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An infrared microscope image shows mosquito larvae with red-glowing eyes, part of an experiment using CRISPR gene-editing technology. The Genetic Engineering Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The next pandemic could be bioengineered in someone’s garage using cheap and widely available technology.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 27, 2019. What the West Needs From Modi
An alliance of democracies to contain China makes sense. But Modi needs to clean up his act.
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President Xi Jinping pictured with Joe Biden on Aug. 18, 2011, when they were each vice president of China and the United States, respectively, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Biden Has a Serious Credibility Problem in Asia
U.S. allies have grown comfortable with Trump and his tough approach to China—and are anxious about a Biden victory.
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U.S Vice President Joe Biden meets with troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan. Under Biden, the Middle East Would Be Just Another Region
The Democratic presidential candidate would stop sucking up to the region's autocrats, but he also wouldn’t give much encouragement to liberals.
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People buy tickets for Disney’s Mulan at a cinema inside a shopping mall in Bangkok on Sept. 8. Artists of the World, Unite
Only by standing firm against China together can makers escape global cultural paralysis.
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump votes at his local polling station in New York's primary on April 19, 2016 in New York City. 10 Ways Trump Is Becoming a Dictator, Election Edition
The closer the president gets to election day, the bigger the threat he poses to U.S. democracy.
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A person is vaccinated during a national campaign of vaccination implemented by the government after having decreed a state of health emergency at CDI Dr. Alcides Rodriguez on March 14, 2020 in Caracas, Venezuela. Trump’s Vaccine Can’t Be Trusted
If a vaccine comes out before the election, there are very good reasons not to take it.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanies Joe Biden to view an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on Aug. 18, 2011 in Beijing. Biden Is Now a China Hawk—With Limits
The Democratic nominee is getting ready to confront Beijing—but he doesn’t want another Cold War.
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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and other ships sail during a naval drill in the East China Sea in April 2018. The Next Front in the India-China Conflict Could Be a Thai Canal
India is beefing up its island defenses as Beijing seeks a quicker route to the Indian Ocean.
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United States Postal Service mail carrier Frank Colon, 59, delivers mail amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. The U.S. Postal Service Is a Threat to Your Life
Disruptions of mail aren’t just a problem for the election—they’re a danger to millions of American lives.
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Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden greet supporters at a rally on Oct. 12, 2008 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Biden Is Getting Ready to Bury Neoliberalism
The potential next Democratic administration is preparing to upend decades of dogma on globalization.
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Steam rises from the chimneys of a coal-fired power plant in Roggendorf, Germany, on Nov. 8, 2019. Yes, We Can Get Rid of the World’s Dirtiest Fuel
Signs of coal’s demise are everywhere, but the world needs a better plan to phase out thousands of coal power plants still in use.
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A pilot arrives at Heathrow airport in London on June 8. The World Needs to Reopen Borders Before It’s Too Late
Even as they struggle to control the pandemic, governments should move quickly to reopen borders instead of giving in to xenophobia, nationalism, and illusions of autarky.
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit look at an artic map of the world with the museum official Kasia Majewski at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario, Nov. 7, 2016. All Great-Power Politics Is Local
When it comes to building international power, there’s growing reason to think that foreign policy barely matters.
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The logo of Chinese video app TikTok is seen on the side of the company's new office space at the C3 campus on August 11, 2020 in Culver City, California. Chinese Acquisitions of Western Firms Threaten National Security
If the invisible hand won’t produce buyers at home, governments will need to step in.