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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a news conference following talks at Camp David, Maryland, on Aug. 18. Separate U.S. Alliances in East Asia Are Obsolete
Even if a formal U.S.-Japan-South Korea pact is unlikely, tighter coordination is unavoidable.
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The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (L) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (R), off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, on May 29, 2022. Greece Is Making a Killing Selling Ships to Russia
The world’s largest ship-owning nation is profiting from the sale of aging vessels, while enabling Moscow’s sanctions evasion.
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Three men wearing suits and ties sit at a table in front of a wall displaying the logo of the New Delhi G-20 summit, which stylizes the zero in G-20 as the globe. The man sitting in the middle has his mouth open as he speaks into a microphone. Can the G-20 Be a Champion for the Global South?
The group needs to embrace new ideas and more inclusive leadership.
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Tourists ride a boat in a canal off the Hau River in Can Tho. Biden’s Vietnam Deals Should Center on the Mekong
A vital regional river can be a route for U.S. diplomacy.
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A view of a sign for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Do Policy Schools Still Have a Point?
Reflections of a career-long public policy professor at a time of global upheaval.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participates in a parade to celebrate the 112th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City. Why the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Could Get Even Worse
Next year’s near-simultaneous elections and a spiral of escalatory rhetoric spell danger, but there is a way out.
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Bags with coca paste, a crude extract of the coca leaf, are pictured at a laboratory in a municipality of Nariño department, Colombia, on May 11. The U.S. Military Can’t Solve the Fentanyl Crisis
A trendy idea among GOP candidates would fail, just as it did in Colombia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow. The Dangerous Loophole in Western Sanctions on Russia
Putin’s weaponry runs on advanced electronic components obtained from a hidden international market.
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People's Liberation Army soldiers assemble during military training in Kashgar, Xinjiang region, China. China Prefers Guns to Butter
As the economy declines, the CCP leans heavily on the army.
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A woman sits in a folding chair and rests her head face-down on a folding table. China’s Youth Are Increasingly Grim About Their Future
“We are competing with each other in what has become a pure rat race.”
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A worker makes repairs on the roof of a pedestrian underpass in Beijing on July 22. Xi Prepares to Eat Economic Bitterness
To withstand threats from China’s economic troubles, Xi stays focused on security.
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Activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Jan. 29, 2021. With Nuclear Threats, Putin Plays the West Like a Fiddle
It’s time for Washington to see through the Kremlin’s mind games.
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A man with gray hair and glasses looks down at his cell phone as he sits in a chair in front of a storefront crowded with shelves of cables, motorized saws, and other hardware-type supplies. Xi’s Policies Have Shortened the Fuse on China’s Economic Time Bomb
Policy mistakes have mired the country in “Xi-flation.”
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a Quad event in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Never Say Never to an Asian NATO
A collective security bloc suddenly looks more plausible—never mind the denials.
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Bouquets of red roses surround a framed portrait of Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. The items are placed atop Prigozhin's grave. Prigozhin’s Assassination Was Business, Not Revenge
The Wagner chief broke the deal struck with Putin for his survival.
