For Trump, a Path Forward on Iran That Goes Beyond Bombs
Iran has witnessed cycles of protests in the recent past, but the popular uprising that ignited on Dec. 28 is something altogether different—broader in scale,...
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Forget Geneva. The World’s New Peacemakers Are in the Global South
Violent conflicts have been erupting at a brisk frequency, getting bloodier, and more protracted. In the past year alone, we witnessed pitiless fighting in Ukraine,...
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How Brazil Tried and Convicted Jair Bolsonaro
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Brazil convicted Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, for attempting a coup to hold onto power after losing elections in...
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China Is Trying to Rattle Trump
China broadcast its might on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of spectators in Beijing looked on as the People’s Republic unveiled laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles,...
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Oppenheimer’s Grandson: We Need a Peaceful Nuclear Renaissance
History is not just a record of what happened, it is a well of wisdom we can draw from to guide our actions today and...
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Returning to Iraq to Bury My Brothers
On July 9, the Iraqi government released a list of twenty-two people whose remains had been identified nearly 11 years after ISIS militants carried out...
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The Meaning of Germany’s Dramatic Rearmament
For decades, some in Europe talked up the need for “collective European defense,” a policy to sharply reduce dependence on Washington for military protection. The...
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It’s Pierre Poilievre’s Canada Now
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation to avoid a revolt from his Liberal lawmakers amid over a year of disastrous polling....
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Elon Musk Is Boosting Germany’s Far Right. It Will Backfire
After pouring at least $260 million to help get Donald Trump re-elected U.S. President, and being handsomely rewarded with a job to co-lead a new...
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Inside Lebanon’s Displacement Crisis | TIME
Inside an unfurnished apartment in the Hazmieh suburb of Beirut, 10 members of the Hassan family are sleeping on bare mattresses on the cream-tiled floor....
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Fear Grips Lebanon After Deadly Twin Pager and Radio Blasts
First, on Tuesday, there were exploding pagers. On Wednesday, walkie-talkies began detonating, along with other electronic devices. Panic took hold of whole areas across Lebanon—particularly...
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How Bangladesh Can Become a True Democracy
In a historic turn of events in Bangladesh, Gen-Z student-led protests forced the downfall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled the country with...