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Sharaa’s Democratic Test
The Syrian president, who visits the White House today, just oversaw his first election.
Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?
The 22nd Amendment was nothing but an act of vengeance against Roosevelt, Reagan believed.
China Is Already Pulling Ahead on the Next Energy Supply Chain
Low-emission hydrogen is quickly becoming the latest frontier for geoeconomic competition.
Del Toro’s Netflix ‘Frankenstein’ Feels Like a Classic
The Mexican director has finally made the movie he’s dreamt about since childhood.
U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Escalate
Trump Should Oust Maduro
U.S. military might can help democratize Venezuela without sending troops.
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María Corina Machado flexes her bicep while speaking into a microphone wearing a white t-shirt with a long sleeve emblazoned with Venezuela's flag colors. -
Three men in the foreground have their hands tied behind their backs and white blindfolds over their eyes. In the background is a helicopter and two men wearing military-style uniforms and headphones. -
This handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gesturing during an official TV show in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 27.
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U.S. Marines unload from a V-22 Osprey aircraft at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. -
U.S. Marine Corps' F-35 fighter jets approach José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13. -
A massive aircraft carrier cuts across open ocean toward the camera, with dozens of warplanes clustered together on the surface of its flight deck. In the background, in the ship's triangular wake, smaller gray naval ships follow.
Asia & the Pacific
To Counter China, Look to the ‘Other Trilat’
China
What Are China’s Nuclear Ambitions?
Middle East & Africa
What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
Europe
The Man Who Could Topple Orban
Americas
The Forgotten Visionary of U.S. War in Latin America
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A Patriot air defense system protects an airport used for weapons deliveries to Ukraine in Jasionka, Poland, on March 6. -
U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold folders bearing the signed agreement as they sit in front of a blue backdrop. -
A detailed view of mechanics tool box during Round One of the Nitro Rally Cross at Lydden Hill Race Circuit on June 19, 2022 in Canterbury, England. -
A massive mushroom cloud of smoke and debris rises around a giant plume of flames. Huge waves ripple out in a circle from the point of impact.
Add This to the Canon of Great Diplomacy Books
A. Wess Mitchell’s tour through two millennia of diplomacy is catnip for foreign-policy wonks. 
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Two men pose in front of a brown sculpture of a headless Mao Zedong kneeling with one hand over his heart. The man on the left holds the sculpted severed head of Mao. The man on the right leans against the statue’s base and smokes a cigarette. -
Henry Kissinger holds papers under one arm as he looks out of a tall window with drapes on either side.
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A new mural by Italian street artist TVBoy titled Mi Gaza es tu Gaza in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 15th. -
A massive mushroom cloud of smoke and debris rises around a giant plume of flames. Huge waves ripple out in a circle from the point of impact.
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In this black-and-white photo, the South Portico of the White House is seen covered in scaffolding and surrounded by 1940s-era construction trucks and workers with wheelbarrows.
SHADOW GOVERNMENT:
The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
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Why Are China’s Generals So Quiet as Xi Purges Them?
The PLA is a politically neutered army.
What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree to
From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting.
Add This to the Canon of Great Diplomacy Books
A. Wess Mitchell’s tour through two millennia of diplomacy is catnip for foreign-policy wonks.
Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About Invading Nigeria?
A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country.
5 Novelists on Their Favorite Climate Fiction
Sometimes, literature meets the moment better than diplomacy.
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The book cover for A Guardian and a Thief
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The book cover for Liberalism and the Limits of Justice by Michael J. Sandel.
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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An illustration shows a line of large shopping carts facing down a small Donald Trump figure holding two shopping bags. The stars of China's flag are in the upper left corner. -
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.
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On Syria’s Coast, Alawite Communities Wait for Justice
Rights advocates say the lack of accountability for massacres in March could have profound consequences.
From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway
The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.
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