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The recent ASEAN summit focused heavily on escalating tensions in the Middle East, highlighting the region's impact on Southeast Asian stability and security concerns.
The pact would erase decades of U.S. counterproliferation policy
Once close allies, the two leaders are at odds on the Iran war
Devastating costs have been imposed on the Iranian economy—to unclear strategic ends
Russia still has assets to tap for its war, but the political costs are growing
Republicans have since turned their attention to additional pillars of the social safety net
A flawed book tries to put race and politics back into a pan-American tragedy
Traveling along the coast, Greenlanders explain what the world misunderstands about their island
President Donald Trump is rolling out new Section 301 tariffs for 60 countries as the stopgap measure he implemented in the spring is set to expire. In February, the Supreme Court ruled that the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, raised under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unconstitutional. In response, Trump imposed a global section […]
Mass protests forced Zelensky to reverse course on the firing of a popular minister
The economic philosophy of Britain’s latest prime minister
Foreign leaders accuse the White House of using forced labor allegations as a smokescreen for protectionist measures