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Apr 30, 2026
Societies will become richer, but history suggests that wealth may not be equally distributed.
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Apr 29, 2026
The U.N. nuclear watchdog suspects that roughly half of Tehran's stockpile is still at its Isfahan facility.
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Apr 29, 2026
Congressional Democrats fought with the U.S. defense secretary over the war and military spending in a rare public hearing.
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Apr 29, 2026
As New Delhi feels the crunch, diplomacy in Abu Dhabi hints at expanding green cooperation.
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Apr 29, 2026
Why the World Bank's quiet decision to move the South Asian country to its Middle East column is more than just a bureaucratic footnote.
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Apr 29, 2026
Deals are being canceled as stockpiles run short.
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Apr 29, 2026
Pretoria stakes high hopes on its controversial pick for ambassador to Washington.
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Apr 29, 2026
Gita Gopinath on how countries can make themselves more resilient.
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Apr 29, 2026
The fight against Russia is accomplishing what years of struggle against corruption couldn't.
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Apr 29, 2026
For the foreseeable future, successful statecraft will depend on hedging.
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Apr 29, 2026
In a world of disorder, the bloc's boring stability is suddenly attractive.
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Apr 29, 2026
Washington has no good options for evacuating Americans in a crisis.
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Apr 29, 2026
Friedrich Merz is, slowly but surely, putting his country on a new international footing.
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Apr 29, 2026
An apparently off-the-cuff observation sparked consternation across the region.
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Apr 28, 2026
The British monarch praises multilateral institutions in a pointed message to the Trump administration.
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Apr 28, 2026
The British monarch praised multilateral institutions, warned against climate change, and championed diversity.
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Apr 28, 2026
The reversal underscores Beijing's shifting national security concerns.
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Apr 28, 2026
Trump's blockade aims to force damaging shutdowns at Iranian oil fields. But Tehran has been through this before.
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Apr 28, 2026
Beijing is ready to take risks as Tokyo backs Taiwan.
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Apr 28, 2026
Record-low unemployment is the result of millions of missing workers.
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Apr 28, 2026
The war has deepened Iranian officials' connections with one another—and with the public.
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Apr 28, 2026
Chile's president José Antonio Kast is following the regressive examples set elsewhere in the region.
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Apr 28, 2026
Republicans are declining to use their power of the purse.
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Apr 28, 2026
MAGA is not necessarily the same thing as America First.
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Apr 27, 2026
Why the United States can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation—and why it doesn't need to.
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Apr 27, 2026
But only if the United States postpones nuclear talks and lifts its own naval blockade.
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Apr 27, 2026
"Chinamaxxing" has become an online phenomenon.
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Apr 27, 2026
Washington should help the two estranged neighbors cooperate against a common enemy.
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Apr 27, 2026
The real test for the Trump-Xi meeting will come afterwards.
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Apr 27, 2026
The 70-year history of oil transit crises suggests engineering will prove more effective than diplomacy.
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Apr 27, 2026
The Iran war is choking off a critical input for chipmaking and AI infrastructure.
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Apr 24, 2026
An internal Pentagon email suggests suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands.
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Apr 24, 2026
Test yourself on the week of April 18: Taiwan's president faces travel troubles, U.N. secretary-general candidates assemble in New York, and Pope Leo concludes his tour of Africa.
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Apr 24, 2026
Apocalyptic headlines overlook conservation and biodiversity successes.
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Apr 24, 2026
A delusional U.S. president is helping thin the line between fiction and reality.
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Apr 24, 2026
The world's worst humanitarian crisis enters its fourth year.
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Apr 24, 2026
An economics writer known for his work on Asia turns his eye toward the fastest-growing continent.
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Apr 24, 2026
Literature's obsessive quest for anti-canonical adaptations pursues the white whale at its peril.
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Apr 24, 2026
A more active approach would help cement Riyadh's regional clout.
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Apr 24, 2026
Peter Magyar must avoid reproducing the very abuses he seeks to dismantle.
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Apr 24, 2026
Despite more colorful medieval precedents, Pope Leo's clash with Trump reflects the Vatican's postwar peace advocacy.
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Apr 24, 2026
The next secretary-general is likely to hail from the region.
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Apr 23, 2026
Pressure will increase on congressional Republicans to vote to end the war if it surpasses the legal time limit.
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Apr 23, 2026
The U.S. and Iran have gone from lobbing missiles to inflicting pocketbook pain.
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Apr 23, 2026
But Hezbollah's opposition to talks and continued Israeli strikes make progress difficult to come by.
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Apr 23, 2026
The talks between the neighboring states are about defeating their mutual enemy.
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Apr 23, 2026
The talks between the neighboring countries are about defeating their mutual enemy.
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Apr 23, 2026
Tehran is following Ho Chi Minh's playbook in Vietnam.
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Apr 23, 2026
Trump's inexplicable effort to lift sanctions on Eritrea reflects a deepening lack of strategy.
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Apr 23, 2026
It is hard to imagine the grouping enduring another two and a half years of Trump.
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Apr 23, 2026
Reversing vaccine mandates is a disaster for military readiness.
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Apr 23, 2026
For foreign audiences, the dysfunctional nature of U.S. politics matters more than the country's leader.
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Apr 22, 2026
Karim Sadjadpour on the extended cease-fire and continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Apr 22, 2026
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump's extension.
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Apr 22, 2026
Reopening the Druzhba pipeline was the final hurdle stopping Budapest from ending its opposition.
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Apr 22, 2026
As U.S.-Iran talks falter, the political and economic risks are rising for Islamabad.
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Apr 22, 2026
The selection process for António Guterres's successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.
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Apr 22, 2026
Why Beijing's success spells doom for everyone else.
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Apr 22, 2026
Aung San Suu Kyi's fate remains uncertain.
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Apr 21, 2026
Four candidates hope to reshape the U.N.'s future amid global fragmentation and anti-multilateral sentiment.
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Apr 21, 2026
The Iran war exposes the limits of zero-sum thinking about great powers.
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Apr 21, 2026
Key knowledge gaps make it hard to assess how the war will end.
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Apr 21, 2026
The first priority is Trump's image, not national interests.
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Apr 21, 2026
The State Department has launched a throwback recruitment campaign following layoffs and changes to diversity policies.
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Apr 21, 2026
How to make sure the cease-fire weakens Hezbollah instead of strengthening it.
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Apr 21, 2026
Pricey oil and sanctions relief mean smiles in Moscow.
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Apr 21, 2026
Why a global era of authoritarian governance may be coming to an end.
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Apr 20, 2026
Conflict with Iran hurts American wallets, but it's far more devastating for people in the global south.
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Apr 20, 2026
The U.S. seizure of an Iranian ship threatens to upend the planned negotiations.
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Apr 20, 2026
Anthropic's latest AI model has kick-started a new debate.
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Apr 20, 2026
The consequences will be felt long after the fighting ends.
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Apr 20, 2026
Trump needs Ottawa more than he'll say.
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Apr 20, 2026
Rather than climate, disease, or artificial intelligence, the next secretary-general should stay focused on conflict resolution.
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Apr 20, 2026
Years of investment made certain provinces resilient to aid cuts, but replicating that system is another story.
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Apr 20, 2026
President Trump could come to represent the restrained, reasonable wing of the GOP.
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Apr 17, 2026
The war-torn country wants to reconstruct in a way that is environmentally, socially, and geopolitically more sustainable.
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Apr 17, 2026
But it's unclear whether the strategic waterway is really open without conditions.
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Apr 17, 2026
Our fixation with defining the emerging global order hides the true complexity of our neo-medieval moment.
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Apr 17, 2026
Patrick Radden Keefe's "London Falling" is a mystery that turns into a tragedy.
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Apr 17, 2026
The conflict is wreaking havoc on an obscure sector that is more important than you'd think.
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Apr 17, 2026
Why exports of illegally sourced gold are gaining on drugs in funding the continent's illicit economy.
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Apr 16, 2026
The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.
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Apr 16, 2026
The country has had nine presidents in the last decade. Who will be next?
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Apr 16, 2026
The White House has lashed out at the Vatican's latest sermons on war and peace.
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Apr 16, 2026
Trump's party is still providing cover on unauthorized war despite growing signs of misgivings.
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Apr 16, 2026
In the war's aftermath, key details about the regime remain opaque.
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Apr 16, 2026
Kyiv is struggling with skepticism of conscription fueled by Russian propaganda.
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Apr 16, 2026
The rise of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr signals the consolidation of a new type of state.
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Apr 16, 2026
With the rift over Greenland, the intergovernmental body finds itself in troubled waters again.
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Apr 16, 2026
Today's wars are tearing down the existing global system, but they can't replace it.
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Apr 16, 2026
A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang
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Apr 15, 2026
A first round of U.S.-Iran talks didn't lead to a deal, but Islamabad wants to stay at the table.
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Apr 15, 2026
Hungary's incoming leader aims to tackle corruption, the previous administration's influence, and dependence on Russia.
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Apr 15, 2026
The world's worst humanitarian crisis threatens to engulf the wider region.
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Apr 15, 2026
Targeting the inner circle of leadership shows no one is safe.
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Apr 15, 2026
From Gaza to Lebanon to Iran, Netanyahu has sought to end threats rather than manage them.
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Apr 15, 2026
The Indonesian president visits Moscow—and signs a U.S. defense agreement.
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Apr 15, 2026
Beijing is less focused on acquiring sovereign control, more so in assuring its own strategic security.
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Apr 15, 2026
Protection is becoming inseparable from access.
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Apr 14, 2026
But without the Iranian proxy group's involvement, implementing a cease-fire will be difficult.
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