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A collage photo illustration showing the eyes of Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and John F. Kennedy along with the CIA logo. Why CIA Conspiracy Theories Won’t Go Away
As long as the agency carries out needlessly covert operations, the public will suspect the worst.
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Lula wearing a green sweatshirt with a small red PT star on the chest puts a fist over his chest as he looks into the distance. A stormy sky is seen behind him. How Lula’s Party Reshaped Brazil
The left-wing leader created a political cathedral for labor unions and progressive intellectuals.
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A man in a white shirt and jacket gestures with both hands as he talks behind a bank of microphones. Solar panels are seen above him. Hard Truths Come for Germany’s Climate Prophet
Robert Habeck may be deepening the social divisions over environmental policy that he always wanted to overcome.
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sits and an outdoor event. The Many Faces of Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia’s leader is both messianic and Machiavellian—and his reputation as a Nobel-winning peacemaker has been tainted by the brutal Tigray war.
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A cartoon shows Stalin as the central figure with Roosevelt at left and Churchill smoking at right as they lean over a map of Europe. Roosevelt, Yalta, and the Origins of the Cold War
How a terminally ill U.S. president negotiated the deal that cemented Soviet control over half of Europe.
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(From L to R) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23, 2023. The Young and the Westless
New centers of power are emerging as a new generation in the global south looks beyond Washington and former European colonizers.
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A large crowd of people reach out with hands extended for food. A hand reaches out from behind the camera, holding some food wrapped in brown paper. The World Bank Is Failing and Needs a Restart
Global poverty and income divergence are set to rise again—a brutal indictment of the institution’s work.
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A photo collage illustration showing a mouth and shipping container. There Are No Free Lunches in Trade Deals
How to cut through the PR and understand an agreement.
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Black smoke feels the scene behind statues draped with the Ukrainina flag as a mob of protesters surrounds the statues. The Stubborn Legend of a Western ‘Coup’ in Ukraine
Ten years on, there is still confusion over what, exactly, transpired on the last days of the Maidan.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at an event in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2023. The Rise and Fall of the Economic Pivot to Asia
Washington has switched from economic offense to defense.
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The wind blows a plastic bag past the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Jan. 23, 2008. The Olympics Have a Dirty History—Literally
But a green sports movement is pushing for change, eager to see if Paris will be different.
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A protestor is seen outside the U.S. Capitol holding an American flag, surrounded by smoke. America’s Democracy Was Never That Healthy
Since its founding, the country has been in a perpetual state of division.
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An oil painting of Whitehaven, England. The British Countryside’s Forgotten History of Slavery
Britons tend to downplay the empire’s slave-trading history. But its links to Virginia tobacco are all over the landscape.
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A U.S. solderi holding a gun and wearing a helmet provides cover for other soldiers seen behind him out of focus. The U.S. Needs a New Purpose in the Middle East
It’s time to ditch both romantic ideals of remaking the region and the policy of retrenchment.
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An aerial photo shows shipping containers stacked at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, China. Democracy Needs an Economic NATO
Fighting Chinese coercion requires new alliances.
