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Get Ready for a Weaker but Nastier Iran
What the war’s most likely outcome means for the United States and the Middle East. 
The Iran War Is Metastasizing. Trump Needs an Endgame.
Coercion, diplomacy, or both—but the president needs to choose a strategy and implement it.
Ukraine Wants to Cash in on Iran’s Drone Threat
Kyiv has valuable counterdrone expertise and technology it can offer Gulf countries. But there are hurdles.
Asia-Pacific
Can Pakistan and Afghanistan De-Escalate?
China
Xi Just Can’t Shake GDP Worship
Europe
The Populist International Is Falling Apart
Middle East & Africa
There’s a Reason No President Before Trump Authorized War With Iran
Americas
Trump’s Cuba Plans Create Tension
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A man in a pink shirt, holding a camera, smiles in front of a poster of Putin. In Putin’s Russia, Resistance Is Lonely
This year’s Oscar winner for best documentary offers an intimate view of Russia’s descent into fascism.
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A woman in a headscarf holding a bunch of red roses smiles andn points at the camera from the back of a taxi.
The World-Minus-One Moment
Managing the global order with an antagonistic Washington.
Can China Replace an Absent America in the Climate Fight?
Beijing never bought the argument that reducing emissions would cause economic harm.
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Donald Trump addresses the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) March 21, 2016 in Washington
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Donald Trump is sett through an opening as he sits at a desk. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A photo collage illustration shows the back of President Donald Trump in front of three track hurdles. Behind the hurdles are a stack of shipping containers, soccer stadiums and a passport, and a voter in a U.S.-flagged voting booth.
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A man carrying a folded British flag next to two people removing a British flag from a flagpole. Nigel Farage Isn’t So Unlikely
Retracing the road to Brexit, a new book reveals the deep roots of British Euroskepticism.
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The politics of rebuilding in a city of memories.
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Having survived Assad and the Islamic State, Yazidis remain suspicious of Sharaa’s government.
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A drawn illustration of a Trump whirlwind on a red background Four Explanatory Models for Trump’s Chaos
It’s clear that the second Trump administration is aiming for change—not inertia—in U.S. foreign policy.
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