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Almost 50 years ago, the United States liberalized abortion laws, and the world followed suit. Today, it joins Iran, North Korea, and Russia in rolling back reproductive rights.

How flight delays and cancellations became the new normal.

U.S. sales of lethal firearms aren’t just a domestic issue.

Biden must make it clear to Saudi leaders that continued ballistic missile cooperation with China will jeopardize U.S. missile defense assistance.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was a rare—and messy—bipartisan success.

Matthew Duss, a foreign-policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, appraises the Biden administration’s foreign policy.

A lack of rules has created fraudulent, bubble-driven markets.

Plus: Colombia’s critical election on Sunday.

Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice.

Targeted awards can free up money where its most needed.

This is the first time since World War II that there may be no cooperative way out.

Naval power projection is a long way out for Beijing still.

A new nuclear era demands strategy, not just arms control.

Talk of security guarantees for the UAE and a thaw in Washington-Riyadh relations could enhance—or weaken—U.S. standing in the region.

Focusing on military budgets alone hurts the alliance’s relevance.

How two decades of misjudgments by Washington helped lead Tehran to the nuclear brink.

“If that’s our attitude, we’re never going to win a war again, ever,” said one U.S. source familiar with the debate.

Plus: Why the economy today reminds us of the 1970s—and why it doesn’t.

The right to say anything has been a challenge to every democracy that has ever existed.