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China wages maritime "lawfare"
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Is China losing friends in the developing world?
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The Biden administration’s delicate, much criticized line recognizes the lack of a coherent alternative strategy.
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It’s time to stop the wishful thinking and start looking at the facts.
View ArticleHow Trump Is Mobilizing an Isolationist Worldview
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View ArticleEcuador Needs Economic Support to Fight Its War on Gangs
A nationwide military deployment leaves little room for necessary social investments.
View ArticleChina Wants to Weaken, Not Replace, the U.S. in the Middle East
Beijing doesn’t want the costs of being a regional hegemon.
View ArticlePutin Threatens Nuclear War if Foreign Troops Deploy to Ukraine
The Russian leader’s speech was one of his most explicit nuclear warnings yet against the West.
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After the death of Alexei Navalny, the West must avoid investing hopes in a single Russian dissident.
View ArticleIs the World Really So Gloomy?
Western elites have become extremely pessimistic, but European countries’ shifting attitudes toward self-defense could be a bright spot.
View ArticleColombia’s Confrontational Climate Policy
How oil-exporting Bogotá became an environmental hawk.
View ArticleMaking Sense of Macron’s Hint at Troops in Ukraine
Keeping all options open could serve deterrence—but does nothing to help Ukraine now.
View ArticleBiden Cracks Down on Chinese Electric Vehicles
A new investigation into foreign “connected vehicles” could enable future action against Beijing’s tech sector.
View ArticleUkrainians Are Resilient—But They Still Need Washington
In Kyiv, all eyes are on the U.S. congressional fight over aid.
View ArticleWhat in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 24: ECOWAS reconsiders sanctions, Palestine shakes up its leadership, and anti-Muslim hate crimes rise in India.
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