
