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How Iran and the United States Are Planning Their Next Moves

How Iran and the United States Are Planning Their Next Moves

On Tuesday, hours before the cease-fire between the United States and Iran was due to expire, U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally extended the...

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The World Is Paying the Price for America’s War

The World Is Paying the Price for America’s War

There’s little doubt that the standoff between the United States and Iran imposes economic costs on Americans. The price at the pump is up by more...

20.04.2026 4

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How to Navigate a Rogue America

How to Navigate a Rogue America

Is the United States acting like a rogue state? Stephen Walt, a Harvard University professor and FP columnist, has been making the case in these pages...

14.04.2026 10

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How Iran Hawks Are Viewing the Cease-Fire

Many of the critiques of the Trump administration’s decision to go to war in Iran have come from familiar groups that believe he should have first...

10.04.2026 4

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Why Trump Mishandled Iran

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08.04.2026 8

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Why Energy Has Become a Foreign-Policy Weapon

When the United States and Israel started their attacks on Iran in February, the public narrative was largely about security. The global narrative is...

07.04.2026 9

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Tehran Is Setting a Trap for Trump

One of the most striking elements of the ongoing war in the Middle East is how a severely damaged and depleted Iranian military has still managed to...

01.04.2026 10

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Ravi Agrawal

Tehran Is Setting a Trap for Trump

One of the most striking elements of the ongoing war in the Middle East is how a severely damaged and depleted Iranian military has still managed to...

01.04.2026 20

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Trump Is Losing the War in Iran

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30.03.2026 9

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How High Could Energy Prices Go?

There’s a reason why energy analysts see the conflict in the Middle East as “the greatest global energy security threat in history,” as Fatih...

26.03.2026 10

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The World After Trump

How has Donald Trump changed the world? Already, the U.S. president’s second term has seen a sharp acceleration in the erosion of international law;...

24.03.2026 10

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How to Fix Democracy? Out With the Politicians!

It’s no secret that democracy is in trouble. Studies show that a growing number of countries are less free, and polls suggest ordinary citizens are...

18.03.2026 10

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How the Gulf Countries Are Responding to Iran’s Attacks

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, “the biggest surprise” of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has been Tehran’s drone and missile...

05.03.2026 10

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Did Trump Miscalculate on Iran?

Intense fighting is underway in the Middle East. Early on Feb. 28, Israel and the United States struck a range of sites across Iran. It later emerged...

03.03.2026 30

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Trump’s Iran Battle Plan

After a successful mission—militarily, at least—to capture Venezuela’s dictator last month, U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping the world...

25.02.2026 40

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What Is Trump’s China Policy?

What is the Trump administration’s China policy? It’s not easy to get a straight answer. Depending on who you ask, you might hear “America...

20.02.2026 10

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How Worried Should We Be About Nuclear War?

The pillars of the global nuclear order are crumbling. Earlier this month, New START, the main nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia,...

18.02.2026 60

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Elbridge Colby: ‘NATO Is Actually Stronger Than Ever.’

If a European member of NATO invokes the military alliance’s call for help, will the White House pick up the phone? Has the United States suddenly...

15.02.2026 80

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Europe to America: ‘We Are Looking for New Partners’

One year ago at the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance stunned Europe’s leaders with a public scolding that scarred the...

14.02.2026 20

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Will the United States Attack Iran?

11.02.2026 10

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Greek Prime Minister Hasn’t ‘Given Up’ on Trans-Atlantic Ties

06.02.2026 10

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How Trump Should Think About the Arctic

27.01.2026 10

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How Israel Is Navigating International Boycotts

22.01.2026 10

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Trump’s Davos Speech Heralds a New World Disorder

21.01.2026 10

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How to Navigate the New World Jungle Law

16.01.2026 10

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The Case for Trump’s Venezuela Plan

13.01.2026 20

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Will Venezuela Change Trump’s Approach to War?

08.01.2026 10

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5 Unanswered Questions About Trump’s Venezuela Plan

05.01.2026 10

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How the White House Will Shape 2026

01.01.2026 10

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How Trump Shaped 2025

23.12.2025 10

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How Trump Shaped 2025

22.12.2025 20

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Will Trump Order an Attack on Venezuela?

19.12.2025 10

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The Geopolitics of Sovereign Wealth Funds

11.12.2025 10

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Hillary Clinton: ‘Congress Has Abdicated Its Responsibility’

08.12.2025 10

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The Minerals That Drive Trump’s Global Agenda

03.12.2025 20

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How Solar Energy Could Transform Geopolitics

22.11.2025 20

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The Good News on Women’s Rights

20.11.2025 10

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How Venezuela Fits Into Trump’s Strategy for Latin America

14.11.2025 20

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How Beijing Views Trump

05.11.2025 20

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Is the AI Economy a Bubble?

29.10.2025 20

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Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

23.10.2025 10

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Why Trump Is a ‘Scarcity President’

22.10.2025 10

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The Road Ahead for Palestine

18.10.2025 30

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How to Understand MAGA and America’s New Right

14.10.2025 50

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The World After Oct. 7

07.10.2025 10

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Don’t Ask Jill Lepore if the United States Is in a Constitutional Crisis

06.10.2025 10

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How Europe Is Navigating Trump

24.09.2025 10

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How Qatar Is Responding to Israel’s Sept. 9 Attack

23.09.2025 20

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How China Called America’s Bluff

20.09.2025 10

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Elissa Slotkin’s War Plan for the American Middle Class

12.09.2025 10

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