List of United States articles
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Cillian Murphy, wearing a hat and suit, faces toward the Trinity tower test site where the first atomic bomb was detonated as a truck drives by in a scene from Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer’s Long Shadow
Reads on the atomic bomb and its creator.
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Two Black Lives Matter protesters wearing T-shirts and surgical masks around their chins gather in London's Hyde Park in 2020. One holds a sign that says "Britain is racist!" Britain’s Racism Isn’t America’s
The United Kingdom needs to examine its own bigotries.
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U.S. lawmakers attend a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Congress Seeks to Tighten Rules on Foreign Lobbying
There’s bipartisan support—but taking aim at the wrong problem.
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A participant wearing a rainbow-colored wig holds up a sign reading, in English, “Queer rights are human rights” during a pride parade in Cyprus. Other participants mill about in the background against a sunny sky. Can the U.N. Protect Queer Rights?
The organization is struggling with a resurgence of global bigotry.
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The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Nov. 16, 2005. Hollywood Runs—and Ruins—U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. films entertain the world—and distort policy at home.
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University students display a flag of the Communist Party of China to mark the party's 100th anniversary during an opening ceremony of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Sept. 10, 2021. Has China Peaked?
A debate on whether Beijing’s economic woes are temporary or terminal.
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Margot Robbie as Barbie and Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer stand in front of an apocalyptic pink and orange clouded desert landscape in a photo illustration for the two movies. Barbie wears her iconic black-and-white-striped swimsuit and sunglasses, and Oppenheimer a period hat and suit with cigarette in hand. ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Have More in Common Than You Think
Both films attempt to atone for the complicated legacies of American icons. Only one succeeds.
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks at a podium with the presidential seal at the White House Washington Tries to Add Some Teeth to Its Cyberdefenses
The Biden administration unveiled a road map to thwart Russia and China in cyberspace, but experts say gaps remain.
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Striking Hollywood writers hold signs while picketing in front of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The signs say: "Writers Guild on strike! DGA in solidarity" and "Pay the writers, you AI-holes!" and "Just look at what happened to the music industry." Adam Tooze: The Shifting Economics of Hollywood
Changes in technology and antitrust laws are driving the strike by writers and actors.
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A U.S. flag waves over the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on May 8. America’s Love of Sanctions Will Be Its Downfall
Measures intended to punish autocrats are eroding the very Western order they were meant to preserve.
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Two policemen look at a cargo ship. The Real Consequences of U.S.-China Decoupling
Is economic war between the world’s two biggest economies inevitable?
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A competitor dressed as a Spartan warrior takes part in the 2010 Tough Guy race in England, as fire rages in the background. Spartans Were Losers
The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state is based on bad history.
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People browse books as part of the world's longest outdoor bookcase at Bondi Beach in Sydney. The Definitive Summer Reading Guide for National Security Nerds
Your vacation (hopefully) awaits. And here are the best books to pair with it.
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U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden pauses while speaking at the SEIU Unions for All Summit in Los Angeles. Cluster Bombs and the Contradictions of Liberalism
Do liberals really believe what they say about their foreign-policy ideals?
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is greeted by members of the U.S. Congress as he arrives to deliver a joint address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. How Ukraine Can Avoid Afghanistan’s Aid Sinkhole
Rumblings are growing on Capitol Hill about oversight of more than $100 billion in U.S. assistance to Kyiv.
