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U.S. policy to contain China will require a lot more continuity with Trump than Biden’s backers would like to admit.

The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world.

A German court is exposing Syria’s systemic atrocities—and ending any hopes of international reconciliation with the regime.

Adversaries are trying to undermine U.S. democracy. Hackers and regular citizens must identify weaknesses and make the system resilient in the face of cyberthreats.

Few countries have soured more rapidly against China than Australia, as decades of influence-building by Beijing come to naught.

Republican activists have spent decades building a movement, winning state and local elections, and grooming a generation of conservative judges. If the left wants to win and keep power, it must learn from the right’s successes.

The United States is threatening to close its outpost in Baghdad. It should have done so yesterday.

A reality check about the foreign-policy implications of a sick president.

The transition to a zero-carbon world will shift power in very unexpected ways.

The four ways the president’s illness can complicate national security decision-making—or invite foreign attacks.

The nascent pact with Australia, Japan, and the United States is pointless. It should be quietly disbanded.

The president has treatment options for his coronavirus infection. None are very good.