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Robert McNamara Chose Loyalty to the President
A new biography should be required reading for everyone currently working in silence in Washington.
Europe Is Going After Russia’s Frozen Assets After All
Germany’s vocal support for mobilizing hundreds of billions of Moscow’s reserves could be a game-changer for Ukraine.
India and the Rebalancing of Asia
New Delhi still faces many obstacles on its path to great-power status.
Mexico’s New Hit Musical Is the Anti-‘Hamilton’
A long-running spat over Spain’s colonial history has now taken theatrical form.
UNGA Beyond the Conflicts
The U.N. forges ahead on climate and AI despite U.S. ambivalence and mixed messaging.
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From left, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. -
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa concludes his remarks during the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24. -
Trump signs a document at a desk, next to a child also writing on a desk.
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A high angle view shows Donald Trump reading from an open notebook with large type at a lectern with a mic. -
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, speaks at a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting to discuss Russian incursions into NATO airspace, in New York. -
This frame grab taken from AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing in Qatar’s capital, Doha, after explosions from an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 9.
Asia & the Pacific
Trump’s Aim to Take Back Afghan Air Base Doesn’t Make Sense
China
Why China Hawks Love Talking About AI
Middle East & Africa
What to Know About Ghana’s Deportations Controversy
Europe
Europe Is on Its Own With Russia Now
Americas
Trump Takes His Fossil Fuel Crusade Global
The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
The Development Economist Who Wasn’t
Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.
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A green-and-red truck sits beside a low border checkpoint building and fence beneath a clear blue sky. A man in a bulletproof vest stands on one side of the truck; on another, a man in jeans and a T-shirt stands with his hands on his hips. -
An Nvidia chip is seen on screen during the inauguration of Europe's fastest supercomputer Jupiter at the Supercomputing Centre in Juelich, Germany, on Sept. 5. -
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Leads the Wave Back to Korea
The megahit movie opens a new chapter for soft power.
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A figure in a hat is seen from behind in silhouette as they walk down a tree-lined path toward a turreted church beneath a blue sky. -
An aerial view shows several workers in hard hats and vests amid a circular rebar gridded construction site. -
A photo collage illustration shows vintage portraits of two African American women and a hand holding a fountain pen in front of yellow shapes, ink blots, and scrawls.
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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Adam Schiff is seen walking passed other people in a hallway at the U.S. Capitol. -
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press onboard Air Force One. -
Morgan Ortagus, a woman in her 40s wearing an orange suit jacket, raises her right hand while voting. Other officials and aides sit beside her at a long desk.
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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 27, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. -
A farmer uses the long, hollow arm of a machine to funnel soybeans from his small silo grain bin into the bed of a large truck. Lush green soybean fields stretch to the horizon in the distance beneath a partly cloudy sky. -
A pickup truck is seen driving over the crest of a nearby hill on the horizon, coming toward the viewer. The four-lane paved road that it drives on ends a few yards in front of the truck, dissolving into the brown dirt ground of an uncompleted section of road.
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The Ghost of Finlandization Is Haunting the Ukraine Debate
A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war. 
The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over
And it cannot be revived by China, Europe, post-Trump America, or the global south.
Are We Overestimating Autocracies?
Russia and Iran have proved weaker than many thought. So will China.
The Delusions Driving U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Washington is pushing outdated ideas and unrealistic goals.
‘Strong Roots’ Turns Cooking Into Resistance
A memoir of Ukrainian cuisine seeks to preserve worlds threatened by Russia.
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The book cover for the Peacemaker. -
The book cover for The World of the Cold War by Vladislav Zubok.
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The book cover for The World of the Cold War by Vladislav Zubok. -
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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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A seated man wearing glasses and a suit. -
An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.
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An illustration shows a line of large shopping carts facing down a small Donald Trump figure holding two shopping bags. The stars of China's flag are in the upper left corner. -
Soldiers from various NATO allies take part in a military exercise at the Smardan Training Area in Smardan, Romania, on Feb. 19. -
An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
Visual Stories
On Syria’s Coast, Alawite Communities Wait for Justice
Rights advocates say the lack of accountability for massacres in March could have profound consequences.
From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway
The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.
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