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U.S. dollars are shown next to a stack of Myanmar kyat notes in Yangon on May 30, 2024. What the Dollar’s Decline Reveals About America
Economist Kenneth Rogoff on a slow global shift away from the dollar.
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Two people wade through flooding caused by high ocean tides in low-lying parts of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on Feb. 20, 2011. USAID Cuts Could Transform U.S. Ties to Pacific Islands
Trump’s dismantling of the aid agency has jeopardized U.S. commitments to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.
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An exterior view of the U.S. State Department building in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in Washington on April 15. The State Department Overhaul Is Long Overdue
Severe mission creep has distracted U.S. diplomacy from its core purpose in an era of great-power competition.
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Donald Trump motions with both hands as he speaks into a microphone at a podium. Trump wears a dark suit with a dark pink or light red tie. Everything We Still Don’t Know Ahead of Trump’s Big Tariff Week
It’s not even clear if this is still the big week for trade.
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An illustration of a red coin purse with the stars of the Chinese flag. A chain wraps around the purse with a globe decal on the end of it. Can China Replace USAID?
The ideological and economic concerns that make Beijing wary of development assistance.
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The co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Lars Klingbeil is seen in front of his party's logo during the SPD's party congress in Berlin on June 29. The Russia Problem Threatening Germany’s Government
Amid a deteriorating European security environment, a coalition party slides back into Cold War reflexes.
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7. Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East
In D.C. visit, Netanyahu is expected to toast Trump for U.S. attack on Iran.
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A Swedish Coast Guard vessel and a cargo ship sit anchored in the Baltic Sea. Papers, Please: How Europe Is Cracking Down on Russia’s Shadow Fleet
Two more nations have joined Denmark in aiming to directly curb Russia’s sanctions-evading vessels.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 25. The Perils of Denigrating U.S. Intelligence
By doing so, Trump inhibits honest analysis.
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Trump motions with both hands outstretched to his sides as he stands at a podium. Behind him is a low pyramid of stacked oil barrels. Energy Security Means Using Less Oil
The war with Iran shows why hopes for energy independence are inadequate.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the CyberTech conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 29, 2019. For Netanyahu, Another Term as Israel’s Leader?
He’s hoping the Iran war will erase the stain of Oct. 7.
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1-Russian-hackers-keir-giles-1a I Was Hacked Because I Work on Russia
But the same clever new attack could be used against almost anyone.
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden. A Bull in the China Policy Shop
The “move fast and break things” approach of Trump’s second term has undermined some of his administration’s own China goals.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a video broadcast at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, a meeting of religious leaders in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama Defies China to Announce His Reincarnation Plans
As Tibet’s exiled leader turns 90, a radical spiritual approach might solve the succession problem.
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United States Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, walks from his office to the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on June 30. Senate Republicans Just Undermined Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda
Their version of the budget bill misses that every energy supply chain today is global.
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