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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Putin and Xi Have Different Plans to Live Forever
What a fixation with immortality says about two aging autocrats.
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Sharaa sits in an ornately decorated armchair with his hands folded in his lap. He is in his young 40s, wearing a suit and a beard. Barrack, an older bald man who also wears a suit, sits in another armchair at a diagonal. They face small low tables with water glasses on them; a Syrian flag hangs in the corner. Qué Sharaa, Sharaa
With concrete steps, Washington can keep Syria’s future on track.
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A silhouette of a young person is shown standing amid a neighborhood in ruins. Israelis Need to Recognize the Humanity of Gazans
The unspeakable suffering of Palestinians has echoes of the persecution of the Jewish community.
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The USS Sampson, a U.S. Navy missile destroyer, docks in Panama City, Panama. Deploying U.S. Vessels to the Caribbean Is a Show of Force
The Trump administration is reprioritizing security in the Western Hemisphere.
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A screenshot from a video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump shows a vessel he says was transporting illegal narcotics to the United States just before it is hit by the U.S. military in the southern Caribbean. Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Enters Uncharted Waters
The sinking of a small boat the U.S. president said was carrying drugs violated traditional procedures.
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Xi Jinping stands through the open roof of a black car as he is driven in a military parade. Xi’s Pablum and Power
China’s real message was on display in its military parade, not the empty pageantry of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington. The U.S. Is Inching Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
The Trump administration’s Latin America policy is more hawkish than many realize.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. How to Make Snapback a Success
The clock is ticking for a new nuclear deal with Iran.
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Large vehicles with cone-shaped missiles atop them roll through a square. A large crowd of soldiers and a military band standing in neatly organized rows are seen in the distance. China’s Military Is Now Leading
Wednesday’s parade proved the regional military balance has irrevocably changed.
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Hezbollah supporters chant slogans during a protest against a planned visit of a U.S. envoy to south Lebanon. Washington Has One Chance to Help Disarm Hezbollah
As Lebanon moves to confront the country’s most dangerous militia, U.S. support will be vital.
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A pickup truck is seen driving over the crest of a nearby hill on the horizon, coming toward the viewer. The four-lane paved road that it drives on ends a few yards in front of the truck, dissolving into the brown dirt ground of an uncompleted section of road. Trump Is Treating America Like an Emerging Market
Trump's economic program has damaged many weaker economies and makes even less sense for the United States.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness hold a joint press conference in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 26. How Jamaica Bucked a Regional Trend to Reduce Gang Violence
Elsewhere in the Caribbean, homicide rates are going up—and U.S. intervention isn’t helping.
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President Donald Trump talks with a child dressed as a skeleton with a "Make America Great Again" hat while hosting Halloween at the White House on the South Lawn October 30, 2017 in Washington. How Fear Killed Liberalism
Political anxieties have piled up and put an end to an era of public optimism.
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A soldier stands at the border crossing with Eritrea in Humera, Ethiopia. Ethiopia Could Still Avert the Next War With Eritrea
Keeping the Pretoria Agreement in a comatose state should not be seen as an end in itself.
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A plastic bottle on a beach against a dark and stormy sky. The World Wanted a Plastics Pollution Treaty, but the U.S. Had Other Plans
What happened in Geneva this month bodes ill for future global environmental agreements.
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