List of Politics articles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency in Moscow. ‘Putin Still Believes Russia Will Prevail’
Angela Stent and Michael Kofman discuss one year of the war in Ukraine—and what to expect next on the battlefield.
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Rickshaws drive past a campaign billboard for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and other party candidates along a road in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, on Feb. 8. What Nigeria’s Next President Can Learn From China
The country’s hope lies in the example of a rapidly reforming China at the turn of the 1980s.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2022. China’s Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
China can make friends or break legs. It can’t do both.
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A poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin is used as target practice near Zolote, Ukraine, on Jan. 21, 2022. Can Russia Ever Become a ‘Normal’ European Nation?
Ironically, a defeat by Ukraine could trigger Russians to reexamine their national identity.
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A man walks past a torn AfD banner. Germany’s Far-Right ‘Firewall’ Is Starting to Crack
At the national level, parties insist they won’t work or vote with the far-right AfD—but at the local level, it happens all the time.
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Book cover for Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe What the Marvel Cinematic Universe Can Teach Us About Geopolitics
One is a fantasy with roots in World War II. The other boasts Spider-Man.
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The unveiling of a bronze statue of Scottish economist, philosopher and author Adam Smith Why Is Adam Smith Still So Popular?
The 18th-century Scottish economist has come to play a uniquely controversial role in U.S. political and economic life.
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Israeli protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 11: Turkey issues arrest warrants, the United States downs UFOs, and Scotland’s first minister resigns.
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The Taliban's former envoy to Saudi Arabia arrives for a meeting with foreign diplomats in Doha, Qatar. Why Did Saudi Diplomats Leave Kabul?
As the Taliban start to crack, Afghanistan is once again the proxy battleground of terrorists and their backers.
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An aerial view of collapsed buildings as search and rescue efforts continue in Idlib, Syria on February 13, 2023. Don’t Rely on Assad to Get Aid to Syria’s Earthquake Victims
The announcement of border openings is reversible, and it won’t stop the regime’s ongoing obstruction of aid to rebel-held areas.
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Protesters hold Israeli flags and placards while chanting slogans during a demonstration in Jerusalem. ‘An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis’
What Netanyahu’s assault on the Supreme Court means for Israel.
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Sri Lankan construction workers along a road in Colombo. China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere
Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy is a “shadow of its former self.”
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A rescuer checks a partly damaged building in Turkey. The Quake That Exposed Erdogan’s Fault Lines
Last week’s earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, made many more individuals homeless, and exposed the shoddy underpinnings of the AKP economic miracle.
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Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, speaks during a joint signing ceremony for offshore gas exploration in Beirut on Jan. 29. How Lebanon Can Unlock Its Oil and Gas Wealth
A new maritime deal with Israel could be an economic lifeline for Lebanon—if the government in Beirut can get its act together.
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A North Korean Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile lifts off from an undisclosed location near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Aug. 29, 2017. When the Same North Korea Policy Fails Over and Over Again
A veteran negotiator explains how Washington’s attempts at nonproliferation floundered.
