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The Man Who Represents Post-Clerical Iran
The rise of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr signals the consolidation of a new type of state.
The Iran War Comes for the ‘King of Chemicals’
The conflict is wreaking havoc on an obscure sector that is more important than you’d think. 
Understanding the Illegality of Trump’s Iran Threats
Destroying bridges and power plants would violate international law and expose service members to prosecution.
The Future Does Not Belong to America or China
Our fixation with defining the emerging global order hides the true complexity of our neo-medieval moment.
Did London’s Dirty Money Really Kill a Teenage Fantasist?
Patrick Radden Keefe’s “London Falling” is a mystery that turns into a tragedy.
Asia-Pacific
Xinjiang’s Repression of Uyghurs Has Evolved, Not Ended
China
Why Xi Is Kneecapping His Own Top Men
Europe
What Would Trump Do if Putin Struck Europe?
Middle East & Africa
Can Trump Export Zambia’s HIV Success?
Americas
Why the Next Generation of Republicans Might Be More Extreme Than MAGA
In the Magazine
Current Issue: Spring 2026 magazine
Archives
Three Scenarios for a Post-Trump World
Ten years hence, the world will look very different.
Electrostates vs. Petrostates
China is building a new green bloc, while the United States is doubling down on oil.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the site of the Weizmann Institute of Science, which was hit by an Iranian missile barrage, in Rehovot on June 20, 2025.
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A map of Turkey in Asia with an orange line outlining imagined borders of the Ottoman Empire. What if the Ottomans Survived?
Recent scholarship shows the promise—and limits—of a historical path not taken.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, wearing a dark overcoat and patterned scarf, smiles as he tips his gray fedora toward Ronald Reagan. Reagan is seen from behind in the foreground, wearing a dark suit. The two leaders are standing on a light-colored gravel path next to a black car. -
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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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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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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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The Lost Children of Minab
It has been one month since missiles struck a school in the Iranian port town.
The Economic Costs of the Iran War, by the Numbers
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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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