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What Next After Iran’s Massacre?
After killing thousands of protesters, Tehran has no reason to back down.
The Biggest Challenges Trump Faces in His Second Year
From Russia-Ukraine to the U.S. midterms, Trump faces a bumpier year at home and abroad.
Venezuela Is Regime Change Under Another Name
Maduro’s removal is a familiar story, and one that doesn’t end well.
Asia & the Pacific
Taiwan Announced Billions More for Defense. Here’s How It Can Deliver.
China
No, China Isn’t Going to Take Over Greenland
Middle East & Africa
Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strikes Don’t Hold Up
Europe
What One Film’s Success Reveals About Today’s Russia
Americas
Venezuela on Screen
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Current Issue: Winter 2026
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The World-Minus-One Moment
Managing the global order with an antagonistic Washington. 
Can China Replace an Absent America in the Climate Fight?
Beijing never bought the argument that reducing emissions would cause economic harm.
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A convoy of French army vehicles heads toward Gao, Mali, on Feb. 7, 2013.
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Two women wearing puffy coats walk across a rocky landscape toward a mountain draped with a low cloud. Greenland’s Filmmakers Are Ready to Tell Their Own Stories
A burgeoning movie industry seeks to give the island an international voice.
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A man with a beard talks on a red phone in a futuristic phone booth.
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Donald Trump is sett through an opening as he sits at a desk. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A picture taken in Goma, on July 25, 2022 shows fire set by protesters burning in front of United Nations Mission for the Stabilisation of Congo (MONUSCO) Headquarters. -
A photo collage illustration shows the back of President Donald Trump in front of three track hurdles. Behind the hurdles are a stack of shipping containers, soccer stadiums and a passport, and a voter in a U.S.-flagged voting booth.
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Annexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastrophe
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A drawn illustration of a Trump whirlwind on a red background 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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