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How the U.S. Navy lost the shipbuilding race.
Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.
The United States can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world if it abandons strategic allies and vulnerable civilians.
Engaging with a Taliban government will be painful. Washington will have to do it anyway.
Afghanistan shows that the American left is in danger of losing the moral plot.
As the chances of evacuation dwindle, the West owes Afghans a chance at surviving in their own country.
Malaysian mothers can’t automatically pass on their nationality to foreign-born children. The pandemic has worsened the law’s ill effects.
Snazzy weapons mean a lot less if you don’t have friends.
Beijing recognizes promoting human rights and democracy is an ideological challenge. So should Washington.
It happened to us in Nigeria.
By imprisoning a former president, the country has set an example for constitutional democracies across the world.
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
Democratic principles were largely irrelevant to the EU’s founding—but are at the center of the project today.
The European Union’s next candidates for accession have realized the process is leading nowhere—and are acting accordingly.
A new account of India’s state of emergency in the 1970s takes on fresh relevance amid its ongoing erosion of democracy.
Yes, the United States is deeply divided and probably undeserving of global leadership, as two new books argue. But who else is there?
A new book offers a storied U.S. bank as a model—but also serves as a cautionary tale.
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Beijing is blowing up its relationships by backing Russia.
By failing to invest in its own people, the United States shows the world the shakiness of the foundations of its power.
Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we’ve been—and where we’re heading.
Military service is a unifying force in a time of deep division.
