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Members of the 105th Regiment Royal Artillery fire a 41-round gun salute to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh at Edinburgh Castle on April 10. The U.K. Still Knows How to Punch Above Its Weight
The recent defense review lays out how to be a midsize power in a superpower world.
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The U.S. and Chinese flags stand behind a microphone. The World Might Want China’s Rules
Washington shouldn’t assume its values are more attractive to others than Beijing’s.
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Biden addresses Congress at the Capitol. Biden’s Goldilocks Foreign Policy
“America is back” wrestles with the lingering imprint of “America First.”
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Joe Biden speaks at a business leader breakfast. What Comes After the Forever Wars
An era of U.S. grand strategy is now ending. Here’s what should come next.
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Protesters in Seattle demand Amazon be taxed. The World Is Closer Than Ever to Making Corporations Pay Up
Forget the naysayers. The global fight against corporate tax dodgers finally looks winnable.
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A worker walks inside of an uranium conversion facility March 30, 2005 just outside the city of Isfahan. Israel’s Attacks on Iran Are Not Working
The recent sabotage of the Iranian nuclear program has been spectacular—and strategically incoherent.
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Joe Biden, flanked by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (R), meets virtually with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House in Washington on March 1, 2021. Biden’s Immigration Plan Exists on Paper, Not in Reality
The administration has ideas for fixing the country’s migrant influx. Now it needs the courage to implement them.
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Swiss electoral posters demand end of freedom of movement agreement. The EU’s Next Big Problem Is Switzerland
Europe is facing its first post-Brexit test of how tough it should be with its close neighbors.
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Bernie Sanders talks with Rand Paul as they head to the Senate Chamber for a vote on April 26, 2018 in Washington. End the ‘Forever War’ Cliché
The war in Afghanistan needed to wind down. But Washington is learning the wrong lesson.
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Members of the Czech Embassy in Russia arrive at the airport. Western Powers Need to Get More Creative Against Russia
The Czech Republic’s kerfuffle over diplomats demonstrates the need to think bigger—and smaller—when it comes to responding to cyberattacks.
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Angela Merkel (L) speaks with Joe Biden at the start of their meeting at the Chancellery on Feb. 1, 2013 in in Berlin. Biden’s Refugee Policy Is a Profile in Cowardice
As immigration becomes a political crisis, the U.S. president has chosen pandering to nativists over problem-solving.
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Supporters of Naxalite People’s War Group wait for leaders to address a public meeting in India’s Guntur district on Oct. 11, 2004. India Embattled
The country can’t contain insurgent movements until it has a comprehensive national plan for tackling them.
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U.S. President Joe Biden walks through Arlington National Cemetery. Biden’s War at Home Over Afghanistan Is Just Beginning
After making the right call on withdrawal, the U.S. president better get ready for second-guessing.
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King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan speaks at the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City. Jordan’s King Is His Own Worst Enemy
There’s much more evidence of the monarch’s poor governance than a foreign conspiracy against him.
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Solar panel technicians check a solar panel in the final stage of production in Baoding, Hebei Province. When Clean Energy Is Powered by Dirty Labor
Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang.