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Israel’s Gaza Disengagement Worked Far Too Well

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Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains

Christina Lu

The Coup That Started in a WeWork

Jordan Hoffman

Brazil’s Historic Conviction

Oliver Stuenkel

The Man Who Made the U.N. Cool

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Why Did Britain Send an Epstein Pal to Washington?

Andrew Connelly

Are Scam Compounds the Real Cause of Thailand-Cambodia Fighting?

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The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over

Jo Inge Bekkevold

All the Queen’s Gossips

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Poland Pursues Stronger Military Agenda After Russian Drone Incursion

Alexandra Sharp

Labour Is Surrendering Britain to the Mob

Andrew Connelly

The ICC Needs a Chief Prosecutor

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Poland Shoots Down Russian Drones, Invokes NATO’s Article 4

Alexandra Sharp

Iran’s Foreign Policy Is Changing in Real Time

Sina Toossi

Khamenei Thinks He Can Ride This Out

Alex Vatanka

The Perils of Irresponsible Reporting on Russia’s War

Edward Lucas

A Pragmatic Endgame for the Russia-Ukraine War

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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting Coup

Catherine Osborn

China and Russia Are Winning the Hypersonic Missile Race

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Ethiopia Debuts New Mega-Dam

Nosmot Gbadamosi

My Theory Says Sanctions on Russia Won’t Work. So Why Do I Want Them Anyway?

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The Top 10 Trump Administration Foreign-Policy Mistakes

Stephen M. Walt

Outlawry in the Caribbean

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Russia Just Attacked NATO. Again.

Christian Caryl

Europe’s Delusions Over What It Means to Deter Russia

Franz-Stefan Gady

No New World Order Here

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Israel’s Strategic Declaration

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Nepal’s Gen Z Reckoning

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Nepal Protests Expose Depth of Public Anger

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Congress Has Only Itself to Blame for the War Department

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Israel Escalates War Against Hamas With Doha Strike

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How the Movement to ‘Free D.C.’ Became a Civil Rights Struggle

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Trump’s Speedboat Attack Crossed All the Lines

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Sudan, Congo, and You

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Stop Trying to Make Somaliland Happen

Ahmed Cadde

Ankara’s New Syrian Headache

Gonul Tol

Europe and the U.S. Still Haven’t Choked Off Russia’s Energy Riches