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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stands during a press conference with Ukrainian President in Kiev on July 10, 2017. via Getty Images)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stands during a press conference with Ukrainian President in Kiev on July 10, 2017. via Getty Images)

NATO Should Not Accept Ukraine—for Ukraine’s Sake

The top five reasons that expanding the Western alliance would make Kyiv even worse off.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
Pilgrims walk down one of the main roads that lead to the new Ram Mandir
Pilgrims walk down one of the main roads that lead to the new Ram Mandir

How the Ram Mandir Has Transformed India

To some, Modi’s new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.

Dispatch
Ariel Sophia Bardi
An unhoused man sits outside Argentina’s Ministry of Human Capital during a protest against food scarcity. He carries his belongings in a shopping cart, leaning his arms against it as he watches the proceedings. Behind him, riot police stand in a line, holding their riot shields in front of them.
An unhoused man sits outside Argentina’s Ministry of Human Capital during a protest against food scarcity. He carries his belongings in a shopping cart, leaning his arms against it as he watches the proceedings. Behind him, riot police stand in a line, holding their riot shields in front of them.

Milei’s Austerity Is Devastating Argentina

Shock therapy is pushing more people into poverty.

Analysis
Lautaro Grinspan
The Central Bank of Russia in Moscow.
The Central Bank of Russia in Moscow.

Europe Edges Closer to ‘Plan B’ for Using Frozen Russian Money

Leery of seizing all of Russia’s state assets, Europe may opt for a next-best approach that could still provide Ukraine billions of euros a year.

Analysis
Keith Johnson

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The Labour Party Is Never Ready for an Election
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Israel Carries Out Overnight Raids in West Bank
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Alexandra Sharp

Asia & the Pacific

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for a fifth term in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 11.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for a fifth term in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 11.

Bangladesh and U.S. Pursue Post-Election Reset
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Michael Kugelman

How Will Prabowo Lead Indonesia?

Where the Resistance Rules in Myanmar

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China

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A high-up view shows the tops of skyscrapers in the city of Nanjing, China, beneath a blue sky. The closest building is part of a China Evergrande Group housing project.

Can Beijing Contain the Property Crisis?
China Brief
James Palmer

Beijing’s Post-Election Plan for Taiwan

China Starts the Lunar New Year With an Economic Hangover

The Dragon Won’t Bring China a Baby Boom

Middle East & Africa

Chief Osabarima Kwesi Atta II (left) looks on as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts after receiving traditional Kente cloths at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, on March 28, 2023.
Chief Osabarima Kwesi Atta II (left) looks on as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts after receiving traditional Kente cloths at the Emintsimadze Palace in Cape Coast, Ghana, on March 28, 2023.

Biden Should Ditch Trump’s Tainted Legacy in Africa
Argument
Jeffrey Smith

How Macky Sall Provoked a Constitutional Crisis in Senegal

China Wants to Weaken, Not Replace, the U.S. in the Middle East

Washington Wants to Revive a Critical Minerals Mega-Railway Through Africa

Europe

A man walks past the grave of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow.
A man walks past the grave of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow.

Russian Crackdown Continues Unabated After Navalny’s Death
Report
Amy Mackinnon

The ‘Military Schengen’ Era Is Here

The West Can No Longer Hesitate on Ukraine

Russia’s Opposition Needs More Than One Savior

Americas

Hundreds of electric cars rest on large racks, each one with three layers of cars, beneath a smoggy sky at the container terminal of a port in China's eastern Jiangsu Province. Cranes and stacks of shipping containers loom in the background, and the ocean is visible beyond that.
Hundreds of electric cars rest on large racks, each one with three layers of cars, beneath a smoggy sky at the container terminal of a port in China's eastern Jiangsu Province. Cranes and stacks of shipping containers loom in the background, and the ocean is visible beyond that.

Biden Cracks Down on Chinese Electric Vehicles
Analysis
Christina Lu, Rishi Iyengar

Colombia’s Confrontational Climate Policy

Ecuador Needs Economic Support to Fight Its War on Gangs

Trump’s International Fan Club Descends on Maryland

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A teenager is shown from behind as a silhouetted figure as he looks out at Manhattan from a window at the top of One World Trade Center. His hand is raised at a right angle with his fingers pressed against the glass. The New York City skyline is visible through the glass beneath a cloudy sky.

Could Real Estate Again Trigger a Financial Crisis?
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Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures to supporters as Sen. Tim Scott looks on during an election night watch party at the state fairgrounds in Columbia, South Carolina.

How Trump Is Mobilizing an Isolationist Worldview
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Ravi Agrawal
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A vertically split image shows former U.S. President Donald Trump on the left and current U.S. President Joe Biden on the right. Both men are shown from the chest upward, wearing dark suits.

What America’s Gerontocracy Means for its Economy
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Weekend Reads

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A historic image of American soldiers in snow.

The Big Lesson From the West’s Last Invasion of Russia

What the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war teaches us about Ukraine today.

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Theodore Bunzel
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A collage photo illustration featuring characters from Oscar-nominated international films.

2024’s International Oscar Contenders Are Unusually Intriguing
Review
Jordan Hoffman
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An aerial photo of a resort lit up at night.

Chinese Exceptionalism Just Won’t Die
Review
Yasheng Huang
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The cover of the newspaper, the Evening Standard, is seen on a busy street in London.

The Real Reason Britain Can’t Change
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Marie Le Conte

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NATO’s Military Has a New Nerve Center

The alliance has transformed its once sleepy headquarters into a war command focused on Russia.

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Smoke ascends over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike, as seen from Sderot, Israel, on Oct. 23, 2023.

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The Biden administration’s delicate, much criticized line recognizes the lack of a coherent alternative strategy.

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Scenarios and timelines for Moscow’s possible war goals in Europe are a veritable Tetris game of alliance planning.

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It’s time to stop the wishful thinking and start looking at the facts.

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A Tale of Haunted Love Captures Wartime Ukraine

“Daybreak” is a nightmarish romance about the horrors of war.

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Ukraine Isn’t Putin’s War—It’s Russia’s War
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Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849, Christopher Clark, Crown, 896 pp., $40, June 2023
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