List of United States articles
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International terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York America’s Pandemic Travel Bans No Longer Make Sense
A thoughtless, unscientific policy of closed borders—even to vaccinated travelers—does a little more damage every day.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend the G-7 summit. Britain’s Special Relationship Fantasy Has Been Exposed
For years, London convinced itself it was Washington’s close partner. That’s now impossible to believe.
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The Pentagon on 9/11 How the United States Terrorized Itself
“Reign of Terror” is an important, heated look at America’s post-9/11 wars.
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A man holds the national flag of Pakistan Pakistan Is an Arsonist That Wants You to Think It’s a Firefighter
Washington has an endless appetite for Islamabad’s con games.
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People stand in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 28. Biden Can Bounce Back From Afghanistan—by Vaccinating the World
My former boss has a rare opportunity to prove his critics wrong.
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A trawling boat passes the shore in Hong Kong. China Is Disrupting the Ocean’s Blue Carbon Sink
Washington and Beijing need to protect the global seabed—and address the staggering loophole in greenhouse gas reporting.
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Ralph Madonia from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Response Team secures his Bio Hazard suit October 15, 2001 as he responds to a report of a powdery substance found in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Forgotten Biological Terror of 9/11
A new type of fear gripped the United States 20 years ago—and never stopped spreading.
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Pfc. William Berczik stands on top of a Stryker vehicle in the desert near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2014. The Strategic Logic of a Forever War
The United States should have ignored sunk costs in Afghanistan and maintained a light military footprint.
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Two U.S. soldiers walk past a concrete block with a painted-on Iraqi flag as they patrol a neighborhood in Baghdad on Jan. 18, 2008. 20 Years After 9/11, U.S. Global Authority Is Weaker Than Ever
A crisis within Islam spawned al Qaeda. It also put an end to a U.S.-led unipolar world.
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911-changed-america-chasm-alex-nabaum-illustration Did 9/11 Change the United States?
We asked seven of our contributors what’s different after 20 years.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Oct. 5, 2018. Are Indo-Russian Ties the Next Casualty of Great-Power Shifts?
The fall of Kabul may have widened the rift between New Delhi and Moscow.
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Then-U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden listens to a story. The Meaning of Biden’s ‘America First’ Doctrine
The U.S. president cares about the well-being of the world. But he cares about Americans’ well-being more.
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9-11-100-years-later-world-order-alex-nabaum-illustration How 9/11 Will Be Remembered a Century Later
The attacks could be viewed as a historical turning point—or as entirely insignificant.
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A man touches a giant bronze sculpture of a mammoth. The Woolly Mammoth’s Return Could Thaw Relations With Russia
An ambitious scientific project is a rare chance for cooperation.
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Kayakers on a flooded interstate in Philadelphia There’s No Wake-Up Moment on Climate in America
Even as disasters strike daily, politics will keep obstructing solutions.
