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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Oct. 5, 2018. America’s India Problem Is All About Russia
Forget U.S. sanctions over arms deals. Indian-Russian alignment is in Washington’s best interest.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a public meeting at Jerenga Pathar in Assam, India, on Jan. 23. Modi Spent India’s Soft Power—and Got Little in Return
The prime minister has decided that international criticism is a price worth paying for pursuing his domestic agenda, but he shouldn’t be so sure.
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Joe Biden gestures to the crowd as he delivers remarks during a drive-in rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock at Pullman Yard on Dec. 15, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden’s Foreign-Policy Values Aren’t ‘Normal’
The new president wants his strategy to seem reassuring. It’s anything but.
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People gesture and wave former flags of Iran as they protest outside the Antwerp criminal court during the trial of four persons including an Iranian diplomate and Belgian-Iranian couple in Antwerp, on February 4, 2021. Iranians Are Trapped in a Sunni-Shiite Détente
Dissidents seeking refuge in Turkey are getting sacrificed to a newfound friendship between Tehran and Ankara.
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A woman passes the Google booth at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2018. Australia Is Ground Zero in the Global Battle Against Google
A proposed law would shake the global internet—and put the Biden team’s Silicon Valley friendships to the test.
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Joe Biden addresses a gathering of Indian businessmen at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on July 24, 2013. Can Biden Get Tough With America’s Friends?
India’s declining democracy poses an early test for the new U.S. administration.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to staff during his first visit to the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4. Biden Puts a Kinder, Gentler Spin on ‘America First’
To lead abroad, Joe Biden argued in his first foreign-policy speech as president, America must heal itself.
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An anti-coup protester holds up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi in front of the Myanmar embassy on Feb. 4 in Bangkok. What America Should—and Shouldn’t—Do About Myanmar’s Coup
The collapse of a fledgling democracy is a cautionary tale for Washington’s foreign-policy establishment.
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Former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Don’t Call Me Doktor
German politicians are obsessed with earning Ph.D.s—but plagiarism scandals tend to catch up to them and derail careers.
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Myanmar migrants hold up portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader who was recently detained by the military in a coup, as they take part in a demonstration outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on Feb. 1. Is Beijing Backing the Myanmar Coup?
The Biden administration needs clarity from China as the new U.S. president acts on his first major crisis.
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A U.N. police officer stands at an empty entrance at the United Nations Sept. 22, 2020. India’s Seat at the Table
The country has long been denied a permanent place on the U.N. Security Council, but it has itself to blame.
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French President Emmanuel Macron hugs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before their meeting at the Chateau of Chantilly, near Paris, on Aug. 22, 2019. Why France Has a Much Better India Strategy Than America
France’s state-centered development model is a natural fit for the Indo-Pacific.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the World Economic Forum virtual event of the Davos Agenda and delivers a special address via video link in Beijing on Jan. 25. Xinhua/Li Xueren via Getty Images Xi Tells the World What He Really Wants
A close reading of this week’s revealing speech by the Chinese president.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in a virtual session in the capital Riyadh, on Jan. 28, 2021. How Saudi Arabia Gets Away With Murder
Investors flocking to Riyadh’s “Davos in the Desert” prove that nobody knows what accountability for Mohammed bin Salman would even mean.
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U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order related to U.S. manufacturing at the White House in Washington on Jan. 25. Biden Should Dump the Trump Playbook on Trade With China
Washington should get back in the trade game and use it as leverage against Beijing.
