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An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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Russian Su-25 jet fighters fly during the parade of the Russian fleet as part of the Navy Day celebration, in Saint Petersburg, on July 28, 2019. Putin and Xi’s Buddy Act Could Blow Up East Asia
A tense aerial standoff is the latest sign of growing Chinese-Russian military ties.
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Zimbabwean commercial farmer Rob Smart inspects irrigation pipes for a potato crop at Lesbury Estates farm in Headlands, east of the capital Harare, on Feb. 1, 2018 days after Smart was allowed to return to his land. Zimbabwe’s New Land Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough
Robert Mugabe seized white-owned farms. Emmerson Mnangagwa is reversing course—but a halfhearted land reform effort won’t solve the country’s economic woes.
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The Chinese-Canadian singer and former K-pop star Kris Wu performs in New York City on Nov. 6, 2018. K-Pop’s Big China Problem
Chinese stars are spinning off in their own orbit as politics gets in the way of profit.
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Chinese line up in the pharmacy of Yueyang Hospital in Shanghai on Nov. 7, 2018. Crowdfunding Can’t Cure China’s Health Care
Rural Chinese are turning to mutual aid apps—but the pool only goes so far.
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Guatemalan migrants use makeshift rafts to cross the Suchiate River from Tecún Umán in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas State, Mexico, on July 22. Trump’s Safe Third Country Agreement With Guatemala Is a Lie
Forcing migrants to claim asylum in Guatemala will further destabilize that country and harm migrants.
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The group “Border Communities Against Brexit” holds an anti-Brexit demonstration near the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland in Newry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 26. Will Brexit Be the End of the United Kingdom?
The prospect of a hard border is making many Irish on both sides wonder if they’d be better off together.
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A riot police officer advances during a demonstration in Sheung Wan on July 28, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. How China Lost Hong Kong
Compromise or crackdown are the only options left for Beijing.
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Protesters are enveloped by tear gas during a demonstration in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district on July 28. Beijing Is Weaponizing Nationalism Against Hong Kongers
Hong Kong’s unique identity threatens Xi Jinping’s rhetoric of greatness.
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U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28. The 2 Steps to Fix Relations With Russia
Washington needs to establish deterrence with Moscow. But in the long term, it needs to focus on building trust.
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A gas flare from an oil well is seen near Williston, North Dakota, on Sept. 6, 2016. The United States’ Gas Flare-Up
Why an environmental and economic problem that was on the decline is back with a vengeance.
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America Grand Strategy Foreign Policy America Doesn’t Need a Grand Strategy
Searching for the next holy grail of foreign policy is stopping the United States from solving the world’s most pressing problems.
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A cattle farmer and director of the local wind farm talks with a regional historian on Aug. 8, 2013, on Pellworm Island, northern Germany, where a shift toward a zero-carbon future has been driven by locals, not energy companies. The Public Can Solve Climate Change if We Let It
The most efficient way of spreading renewable energy? Getting local communities involved.
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A supporter waves the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flag as he participates in a rally for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah in Ahmedabad, on May 26. India Faces a Looming Disaster
Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is an election-winning machine. But its ideology is sharply at odds with economic or social common sense.
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US Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents take part in a safety drill in the Anapra area in Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States, across from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Ja. 31. The United States Treats Migrants Worse Than Prisoners of War
Immigrant detainees regularly face conditions that would violate the Geneva Conventions.
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Britain's then-Prime Minister Theresa May talks with a survivor of domestic violence on a visit to a charity providing support for victims in west London on May 13, before she stepped down. Britain Will Protect Victims of Domestic Violence—Unless They’re Migrants
Theresa May sought to burnish her legacy by introducing landmark legislation on domestic abuse before she stepped down. But like her hostile environment immigration policy, it leaves women without papers with nowhere to turn.
