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Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off?
The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.
Add This to the Canon of Great Diplomacy Books
A. Wess Mitchell’s tour through two millennia of diplomacy is catnip for foreign-policy wonks.
Moscow’s Shadow Looms Over Bratislava
Russia’s historic role remains central to the debate over Slovak foreign policy today.
Asia & the Pacific
The Women Carrying Water—and the World
China
Why Are China’s Generals So Quiet as Xi Purges Them?
Middle East & Africa
Tanzania’s Unfree Election
Europe
To Deter Russia, Europe Needs Ukraine
Americas
The Politics of Hurricane Melissa
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Two women pose for selfies outside a fast-food restaurant in the athletes village of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic games in Gangneung on February 8, 2018. -
A new mural by Italian street artist TVBoy titled Mi Gaza es tu Gaza in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 15th.
It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World
A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.
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Two people dressed in military gear in the cockpit of an airplane, flying above cloud cover.
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A new mural by Italian street artist TVBoy titled Mi Gaza es tu Gaza in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 15th. -
A massive mushroom cloud of smoke and debris rises around a giant plume of flames. Huge waves ripple out in a circle from the point of impact.
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In this black-and-white photo, the South Portico of the White House is seen covered in scaffolding and surrounded by 1940s-era construction trucks and workers with wheelbarrows.
SHADOW GOVERNMENT:
The End of Development
The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.
Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
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Xi May Have Miscalculated on Rare Earths
China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.
It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World
A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.
Is the U.S. Ready for War With China?
U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma.
Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump’s Trade Attacks
Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.
7 Books That Reveal How Kremlin Decision-Makers Think
Don’t read these new titles on Russia’s wars before bedtime.
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The Life and Thought of Alexandre Kojève, Marco Filoni, trans. David Broder, Northwestern University Press, 280 pp., $38, July 2025 -
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The book cover for Tomorrow is Yesterday.
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This article is an adapted excerpt from India and the Rebalancing of Asia by C. Raja Mohan (Routledge, 220 pp., $29.95, September 2025).
In Case You Missed It
A selection of paywall-free articles
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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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.
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An illustrations shows the silhouette of Donald Trump with a face filled with pricetags.
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