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The Pentagon Feuding With an AI Company Is a Very Bad Sign
Anthropic doesn’t trust this administration with its technology—and it has a point.
There Is No Military Solution to Mexico’s Cartel Problem
Crime groups operate less like nations and more like banks. 
Ukraine’s Strikes on Russian Energy Have Two Targets
Targeting oil infrastructure that recalcitrant Hungary relies on lets Kyiv hit two birds with one drone.
The Little-Known Standoff Testing the Global Financial System
How a dispute between Afreximbank and Fitch Ratings is challenging financial orthodoxy.
U.S.-Iran Conflict?
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reads a document backstage before after taking the stage on October 9, 2023 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The United States Is Misreading Iran
Washington can start a war, but it may not be able to control the escalation.
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Donald Trump is seen in the White House press briefing room holding up his hand with one finger pointed up. -
A woman in black dress and headscarf walks along a street with a billboard of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei above and words in Persian. -
A man wearing a suit poses for a close-up picture.
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In a handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a stealth fighter prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 15. -
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A senior Iranian military official approaches Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a graduation ceremony at Shahid Sattari Air Force Academy in Tehran, Iran, on October 24, 2007.
Asia-Pacific
What India Wants From BRICS
China
China’s Next Cyber Crackdown
Europe
Europe Will Never Stop Growing
Middle East & Africa
Egypt Vies for African Influence
Americas
‘Western Civilization’ Is a MAGA Dog Whistle
The World-Minus-One Moment
Managing the global order with an antagonistic Washington.
Can China Replace an Absent America in the Climate Fight?
Beijing never bought the argument that reducing emissions would cause economic harm.
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Italian Undersecretary of Defense Isabella Rauti, French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and U.K. Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard sign an agreement. They are sitting down at a large table with papers in front of them. On the wall in the back are portraits. -
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A large crowd of people, some holding aloft a banner that reads "Democracy died in complacency," gather outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on an overcast day in Washington to listen to speeches condemning the closure of the agency. -
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland and Anders Brosveet walk in Oslo.
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A photo collage illustration showing maps of Russia and Ukraine in the background with Zelensky and Putin headshots. Four Years of War in Europe
Eight thinkers on the lasting impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Ryo Yoshizawa in a still from Kokuho. -
Narges Rashidi (left) as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951.
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Donald Trump is sett through an opening as he sits at a desk. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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An illustration with Donald Trump listening as Marco Rubio leans in with a hand cupped to whisper in Trump's ear. Around the circular images are headshots of four men and one woman. -
An illustration of a large bald eagle perched atop small shipping containers with the flag of Venezuela draped over them, surrounded by oil barrels, soldiers, a fighter jet, a warship, and an oil rig. They are set against an icy landscape and a blue, cloudy sky. -
A military vehicle flies a U.S. flag from a hill overlooking a tall border fence with brush in the foreground.
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An photo collage illustration shows Donald Trump pointing toward buildings with case falling around them. Semiconductor chips also make up the scene. Red bars overlay the cream-colored background behind the photos. -
A picture taken in Goma, on July 25, 2022 shows fire set by protesters burning in front of United Nations Mission for the Stabilisation of Congo (MONUSCO) Headquarters. -
A photo collage illustration shows the back of President Donald Trump in front of three track hurdles. Behind the hurdles are a stack of shipping containers, soccer stadiums and a passport, and a voter in a U.S.-flagged voting booth.
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A worker wearing glasses and a blue cap looks through a piece of equipment in a workshop. How Chinese Espionage Eroded U.S. Power
A conversation with the authors of “The Great Heist” on Beijing’s spycraft—and what can be done about it.
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The book cover of Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic by Kathryn C. Lavelle. -
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Having survived Assad and the Islamic State, Yazidis remain suspicious of Sharaa’s government.
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A drawn illustration of a Trump whirlwind on a red background Four Explanatory Models for Trump’s Chaos
It’s clear that the second Trump administration is aiming for change—not inertia—in U.S. foreign policy.
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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.
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