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Putin’s Already Won
He’s exposed fatal divisions in the “West” even as Russians still back his Ukraine invasion.
Three Lessons China Learned from the United States
America’s greatest export was never democracy or consumer culture. It was the template for global power itself.
Russia’s Blackout Warfare Needs a U.S. Counter
Deterring Moscow’s assault on Ukraine’s energy will pay off across Europe.
Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Blueprint for the Demise of the West
The White House’s agenda may not be coherent, but it is deeply dangerous.
Trump’s National Security Strategy
Does Europe Finally Realize It’s Alone?
Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.
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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.
Asia & the Pacific
Promises on Pause in Kashmir
China
A Bad Week for Washington’s China Hawks
Middle East & Africa
200,000 Flee Congo After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
Europe
A Ukraine Peace Deal Could Be Getting Closer
Americas
U.S. Farmers Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet
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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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Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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Putin, Modi, and Xi at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
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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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