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Does Democracy Really Die in Darkness?
A provocative history questions the relationship between the state, its secrets, and the people.

The Man Who Conned the World
How one of the greatest scam artists of all time used Ghana’s colonial past to get rich.

What Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Gets Wrong About War
The film’s ideas have poisoned military thinking for centuries.

Kissinger’s Great Game
In his worldview, little countries only mattered to the extent that they played into struggles among the mighty.
Asia & the Pacific

South Korea Offers a Chance to Modernize Old Alliances
China

U.S. Engagement With China in 3 Charts
Middle East & Africa

At COP28, the World Needs to Prioritize Financial Reform
Europe

Britain’s Navy Is Diminished. Its Ambitions Are Not.
Americas

Will COP28 Jump-Start Latin America’s Green Energy Ambitions?
In the Magazine


A New Multilateralism
How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created.
NATO’s Remarkable Revival
But the bloc’s future could look very different from its past.
Weekend Reads

The Song and Dance of American Secrecy
Espionage law hasn’t changed much since William Howard Taft—yet recent presidents have wielded it as a cudgel more than ever before.

Subscribers’ Picks

America Is a Heartbeat Away From a War It Could Lose
Global war is neither a theoretical contingency nor the fever dream of hawks and militarists.

The West Should Give Up the Battle of Narratives
The Western world has misunderstood what the global south really wants.

Why Xi Was All Smiles With Biden
The Chinese president’s strong-arm diplomacy hasn’t worked.

What Was Hamas Thinking?
The Oct. 7 attack was the culmination of a strategic shift to challenge the movement’s containment.
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Our columnists and staff writers recommend their top reads for the end of the year.
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How China and the U.S. Are Competing on Trade
Most big economies are inextricably tied to both Washington and Beijing.

King of the Dammed
Turkish President Erdogan’s mega-infrastructure projects are enriching construction companies while reshaping his country’s waterscape for the worse.