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Israel must not ignore the anti-Hamas protests in Gaza

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Konstanty Gebert

U.S. Congress began ceding power to presidents long before Trump

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David M. Drucker

Use of wartime powers revives internment camp memories

Use of wartime powers revives internment camp memories

Lots of people like to throw around the word "unprecedented” when they talk about U.S. President Donald Trump, especially now that he has taken the...

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Erika D. Smith

Inside Turkey’s executive coup

Inside Turkey’s executive coup

It finally happened: Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s most formidable likely challenger in the 2028...

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Umut Ozkirimli

The art of the deal meets a four-power axis

The art of the deal meets a four-power axis

If you’re horrified by the foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, you probably believe that he is betraying American friends (such as NATO...

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Andreas Kluth

Hegseth’s Asia tour won’t fix U.S. credibility crisis

Hegseth’s Asia tour won’t fix U.S. credibility crisis

The battle of Iwo Jima in World War II was one of the bloodiest in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. Nearly 7,000 American soldiers died. On...

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Karishma Vaswani

An Asian democracy collapse amid the new world order

An Asian democracy collapse amid the new world order

Over the past five to seven years, democracy and rights have been on a downward slide in nearly every country in Asia that is either a mature,...

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Joshua Kurlantzick

Entrance exam wars: A pressure cooker for South Korean youth

Entrance exam wars: A pressure cooker for South Korean youth

It’s midnight in Seoul. A high school student is hunched over textbooks, tired but determined as they prepare for what South Koreans call a “life-...

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Waka Ikeda

Making sense of the tariff chaos

Making sense of the tariff chaos

The chaotic rollout of U.S. import tariffs by President Donald Trump’s administration — targeting both allies and adversaries — defies easy...

26.03.2025 1

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Pinelopi Kouianou Goldberg

U.S. allies get a Signal chat’s worth of red flags

U.S. allies get a Signal chat’s worth of red flags

If Europeans didn’t already know what the new administration in Washington thinks and wants of them, they now do: "PATHETIC” and cash,...

26.03.2025 5

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Marc Champion

Japan-Europe: The security alliance the world needs now

Japan-Europe: The security alliance the world needs now

Japan and the European Union have much in common. They’re two iconic symbols of U.S.-led reconstruction, pacification and democratization after...

26.03.2025 3

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Lionel Laurent And Gearoid Reidy

‘Use it or lose it’ — a grim mantra for the AI age

‘Use it or lose it’ — a grim mantra for the AI age

I was 11 years old when Texas Instruments released the TI 2500, one of the first pocket calculators. While I remember one around the house — it...

25.03.2025 1

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Brad Glosserman

Japan urgently needs an AI vibe shift

Japan urgently needs an AI vibe shift

You likely wouldn’t know it, but Japanese scientists were some of the earliest pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence and neural network...

25.03.2025 3

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Catherine Thorbecke

America’s big trade win

America’s big trade win

News about global trade these days is all about tariffs, protectionism and uncertainty. There is considerable anxiety among businesses, consumers...

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

South Korea’s political drama is far from over

South Korea’s political drama is far from over

South Korea is grappling with the longest presidential impeachment trial in the country’s history. The Constitutional Court was overdue in...

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Karishma Vaswani