List of Leaders articles
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The new Department of War logo is seen inside the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Congress Has Only Itself to Blame for the War Department
Years of neglected oversight have led to unrestrained presidential authority.
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Protesters stage a rally against the detention of South Korean workers during an immigration raid in Georgia near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Sept. 9. Trump Has a Cluster-Bomb Approach to Policy
The collateral damage from the ICE raid on a Hyundai plant is yet another example of Trump’s counterproductive strategy.
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A poster of a soldier holding up a rifle. How Russia Distorts the Past
Memory politics shape Putin’s influence at home and abroad.
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Two soldiers walk along a fence in front of the Berlin wall in a snowy winter scene. The East-West Contest With No End
The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.
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Crew members of a U.S. Navy ship are seen gathering on the deck of the vessel. A U.S. flag can also be seen. Trump’s New War on ‘Narcoterrorists’
The U.S. military adds bombing alleged drug traffickers to its ever-growing list of duties.
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Long line of cars at Russian gas station Putin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic Crisis
Greater sanctions pressure could finally bring Moscow to the negotiating table.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13. Modi, Lee, and Trump’s Nobel Prize Obsession
What India’s and South Korea’s dealings with Washington tell us about real and imagined U.S. peace initiatives in Asia.
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A pickup truck is seen driving over the crest of a nearby hill on the horizon, coming toward the viewer. The four-lane paved road that it drives on ends a few yards in front of the truck, dissolving into the brown dirt ground of an uncompleted section of road. Trump Is Treating America Like an Emerging Market
Trump's economic program has damaged many weaker economies and makes even less sense for the United States.
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President Donald Trump talks with a child dressed as a skeleton with a "Make America Great Again" hat while hosting Halloween at the White House on the South Lawn October 30, 2017 in Washington. How Fear Killed Liberalism
Political anxieties have piled up and put an end to an era of public optimism.
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A person is silhouetted in front of a white high relief statue of Stalin with other figures around him. The Kremlin’s Factory of Resentment
A new history of the Cold War unwittingly exposes Russian distortions of the past.
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Trump sits with his arms wide and palms out as he reaches toward the two men on either side of him at a long table. A Trump-Brokered Peace Deal in the South Caucasus Is Hopeful but Incomplete
The Armenia-Azerbaijan summit in Washington offered progress, but also serious doubts.
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U.S. National Guard troops spread mulch around the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington on Aug. 26. Trump’s Lethal Landscapers
Is Trump hurting military readiness?
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A man in a suit and glasses gestures on stage in front of an "intel foundry" background. What to Know About Trump’s Deal With Intel
The U.S. government’s 10 percent stake in the chipmaker has broader implications.
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A worker walks past oil barrels at a filling station in Chennai, India. As Trump’s Higher India Tariffs Go Into Effect, Oil Markets Shrug
The duties are ostensibly aimed at Moscow, but they hit New Delhi hardest.