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The Ghost of Finlandization Is Haunting the Ukraine Debate
A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.
Fixing Foreign Aid Requires Confronting Fundamental Tensions
Aid critics ignore competing policy goals and structural trade-offs between control and flexibility.
The Delusions Driving U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Washington is pushing outdated ideas and unrealistic goals.
The Age of the Meme Shooter Is Here
Online nihilism is spilling over into real-world violence.
Can China Replace USAID?
The ideological and economic concerns that make Beijing wary of development assistance.
The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
Asia & the Pacific
Are Scam Compounds the Real Cause of Thailand-Cambodia Fighting?
China
No New World Order Here
Middle East & Africa
The Iran Deal That Isn’t Quite Yet
Europe
Why Did Britain Send an Epstein Pal to Washington?
Americas
RFK Jr.’s Uncle Made Vaccines His Signature Issue
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Several hypersonic missiles with "YJ-19" printed on their sides sit atop a green Chinese military vehicle. A person in a Chinese military uniform stands in the foreground.
The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over
And it cannot be revived by China, Europe, post-Trump America, or the global south.
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Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A farmer uses the long, hollow arm of a machine to funnel soybeans from his small silo grain bin into the bed of a large truck. Lush green soybean fields stretch to the horizon in the distance beneath a partly cloudy sky.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
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The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
Russia Just Attacked NATO. Again.
One can only hope that Trump will draw the right conclusion: Coddling Putin leads to disaster. 
Iran’s Foreign Policy Is Changing in Real Time
The debate in Tehran is heating up—and moving in unexpected directions.
The East-West Contest With No End
The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.
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The book cover for The Second Emancipation by Howard French.
In Case You Missed It
A selection of paywall-free articles
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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Soldiers from various NATO allies take part in a military exercise at the Smardan Training Area in Smardan, Romania, on Feb. 19. -
An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
Visual Stories
From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway
The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.
Life Returns to Palmyra
After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.
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