Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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Trump and Putin Stop Calling Trump an ‘Isolationist’
His foreign policy is more aptly described as pro-dictator.
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The sun rises into an orange dawn sky over the dark outlines of a city skyline with a domed building at center. By Helping Cuba, Washington Would Be Helping Itself
The island’s humanitarian crisis could rebound against the United States.
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A view of multiple buildings in Queen Square in London, circa 1910. The United States Owes Its Edge in AI to a London Landmark
Innovation happens through international networks like the one running through Queen Square.
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Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Austria Freedom Party, the FPOe, arrives for the Vienna state FPOe congress on April 06, 2024 in Vienna. The Far Right Really Believes It Is Moderate
Why hard-line populists now say that others are the extremists.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greets U.S. President Joe Biden at the Chancellery on October 18, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Biden’s Most Special Relationship Was With Germany
Last week’s state visit to Berlin might be the last feel-good transatlantic moment for a while.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2018. China’s Relentless Legal Warfare to Strangle Taiwan
It’s high time to push back against Beijing’s increasingly successful efforts to delegitimize Taipei.
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Two people are seen from behind. The Science of AI Is Too Important to Be Left to the Scientists
Concerted international action will require political will.
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A crowd swirls around Yahya Sinwar. Some hold guns in the air. Sinwar Is Dead. Hamas Is Very Much Alive.
History shows that you can’t kill your way out of a resistance movement.
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Trump supporters display a Trump flag at The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, where Polish President Andrzej Duda attended mass and spoke in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Sept. 22. Harris Needs Polish American Votes to Win
Democrats are trying to revive Reagan’s Cold War rhetoric to target Trump in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania—but they need to do more.
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U.S. presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Aug. 22. Trump Has His Own Monroe Doctrine
As president, his aggressive stance toward the region led many countries to warm to China.
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Black shoes are seen walking on a blue set of directions on the sidewalk. The IMF Has Lost Its Way
Here are five ideas for getting it back on track.
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People walking past a banner of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers on Sept. 5. Algeria Needs an Economic Transformation
With the right reforms, it can become more than a petrostate.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington. Kamala Harris Is Not a Realist. I’m Voting for Her Anyway.
The only realist choice in this year’s election is to reject Trump.
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Two workers in orange suits and hard hats hoist a large solar panel into place in Toto, Nigeria, on June 12. Bridging the Green Power Gap
One Nigerian village shows how to develop human opportunity and protect the planet at the same time.
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A vehicle part of a US military convoy drives in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Sept. 17. The U.S. Must Learn to Leave Iraq
Getting personnel and equipment out may prove the easy part.
