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What pundits get wrong about the origins of the “Middle Kingdom.”

The summit’s focus on economic development and climate still managed to provoke threats from Trump.

Economist Kenneth Rogoff on a slow global shift away from the dollar.

Trump’s dismantling of the aid agency has jeopardized U.S. commitments to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.

Don’t let the attention economy distract you from recognizing the catastrophe in Gaza.

Flip-flops, uncertainty, and the Pentagon’s freelancing on weapons aid leave Ukraine and European allies in the lurch.

A bomb with uranium would be easy enough for Tehran to make—but may not make sense to use.

Severe mission creep has distracted U.S. diplomacy from its core purpose in an era of great-power competition.

U.S. officials are hoping to link a Gaza cease-fire deal with Israel normalizing relations in the Gulf.

It’s not even clear if this is still the big week for trade.

The United States and Israel are speeding up the collapse of nonproliferation.

A recent U.S.-brokered agreement can only ensure stability if it does not reward Rwanda’s aggression.

Ideological and economic concerns mean that Beijing is wary of foreign aid.

The 1981 strike on an Iraqi reactor jolted Baghdad’s nuclear program into high gear.

Despite slowing growth, people haven’t forgotten the party’s record of delivering public goods.