List of Politics articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing. Anti-China Rhetoric Distracts Washington—and Boosts Beijing
Panic and fear should not drive U.S. foreign policy.
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A wide view of a soccer stadium in Istanbul shows the crowd and the VIP box, where the presidents of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates sit beside each other while watching the match. Erdogan and Europe Are Stuck in a Draw
The Turkish president won reelection on an anti-Western platform. But he can’t quit European soccer.
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A close-up photo of Putin's head and shoulders shows the Russian leader with a serious expression. Putin’s Armor Has Been Pierced
Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt has already revealed Putin’s domestic control to be slipping.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House for a state dinner in Washington. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of June 17: Modi visits Washington, Middle Eastern countries mend ties, and Germany issues a warning to China.
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A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Freetown on March 31, 2018 during a country's general elections. Do Gender Quotas in Elections Work?
Sierra Leone is about to become the latest country to find out.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden (center) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive for a G-7 meeting at Elmau Castle in southern Germany. Is India Taking Advantage of America?
As Modi visits Biden at the White House, a look inside the relationship between the world’s two biggest democracies.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves an event at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. OpenAI’s CEO Goes on a Diplomatic Charm Offensive
Sam Altman’s global travels may be more opportunistic than altruistic.
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Men in black suits and ties hold their arms up to signal to one another as they surround a black SUV carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. A crowd of bystanders is gathered beyond the car. Imran Khan—and His Supporters—Face Threat of Military Trials
The army reasserts its dominance after public criticism from the former prime minister and his movement.
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A group of officials sit at a wooden table in front of a large wall mural depicting a rural scene of a foggy green landscape with mountains and a lake. Chinese President Xi Jinping sits at the head of the table, facing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sits to his right. China Isn’t Buying Biden’s Balancing Act
Antony Blinken’s frosty reception demonstrates the limits of Washington’s China strategy.
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A demonstrator raises a three-fingered salute during mass protests against the military coup in Myanmar. Inside Myanmar’s Shadow Government in Washington
Exiled officials are trying to keep the flame of democracy alive from afar.
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An armed Sudanese rebel is silhouetted against a blazing fire as he arrives at the abandoned village of Chero Kasi after Janjaweed militiamen set it ablaze. Sudan’s Ghosts of Darfur Come Back to Haunt It
The civil war between two rival generals has rekindled bloodshed, bad blood, and ethnic tensions in the tinderbox of Darfur.
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Three staff members prep Kate Wyler (played by Keri Russell) for a photo shoot in the first episode of The Diplomat. One woman wearing a short-sleeved blue dress adjusts her earrings, another, in a gray vest and slacks, applies rouge, and a third peeks out from behind her as she adjusts her wide-sleeved dress with a fitted bodice and skirt. Wardrobe Diplomacy
What Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’ gets right about the politics of fashion.
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The U.S. and Chinese flags stand behind a microphone for a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The Next Global Superpower Isn’t Who You Think
What happens when the world is no longer unipolar, bipolar, or even multipolar?
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of African leaders hold a press conference after their talks in Kyiv. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of June 10: A Nigerian official is arrested, a former European leader dies, and Putin makes a confession.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G-20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022. India and the U.S. Can Together Make Tech More Accessible to All
A strategic partnership of two great democracies will counter the rising influence of techno-authoritarians.
