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Japan Boosts Defense Budget to Record High
Tokyo aims to counter growing Chinese and North Korean aggression.
Latin America Doesn’t Want to Be Forced Into Cold War 2.0
A new U.S. approach can redress past errors.
New Russian Law Takes Corporate Hostages
Western companies’ assets are under threat.
How a German Energy Law Became Part of the Culture War
A reform that experts see as central to achieving Berlin’s climate goals could also catapult the far right into power.
Adam Tooze: Why the Common Pencil Isn’t Just a Back-to-School Item
To Milton Friedman, it was a metaphor for free market economics.
Chinese-Made Electric Cars Arrive Stateside
China’s EV industry is ascendant everywhere—except the U.S. Is that about to change?
Can BRICS Derail the Dollar’s Dominance?
The group’s countries share one concern—the growing use of U.S. sanctions to restrict trade and investment globally.
China Snubs India With Xi’s Likely G-20 Absence
Missing the summit is part of Beijing’s efforts to undermine Western dominance on the world stage.
Russia Is Commandeering the U.N. Cybercrime Treaty
The last international agreement on digital crime was in 2001. Why are experts so worried about this one?
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Foreign Policies Raise Eyebrows in Washington
The GOP’s rising star offers up a grab bag of ideas cribbed from Eminem to Richard Nixon.
State Department Taps New Top China Official
Veteran diplomat Mark Lambert will lead the new “China House.”
Can the U.S. Rewrite Its Tortured History of Aid to the Philippines?
A military long shaped by Washington’s priorities now needs to modernize.
France’s Concern for Gabon’s Democracy Is Too Little, Too Late
Paris is complicit in the lack of social and democratic progress that prompted the coup.
Indonesia Isn’t Ready to Become Asia’s Submarine Cable Hub
Can Jakarta regulate around its geography?
The G-7 Becomes a Power Player
Russia’s war and China’s rise are turning a talking shop into a fledgling alliance of democracies.
