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Dirty Air Threatens India’s Global Power
How New Delhi’s pollution has become a more fundamental crisis.
Trump Threatens Mexico With Tariffs Over Water
Drought has dried up Mexico’s water supply, much to the chagrin of Texas farmers—and Trump.
U.S. Farmers Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet
Trump’s bailout offers temporary relief, but trade war pain remains.
France Didn’t Lose the Sahel—Everyone Did
Blaming Paris for Mali’s problems won’t solve them. A collective European response is needed.
Asia & the Pacific
Why Indonesia’s Not Out of the Flood Zone
China
China’s Military Machine Shouldn’t Run on American Chips
Middle East & Africa
Africa Was the Biggest Loser of China’s COP30 Triumph
Europe
Silicon Valley Wants Disaster Bunkers. Norway Wants ‘Preparedness Friends.’
Americas
The Only War the White House Is Ready for Is Culture War
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Senegalese soldiers prepare to go on a mission to dismantle artisanal gold mining sites near the Malian border in Senegal's Kedougou region on May 11.
Biden’s Long Shadow Over Ukraine
His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.
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A man in a blood-stained shirt stands in the middle of an orchard of young trees, looking right into the camera with a distraught expression.
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang shake hands at the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 2. -
Putin, Modi, and Xi at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
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1912 painting by Clyde O. DeLand titled “Birth of the Monroe Doctrine.” From left to right: John Quincy Adams, William Harris Crawford, William Wirt, President James Monroe, John Caldwell Calhoun, Daniel D. Tompkins, and John McLean. -
A banner showing an image of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen behind a U.S. flag outside a U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington. -
Maduro speaks into a microphone as he stands with his fists raised while wearing a red baseball cap and a red-and-white striped button-down shirt. People onstage behind him smile toward the camera.
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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.
Subscribers’ Picks
Does Europe Finally Realize It’s Alone?
Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.
The New Wealth of Nations
How instrumental capital is reshaping the world.
Why China Didn’t Do a ‘Kissinger’ to Split Europe From America
Europe would have given almost anything for peace, but Beijing had a different calculus. 
Trump’s New National Security Strategy Goes Full ‘America First’
The long-anticipated plan aims to selectively impose the U.S. president’s worldview around the globe.
COLLECTIONS:
Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.
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Inside the Situation Room: The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-Making, ed. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, Oxford University Press, 512 pp., $29.99, September 2025
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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 illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
Visual Stories
Syria’s Yazidi Community Faces the Future With Concern
Having survived Assad and the Islamic State, Yazidis remain suspicious of Sharaa’s government.
On Syria’s Coast, Alawite Communities Wait for Justice
Rights advocates say the lack of accountability for massacres in March could have profound consequences.
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