List of Leaders articles
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The End of the Road for Bibi?
Another Israeli election and a rebellion in the ruling Likud party spell trouble for Netanyahu.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 19. Why Biden Needs to Confront Corruption
If the U.S. president-elect is serious about restoring the rule of law and democracy, he needs to first tackle the global menace of graft.
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A fighter in Yemen walks past a burning oil tanker. In Yemen, No End in Sight to the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.
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Vice-President Joe Biden looks on during a bilateral meeting between President Obama and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine in the Oval Office of the White House September 18, 2014 in Washington. An Unprecedented Presidential Transition
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden swiftly named his cabinet despite continued resistance from the defeated Donald Trump. Where he’ll go from here is another question.
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President Donald Trump and then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden Post-Trump America Needs the Courts, Not Truth and Reconciliation
The conditions that demanded healing elsewhere don’t apply in the United States.
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan. 28, 2020. Palestinians Place Their Bets on Biden Undoing Trump’s Snubs
The shifting ground in the Middle East is creating new options for breaking the stalemate.
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An airplane from Israel's El Al airline arrives in Abu Dhabi How Arab Ties With Israel Became the Middle East’s New Normal
Though Israel remains opposed to Palestinian independence, 2020 marked the year of its acceptance in the region.
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A near-empty square in Stockholm Our Top Weekend Reads
Swedes can’t figure out their government’s coronavirus approach, a progressive push on U.S. foreign policy, and an honest assessment of the Arab Spring’s fallout.
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Farmers shout as they block a highway during a protest at the Singhu border near New Delhi on Dec. 18. Why India’s Farmers Won’t Stop Protesting
Agriculture’s importance for the labor market cannot be underestimated—especially amid a historic pandemic.
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A participant takes part on the first day of the 36C3 Chaos Communication Congress on Dec. 27, 2019 in Leipzig, Germany. The four-day event under the topic "Resource Exhaustion" brings together about 17,000 hackers, artists, researchers, and technology fans. Is the Cyberattack Big News—or Just a Footnote In a Year Like No Other?
Will 2021 be full of foreign-policy crises and domestic drama or dull compared to 2020?
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The Swiss National Bank presents the new 1,000-franc note to the press in Zurich on March 5, 2019. Trump Leaves Biden Administration a Parting Gift in Currency Wars
The Treasury’s decision to label both Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators was unusual—and leaves the Biden administration with some tough choices to make.
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A member of the airport personnel moves a trolley as they unload 60 tons of humanitarian supplies from USAID from a plane at the airport in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 2, 2014. Personnel Cuts Leave USAID With Skeleton Crew to Monitor Nearly $1 Billion of Aid Programs in Iraq
After a drawdown of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad earlier this year, the Trump administration ordered another cut in response to threats from Iran.
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Demonstrators in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi One Year After Mass Protests, India’s Muslims Still Live in Fear
Modi’s party is expected to further polarize state electorates along religious lines in 2021.
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A poster showing six wanted Russian military intelligence officers is displayed as John Demers, aAssistant attorney general for the National Security Division, takes the podium to speak at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 19. Washington Needs a Cybersecurity Overhaul
When they enter office, Biden and Harris must make up for lost ground.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Progressives Try to Sway Biden on Top Foreign-Policy Jobs
A gaggle of progressive groups are trying to line up candidates for top foreign-policy roles in the incoming administration.
