Until EU leaders accept that the continent can stand on its own feet and Americans give up the role of global police, dependency on Washington will continue.
Germany’s self-inflicted wound has left defense partners looking for alternatives.
Withholding support for Ukraine in reclaiming the territory risks undermining gains made thus far.
The Biden administration has a big decision to make about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s slide toward illiberalism.
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The United States is the only Western government that routinely rewards mega-donors with top diplomatic posts.
With alternative sources in place, Putin’s attempt at blackmailing Europe on energy has failed.
Washington’s long-held policy has outlived its usefulness.
Turkey isn’t East or West. It’s Turkey.
A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging one with China—could have been avoided.
Why the latest controversy over depictions of Mohammed was completely unnecessary.
The bankruptcy of Genesis shows the need for regulators to have teeth.
Recent progress might lead to a nuclear energy source that produces no high-level radioactive waste and presents fewer proliferation concerns.
Xiongan is a window into Xi Jinping’s ambitions.
Urban centers are taking international relations into their own hands.
Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion planned high-tech city involves forced evictions and vague promises of compensation.
To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the world will have to shift its thinking from the national toward the urban.
In the Booker Prize-winning “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” the past haunts a country racked by unresolved death.
For many coming home to Ukraine’s east, their prewar lives are a distant dream.
A street vendor’s plight highlights violations that Washington would prefer to ignore.
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Two years into his first term, how has U.S. President Joe Biden fared on foreign policy? Is there a clear Biden doctrine? Is America in a stronger or weaker position globally? The answers ...Show more
When Washington seeks to curtail Beijing’s ambitions or punish Moscow for its war in Ukraine, it often turns to a familiar tool: sanctions. In the last two years, the Biden administration ...Show more
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Until EU leaders accept that the continent can stand on its own feet and Americans give up the role of global police, dependency on Washington will continue.
Germany’s self-inflicted wound has left defense partners looking for alternatives.
Beijing’s massive expansion of state media hasn’t quite worked as planned. But watch out for Xinhua’s growing global deals.
Washington’s crackdown on technology access is creating a new kind of global conflict.
