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How to make America truly 'Great Again'

There is nothing wrong in the desire to be great. People, groups and states strive to be respected, famous, powerful, even mighty. Or, to put it...

yesterday 30

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Sergiy Korsunsky

Stop scaring future world leaders off U.S. campuses

Here’s yet another way in which U.S. President Donald Trump is making America neither great again nor strong, but weaker, and for a long time to...

yesterday 20

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Andreas Kluth

Is there a method behind the Trumponomics madness?

Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for the second time, his administration has leaned heavily on executive orders and tariffs to make...

previous day 20

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Kazuto Suzuki

The world is waking up to the dangers of superpollutants

Carbon dioxide is the big daddy of greenhouse gases. Making up the bulk of our emissions and staying up in the atmosphere for many centuries,...

previous day 20

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Lara Williams

Placating China won't prevent it from invading Taiwan

A survey from last November found that 34.7% of Taiwanese believed that being pro-United States would provoke China to invade Taiwan. Although the...

previous day 20

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Dee Wu

In a galaxy far, far away ... did we find life?

In the last few years, astronomers have discovered that our galaxy is teeming with planets unlike anything in our solar system. One such exotic...

previous day 30

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F.d. Flam

Time for a civic uprising

In the beginning there was agony. Under the empires of old, the strong did what they willed and the weak suffered what they must. But over the...

sunday 8

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David Brooks

U.S. diplomacy confronts reality in Ukraine and Iran

Donald Trump likes to speak of himself in superlatives, and this much is well-deserved: No U.S. president in modern history has launched as many...

sunday 10

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Marc Champion

The 'Trump effect' on elections is just beginning, including in Japan

Donald Trump has only been president of the United States, this time around, for about three months. It has been a dramatic three months since his...

25.04.2025 10

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Joshua Kurlantzick

Japan needs clarity as an antidote to contradictory tariffs

Washington has offered a wide range of justifications for its tariff policies: They’re designed to raise revenue, be used as leverage in...

25.04.2025 1

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Shin Oya

Trump’s tariff chaos could reverse 80 years of economic progress

International trade and exploration have captivated the human imagination for millennia. From Alexander the Great to Marco Polo, from the Silk Road...

25.04.2025 1

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Anne O. Krueger

Creating the best possible climate models is existential

As spring is in full swing, many may have already forgotten that Tokyo saw its warmest summer and fall last year, smashing the short-lived previous...

24.04.2025 3

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Alexander Pui

Asia would welcome trade deals that exclude China

In any conflict, you have to recruit allies. Unfortunately for Donald Trump, that’s also true of his trade war. Some of his advisers understand...

24.04.2025 1

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Mihir Sharma