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Iran’s Pact With China Is Bad News for the West

Tehran’s new strategic partnership with Beijing will give the Chinese a strategic foothold and strengthen Iran’s economy and regional clout.

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Alam Saleh, Zakiyeh Yazdanshenas

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Beirut’s blast reopens old political wounds, why Europe must stand up for Belarus, and Colombian armed groups spread fear amid lockdown.

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Augusta Saraiva

Trump Has Pushed Iran Into China’s Arms

Hard-liners in Tehran have called for closer ties to China for years. The U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement gave them what they wanted.

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Saeid Jafari

John Hume Left Behind a Peaceful—but Divided—Ireland

The Nobel Peace Laureate helped bring nearly three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland to an end. But reconciliation between the country’s communities remains unrealized.

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Dan Haverty

Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan is a professor of finance at the University of Chicago’s Booth School and the author of The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind.

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