How to Survive in a World Without Rules
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Iran War Exposes Saudi Arabia's Bad Bet on Trumpism
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The Twilight of the Francis Fukuyama Era
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What Xi Actually Thinks of Trump
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AI's Real Danger Isn't Super Intelligence but Stupidity
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- President Donald Trump’s rechristening of artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” seems unlikely to stick, executive order notwithstanding.
American Ignorance Risks Fueling Deadly Middle East Sectarianism
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China: Zero-COVID, Xinjiang Show Costs of Surveillance State
- The highlights this week: China’s surveillance state returns to the spotlight, rumors about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s health resurface, and three Chinese scammers are sentenced to death for pig-butchering schemes .
- The highlights this week: China’s surveillance state returns to the spotlight, rumors about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s health resurface, and three Chinese scammers are sentenced to death for pig-butchering schemes .
- Two excellent New York Times pieces have recently put China’s surveillance state— at home and abroad —back in the spotlight.
Impeached or Fired, Hegseth Should Go
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India: Voter Roll Protests Grow Despite Modi's Crackdown
- The highlights this week: Thousands of people protest India’s voter roll revision despite government crackdown, Pakistan’s government enacts emergency rule in opposition stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , and a ruling p…
- The highlights this week: Thousands of people protest India’s voter roll revision despite government crackdown, Pakistan’s government enacts emergency rule in opposition stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , and a ruling p…
- Thousands of protesters converged on New Delhi over the weekend to demand the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, India’s chief election commissioner.
Algeria’s New Bid for Regional Influence
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Monazite Is the Radioactive Ore That Could Break China’s Grip on Rare Earths
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Ukraine's Budget Gap: Can Kyiv Afford Its Own Defense Amid EU Pressure and Russian Attacks?
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European-Flagged Ships Can Deter Russia's Black Sea Piracy
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Sending Syrian Soldiers to Yemen Would Be a Mistake
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- President Donald Trump floated an extraordinary proposal to deal with Hezbollah: Syria should enter Lebanon and finish off the group.
Undersea Cables Are at the Center of a Shadow War
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Uruguay to Give Asylum-Seekers New Path to Permanent Residency
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- The highlights this week: Uruguay announces a mass regularization scheme for asylum-seekers , China sanctions officials in Belize and Paraguay, and a debate over Brazil’s patron saint roils the country’s presidential ra…
- Welcome back to Foreign Policy ’s Latin America Brief.
How Congress Fixed Social Security During Its Last Crisis
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How Congress Fixed Social Security During Its Last Crisis
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France Protests: Why Is France Perpetually Rioting?
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The Iran War Has Changed the World Forever – Foreign Policy
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The Iran War Has Changed the World Forever – Foreign Policy
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Trump Can Push Past Israeli-Palestinian Paralysis
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- 7, 2023, the prospects for meaningful Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic progress appear worse than ever.
U.S.-China Competition Can Be Kept in Limits
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- President Donald Trump visited Beijing in May, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that the U.S.
Brazil Election: The Banco Master Scandal, Explained
- Brazilians voted in the first round of the country’s presidential election on Oct.
- Flávio Bolsonaro—the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro—and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to a runoff.
- Another key race was decided that day: In congressional elections, right-wing parties triumphed and are expected to hold at least 45 of 81 seats in the Senate.