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A collage photo illustration shows examples of soft power around the world including a smoking NAFO shiba inu in a beret and fatigues, a dancing woman from the Bollywood movie "Monsoon Wedding," Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens, K-pop band BTS, and a panda. Soft Power Is Making a Hard Return
Leaders are reaching for fellas and films as much as bullets and blockades.
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Margot Robbie as Barbie and Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer stand in front of an apocalyptic pink and orange clouded desert landscape in a photo illustration for the two movies. Barbie wears her iconic black-and-white-striped swimsuit and sunglasses, and Oppenheimer a period hat and suit with cigarette in hand. ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Have More in Common Than You Think
Both films attempt to atone for the complicated legacies of American icons. Only one succeeds.
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A black and white print overlaid with a red star shows Russian Tsar Peter the Great holding up a glass in a toast after beheading one of the Streltsy rebels in front of his nobles. A headless figure rests on the ground and other people surround the tsar with lifted glasses. Putin’s Fear of Strong Generals Is as Old as Russia Itself
Prigozhin’s rise and fall is the latest example of what happens when a ruler in Moscow fears the power of military underlings.
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An employee of Air Liquide in front of an electrolyzer at the company's future hydrogen production facility of renewable hydrogen in Oberhausen, Germany. Hydrogen Is the Future—or a Complete Mirage
The green-hydrogen industry is a case study in the potential—for better and worse—of our new economic era.
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Donald Trump signs Section 201 actions to impose tariffs with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on January 23, 2018.. Trump’s Most Enduring Legacy Isn’t What You Think
It’s not treason, mendacity, or perfidy. It’s the upheaval in trade policy.
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Two boats are seen from. One holds several people and the other, a rubber boat with motors, is full of migrants following their rescue at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard. The Libyan Coast Guard Is Not What It Seems
Why every day on the Mediterranean is a new scandal for Europe.
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A demonstrator waves an Egyptian flag on a rooftop overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Lessons for the Next Arab Spring
Ten years after Egypt’s coup, Washington has yet to learn that authoritarian stability is an illusion.
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A photo illustration shows 10 Barbie dolls in an array of shapes and sizes against a glittery and shiny pink backdrop. It’s Not a Barbie World
Why the American doll never made it abroad.
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AI-geopolitics-cooperation-nonproliferation-foreign-policy-illustration-erik-carter-hp AI’s Gatekeepers Aren’t Prepared for What’s Coming
What was once a diffuse technology is now increasingly controlled by a handful of tech companies. Governments need to catch up.
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A row of statues of German political thinker Karl Marx. Gen Z Has Finally Found Its Karl Marx
The German philosopher’s “Grundrisse” is an indispensable guide to our current chaos—from AI to the rise of China.
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A young boy at dusk walks on top of a stack of construction materials outside the new Camlica mosque in Istanbul. Populist Architecture Is a Problem That Will Outlive Populists
The leaders of Turkey, Hungary, and India will all eventually leave the scene. But their buildings will be left behind.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stands behind a podium in front of a sign that says "CPAC Hungary" during a conference session in Budapest. Hungary’s Plan to Build an Army of U.S. Intellectuals
Viktor Orban has put billions of dollars behind a soft-power strategy focused on attracting conservative American thinkers.
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china-spying-illustration-foreign-policy-hp China Has Been Waging a Decades-Long, All-Out Spy War
While the West was distracted, the Chinese government began an intelligence assault that never stopped.
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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea. America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up
Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.
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industrial-policy-globalization-developing-countries-doug-chayka-illustration-hp The World Will Regret Its Retreat From Globalization
Trade and financial flows have fallen well below their peaks, and poorer countries will bear the brunt.
