Analysis
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House Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves after U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Wobbling of King Trump
At home and abroad, his autocratic approach is starting to run aground.
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U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House during an event called "Investing in America" in Washington, DC, on on April 30. Why U.S. Tech Flip-Flops on China Are So Disastrous
Allies and adversaries alike know they just have to wait for the other shoe to drop.
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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares "peace for our time" at Heston Aerodrome in London on his return from negotiations with Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
If the U.S.-Russia draft for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.
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A view of the Russian Central Bank building in central Moscow on May 26, 2022. The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus
If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.
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Hegseth, Trump, and Bondi sit at a table with the presidential seal affixed to it. All our dressed in business formal attire. Trump has his arms outstretched as he speaks. Has Trump’s America Gone Rogue?
The Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the rule of law is the end of an era.
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Four men are standing in front of a display of silver laptops. India’s Fraught Push for Digital Decolonization
Will the dream of indigenous technology be co-opted for political control?
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Ralph Nader in a black and white photograph. When Democrats Rebelled Against Their Own Leaders
Ralph Nader and the Watergate Babies challenged aging House chairmen.
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A screen fixed to a wall shows a video of a mushroom cloud. A soldier in a formal dress uniform stands beside the screen with his hands clasped behind his back as he leans against the wall. The Inevitable Logic of a Japanese Nuclear Weapon
Rapid geopolitical change requires an urgent debate in Japan.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia ASEAN Is No Longer Just a Talk Shop
The bloc is beginning to have some agency—as long as you don’t mention China.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks from the Maine One presidential helicopter to Air Force One on Sept. 22. Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Step Forward
For Europe, continued war is perhaps not entirely unwelcome.
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Donald Trump is seen pointing and talking while sitting in a chair in the Oval Office. It’s Been a Chilling Week for Free Speech in America
Trump’s attacks hit a “new low,” the head of the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
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Two Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of an air attack. Trump Presents Ukraine With a ‘Very Tough Choice’
Zelensky said he’s being asked to decide between Ukraine losing its dignity or losing a key partner.
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The city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, shrouded in fog, where destroyed homes and buildings seem to be abandoned among the city's trees following intense fighting. Trump’s New Ukraine Policy Is Old Hat
The White House may soon preside over the first negotiated defeat of a modern democracy.
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Kenyan police officers in camouflage clothing display a white flag with the words "Multinational Security Mission" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The U.N.’s Latest Haiti Mandate Is a Rebrand, Not a Rethink
The Gang Suppression Force repackages the same strategies that have failed the country for decades.
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An overhead satellite image shows patchy dirt ground and buildings, some small and one larger, that sit along a road. Documenting War Crimes in Sudan Begins Now
Stopping ongoing violence in conflict zones is urgent, but with today’s technology, so is gathering evidence.
