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Why No One Is Pushing Back on Trump’s Iran Threats
A quarter century of “forever wars” has inured Democrats and even Europeans to U.S. aggression.
China Is Running Short of Donkey for Dinner
The shortage of a popular regional specialty is shaking global meat markets.
This Year’s Oscar Documentaries Are Tough to Watch
From a Russian schoolteacher to an Iranian feminist, the choices reflect our troubled times.
Asia-Pacific
Modi’s Israel Visit Underscores Deep Ties
China
Thanks to Trump, Xi Has Time on His Side With Taiwan
Europe
The Shadow War That’s Strengthening Europe
Middle East & Africa
Even Narrow U.S. War Aims in Iran Will Be Hard to Achieve
Americas
Sheinbaum Breaks From AMLO on Security
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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A photo collage illustration showing maps of Russia and Ukraine in the background with Zelensky and Putin headshots. Four Years of War in Europe
Eight thinkers on the lasting impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Narges Rashidi (left) as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951.
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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 worker wearing glasses and a blue cap looks through a piece of equipment in a workshop. How Chinese Espionage Eroded U.S. Power
A conversation with the authors of “The Great Heist” on Beijing’s spycraft—and what can be done about it.
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Visual Stories
What’s Buried by Baghdad’s Construction Boom
The politics of rebuilding in a city of memories.
Syria’s Yazidi Community Faces the Future With Concern
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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