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What Iran’s Leaders Really Think About Biden

The killing of a top nuclear scientist has unsettled Tehran, but it’s still talking about a new deal with the United States.

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Maysam Behravesh, Erwin van Veen

Peru Needs a New Constitution

The country went through three presidents in a week in November—and it might soon have another if it doesn’t pursue a constitutional referendum like neighboring Chile.

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Michael Albertus

Controversial Trump USAID Appointee Returns from Absence

While seasoned federal officials are being fired, Trump’s loyalists are coming back, threatening fresh tensions between the outgoing administration and Congress.

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Jack Detsch, Colum Lynch

The Feminine Appeal of Macho Populism

Donald Trump isn’t the only right-wing populist to govern with aggression—and do surprisingly well with women.

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Shanthi Kalathil

Shanthi Kalathil is the director of the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies.

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Participants arrive for the final of a Chinese language dictation contest at the Vladivostok branch of the Confucious Institute at the Far Eastern Federal University on Feb 18, 2017. (Yuri Smityuk/TASS/ Getty Images)

Forget Hearts and Minds

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Christopher Walker, Shanthi Kalathil, Jessica Ludwig

September 14, 2018, 4:13 PM

Hello, Is the Rest of China There?

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Shanthi Kalathil

November 20, 2009, 7:19 PM

China’s Dot-Communism

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Shanthi Kalathil

November 20, 2009, 5:13 PM

Dot Com for Dictators

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Shanthi Kalathil

November 4, 2009, 7:24 PM

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