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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are compared in side-by-side photos.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are compared in side-by-side photos.

Top Thai Court Suspends Prime Minister Pending Ethics Investigation

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of violating the constitution in a phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.

Dozens of protesters are seen from overhead as they wave their hands and flags. Many of the protesters carry umbrellas, and several shelter beneath long banners in the colors of the Thai flag. A woman in a yellow shirt at the center of the crowd has spotted the camera and waves at it.
Dozens of protesters are seen from overhead as they wave their hands and flags. Many of the protesters carry umbrellas, and several shelter beneath long banners in the colors of the Thai flag. A woman in a yellow shirt at the center of the crowd has spotted the camera and waves at it.

No Winners in Thailand-Cambodia Border Dispute

The Thai prime minister’s coalition is hanging by a thread, while her Cambodian counterpart looks sidelined.

Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, salutes at a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.
Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, salutes at a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.

Time and Beijing Are Working Against Myanmar’s Resistance

As fighting drags on, sieges and Chinese pressure may allow Myanmar’s military junta to consolidate its power.

A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.
A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012.

How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon

Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.

U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.
U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski speaks with U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 21, 1977.

Why Zbig Still Matters

Biographer Edward Luce on the life and legacy of former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. This article has an audio recording

Two men in suits, shown from the side, shake hands.
Two men in suits, shown from the side, shake hands.

Why Southeast Asia Is Flocking to BRICS

The expanding bloc has become a hedge against future geopolitical shifts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.

Israel’s War on Iran Backfired

Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.

UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders summit during the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 7, 2022.
UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders summit during the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 7, 2022.

The Middle East’s End of Ideology

Across the region, transnational movements are giving way to a political model based on strong states.

Australian and American flags on the table during a meeting between Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on September 22, 2021.
Australian and American flags on the table during a meeting between Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on September 22, 2021.

Australia Can’t Have Its Geopolitics Both Ways

Trump forces a reckoning with China on a key Indo-Pacific ally.

A Palestinian woman sits amid the rubble of a Gaza City school hit by overnight Israeli strikes.
A Palestinian woman sits amid the rubble of a Gaza City school hit by overnight Israeli strikes.

Deadly Israeli Strikes on Gaza Threaten Cease-Fire Talks

Top Israeli officials are in Washington to push for a U.S.-backed truce deal.

An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments.
An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments.

The End of Modernity

A crisis is unfolding before our eyes—and also in our heads.

An illustration depicts historical moments from the past in the curtains of the Oval Office: Julius Caesar, the Cultural Revolution in China, and three American presidents. The room shows an empty chair at the Resolute Desk and a presidential seal on the rug.
An illustration depicts historical moments from the past in the curtains of the Oval Office: Julius Caesar, the Cultural Revolution in China, and three American presidents. The room shows an empty chair at the Resolute Desk and a presidential seal on the rug.

Why Compare the Present to the Past?

Thinking via historical analogy has become the preferred way to confront our anxieties.

People use their phones to take a photo of the empty space on a wall of portraits.
People use their phones to take a photo of the empty space on a wall of portraits.

How Trump Will Be Remembered

No other president has made his time in office so nakedly about himself and his legacy.

A woodcut style illustration depicts Donald Trump as Julius Caesar
A woodcut style illustration depicts Donald Trump as Julius Caesar

An American Caesar

Comparing two leaders, two millennia apart.

An illustration shows a Nazi-uniformed hand holding a fountain pen that breaks the globe into spheres of influence.
An illustration shows a Nazi-uniformed hand holding a fountain pen that breaks the globe into spheres of influence.

How a Nazi Jurist Captured Imaginations on the U.S. Left and Right

It’s Carl Schmitt’s world, and we’re all just living in it.

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