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Trump Is Not a Revolutionary
Not all political upheaval is created equal.
Why Medicaid Is Republicans’ Third Rail
On the chopping block is a “big government” program that covers medical costs for millions of Americans.
Trump’s Deportation Machine Takes Shape
The White House is using client states to carry out illegal and unconstitutional expulsions.
The Latest Russian Missile Is Bad News for NATO
Oreshnik is a different beast from its predecessors.
Asia & the Pacific
Can South Korea Join the Frontier AI Race?
China
What China Wants From Iran Nuclear Talks
Middle East & Africa
The Global South Must Back Sudan’s ICJ Case Against the UAE
Europe
The Periodic Table of States
Americas
Will Trump Use the Federal Reserve as Leverage, Too?
In the Magazine
Current Issue: Winter 2025
Archives
America Is Locked in a New Class War
Money and education no longer explain voting patterns.
Trump Is Ushering In a More Transactional World
Countries and companies with clout might thrive. The rest, not so much.
Hollywood Has a New China Problem
‘Ne Zha 2’ shows audiences are growing tired of formulaic Western films.
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French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte leads the final assault by the Imperial Guard before his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in what is today Belgium, on June 18, 1815. -
Kenneth Roth, a man in his 60s with gray hair and glasses, tucks a piece of paper into the inside pocket of his suit jacket, a serious expression on his face as he looks down. -
Donated clothing to be shipped abroad is gathered by the Church World Service in Denver.
Updates on U.S.-Canada Tensions, New Tariffs
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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South African Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe (L) South African Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald (C) and South African Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber (R) talk at the swearing in of cabinet ministers, on July 3, 2024, in Cape Town. -
A bright red screen large enough to take up an entire wall shows large images of Xi Jinping. People are seen in shadowed silhouette, backlit by the screen, as they mill about a museum exhibit. -
David Sacks, U.S. President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar, speaks to Trump as he signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a photo session at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. -
A scale weighs cucumbers for sale at a street market in Mexico City, Mexico, on Feb. 3. -
A collage stile illustration shows a soldier waving a NATO flag. Behind are soldiers walking in front of a blue descending bar chart and graph lines.
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How Trump Is Killing the U.S. Defense Industry
It turns out that abandoning allies and tossing out security guarantees is bad for business.
Europe Is Now Led by Its North
The Nordics and Baltics are together inspiring visions of a stronger continent.
Trump Is Trying to Remake the United Nations
Washington has signaled that it wants the international body to focus on preserving peace, but it could be looking to rubber-stamp its bilateral priorities.
Trump’s Concert of Kingpins Won’t Work
A globe carved up by strongmen isn’t any world order at all.
The Novels We’re Reading in March
From a killing in the West Bank to horror in a postapocalyptic convent.
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Hope: The Autobiography, Pope Francis, trans. Richard Dixon, Random House, 320 pp., $32, January 2025.
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A grid of 12 fiction book covers out in February 2025.
In Case You Missed It
A selection of paywall-free articles
America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up
Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.
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An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo. -
Chinese soldiers in Belarus for military training. -
An illustration shows Russian President Vladimir Putin on a television set with spinning lines behind him for a story about Russia's TV propaganda.
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An illustration shows half faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin for a story about a ChiRussia alliance. -
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor. -
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Visual Stories
The Mood on the Front Line, Three Years On
Ukrainian troops watch with anxiety as the United States moves closer to talks with Russia over the war.
How Tourism Trapped Tibet
The region is becoming a theme park for the Chinese nation.
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