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America Has Lost the Arab World

Wars in Gaza, Iran, and Elsewhere Have Sunk Washington’s Reputation—Maybe for Good

Amaney A. Jamal and Michael Robbins

America and China Can Make AI Safer

Cooperation Is Necessary—and Possible

Christina Knight and Scott Singer

The Iran Shock

And the Dangerous Allure of Energy Autarky

Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan

Avoiding the Next Gulf War

How America’s Allies in the Region Can Get Out of the Cross Hairs

Neil Quilliam and Sanam Vakil

Europe Is Stuck With America

Economic Ties Will Be Hard to Unwind

Jacob Kirkegaard

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Lebanon’s Coming Collapse

An Israeli Assault Is Pushing the Fragile Country to the Brink

Maha Yahya

Europe’s Untapped Arsenal

Ukraine Has Forged the Defense Industry the Continent Desperately Needs

Elina Ribakova and Lucas Risinger

America Is Losing the Innovation Race

Why the Future of Science Might Be Chinese

L. Rafael Reif

How Geopolitics Overran Globalization

The End of the Dream of Economic Integration

Eswar Prasad

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March/April 2026

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Europe’s Next War

The Rising Risk of NATO-Russia Conflict

Samuel Charap and Hiski Haukkala

America and China at the Edge of Ruin

A Last Chance to Step Back From the Brink

David M. Lampton and Wang Jisi

The Predatory Hegemon

How Trump Wields American Power

Stephen M. Walt

Ukraine and the New Way of War

Learning the Right Lessons for the Conflicts of the Future

Rebecca Lissner and John Kawika Warden

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The Iran War Comes to Iraq

Baghdad Slides Into a Conflict It Long Wanted to Escape

Renad Mansour

What the Iran War Means for China

Beijing Fears American Volatility More Than American Power

Zongyuan Zoe Liu

How Congress Can Prevent a Quagmire in Iran

Authorize Limited Airstrikes but Rule Out Ground Forces

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Trump Has Got Europe All Wrong

Why America Needs the European Union

Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

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America in a World of Upheaval

A Conversation With William J. Burns

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The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran

For America, the War’s Benefits Won’t Outweigh Its Costs

Richard K. Betts and Stephen Biddle

Can America and Iran Reach a Cease-Fire?

Both Sides Want to Dictate the Terms—but Neither Truly Can

Ellie Geranmayeh

The War in Iran Could Become Like the War in Ukraine

How America Can Avoid a Russian-Style Quagmire

James F. Jeffrey

America’s New Way of Economic War

The Dangers of a Strategy With No Doctrine

Peter E. Harrell

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What Iran Wants

The Roots of the Islamic Republic’s Conflict With the West

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2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America

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Fascism in India: Race, Caste, and Hindutva

By Luna Sabastian

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Excessive Loyalism in Putin’s Authoritarian Regime: The Costs of Sycophancy

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Digital Surveillance in Africa: Power, Agency, and Rights

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The False Promise of “Flexible Realism”

Trump’s War on Iran Reveals a Foreign Policy Without Principles

Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper

Iran’s Long Game

Decades of Preparation Are Paying Off

Narges Bajoghli

Trump, Xi, and the Specter of 1914

How America and China Can Avoid the Blunders That Led to World War I

Odd Arne Westad

The Myth of Authoritarian Stability in the Middle East

A Pliant Autocracy in Iran Won’t Solve America’s Problems in the Region

Fawaz A. Gerges

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How Iran Should End the War

A Deal Tehran Could Take

M. Javad Zarif

What Really Happened in Congo

The CIA, the Murder of Lumumba, and the Rise of Mobutu

Stephen R. Weissman

Europe’s Untapped Arsenal

Ukraine Has Forged the Defense Industry the Continent Desperately Needs

Elina Ribakova and Lucas Risinger

What the Iran War Means for China

Beijing Fears American Volatility More Than American Power

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Lebanon’s Coming Collapse

An Israeli Assault Is Pushing the Fragile Country to the Brink

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The Iran Shock

And the Dangerous Allure of Energy Autarky

Jason Bordoff and Meghan L. O’Sullivan

Why Russia Is Losing the Sahel

Moscow’s Missteps Offer a Warning—and an Opening—for Washington

Frederic Wehrey and Andrew S. Weiss

Will Iran Turn to Terrorism?

Why a Desperate Regime Might Go After Soft Targets

Matthew Levitt

China Is Squeezing Southeast Asia

As Imbalances Grow, a Backlash Is Brewing

Jessica C. Liao and Zenel Garcia

Give Me Liberty and Give Me Taxes

Why Democracies Love Taxation—and Autocracies Hate It

Vanessa Williamson

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The Crumbling Foundations of American Strength

Knowledge Is Power—and the United States Is Losing It

America Has No Good Options in Iran

Trump Needs an Off-Ramp

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How China Forgot Karl Marx

The Chinese Economy Runs on Labor Exploitation

Yasheng Huang

Trump, Xi, and the Case for Strategic Calm

How America Can Take Advantage of the Status Quo

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How Iran Sees the War

External Escalation, Internal Consolidation

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