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The U.S. Foreign Service Isn’t Suited for the 21st Century

Created for another age, Washington’s foreign-policy institutions have atrophied. The next administration should rebuild and reshape them.

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Philip Zelikow

Will Belarus Go On Strike?

Opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called for a national strike today after President Lukashenko ignored her “People’s Ultimatum.”

Morning Brief |

Colm Quinn

A Year After Protests Began, Chile’s Constitutional Referendum Goes Ahead

On Sunday, after months of protests, voters can choose to keep or begin a process of replacing the current constitution.

Dispatch |

John Bartlett

In Chile, One Word Defines the Political Revolution

The Chilean term “facho” evokes the image of Chile’s fascist past—but also of present-day tenacity that thumbs its nose at institutional power.

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Kelly Kimball, Augusta Saraiva

Katrina Manson

Katrina Manson is the U.S. foreign policy and defense correspondent for the Financial Times. She was the FT's East Africa correspondent from 2011-2015.

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Hodan Osman on Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 16, 2018.

Can One Woman Fix a Failed State?

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Katrina Manson

September 27, 2020, 2:00 AM

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Can One Woman Fix a Failed State?

The U.S. Foreign Service Isn’t Suited for the 21st Century

Will Belarus Go On Strike?

A Year After Protests Began, Chile’s Constitutional Referendum Goes Ahead

In Chile, One Word Defines the Political Revolution

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