Analysis
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A collage illustration shows open shipping boxes falling through the scene. In one box is U.S. President Donald Trump, waving, and in another is Chinese President Xi Jinping waving. Welcome to the Era of Mutually Assured Disruption
Washington and Beijing both believe they can manage the chaos. Neither can.
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Gen Z protest in Madagascar Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here’s why you should be paying attention.
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East Timor President José Ramos-Horta, wearing a patterned blue and white suit jacket, stands with arms outstretched against a red backdrop that says "asean." Timor-Leste Adds a New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Competition
Southeast Asia’s freest democracy is joining ASEAN and could shift the balance of power.
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U.S. Marines unload from a V-22 Osprey aircraft at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.
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Soldiers in combat gear are silhouetted as they stand along a fence overlooking a dirt training area. How the U.S. Failure in Iraq Haunts Trump’s Gaza Plan
The American-led trusteeship will command no legitimacy among Palestinians.
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Dozens of people walk along a packed-sand path along the edge of a camp filled with low white tents. Many of the people are women wearing full black-cloth burkas. The sky overhead is hazy with sand and a few scattered clouds. Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.
Allowing Islamic State prisoners to languish in detention is a dangerous radicalization risk.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010. It’s Time to Stop New START
Putin’s proposed arms control extension is good for Russia and China, but bad for America.
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A man holds a drone in Ukraine. Ukraine Needs More Drones
Tight cooperation with Beijing and Tehran is giving Moscow an edge on the critical weapons.
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Trump holds up a finger as he speaks to the press, with microphones pointed at him. What We Can Learn From Trump’s Success in Gaza
In diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance.
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Mona Ibrahim, a displaced Sudanese mother, and her children sit on the ground in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in northern Darfur, Sudan, on Jan. 21. Why Won’t the UAE End the War in Sudan?
An independent inquiry has established the complicity of external actors.
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Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich displays a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. As the War in Gaza Winds Down, the West Bank Is a Flash Point
If Trump wants peace, he must block Israel’s annexationist policies.
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Trump gestures with his arms out wide behind a sculpture that reads "PEACE 2025." Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not as Successful as You Think
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that the Gaza deal proves Trump’s diplomatic chops.
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The head of a humanoid robot is seen from below. The head is constructed as from dark metals and plastic, with a visor that looks like ski goggles rather than eyes. A logo where an ear would be says "Z1 Robot." Racist AI Fantasies Are Spreading on China’s Internet
Anti-Black videos speak to popular prejudices.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands in Moscow on October 15. Buying the Hatchet
How arms deals are helping Sharaa to make up with Moscow.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Peace in Gaza Won’t Last
Only the end of Israel’s special relationship with the United States would signal a true end of war.
