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New Silk Roads
Beijing’s push into Central Asia signals a redrawing of the region’s future along Chinese lines. In a spectacle rich with ceremony and...
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8 hours ago3 min read


Regime Reckoning
Netanyahu’s airstrikes on Iran aim not just to degrade its nuclear capacity, but to unseat its rulers. For decades, Israel has warned of...
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1 day ago3 min read


The Bundeswehr Reawakens
As Trump’s America shuns European entanglements, Germany rearms to stand up to the Russian bear. Europe’s long holiday from history is...
Correspondent
Jun 63 min read


The Collapse That Had to Happen
Geert Wilders was right to walk away from a coalition that refused to confront the reality of mass migration. The Dutch coalition...
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Jun 53 min read


Red Card in Warsaw
Poland’s presidential election hands a narrow win to the nationalist opposition, threatening gridlock and testing Europe’s democratic...
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Jun 43 min read


A Crown, Recast
As America turns inward, Canada reasserts its sovereignty with a royal nod from the throne. In a speech laden with symbolism and...
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May 293 min read


Rock, Reef or Red Line?
China tests Japan’s maritime resolve near Okinotori, a speck of Pacific rock with outsized historical and geopolitical weight. The tiny,...
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May 283 min read


Dhaka’s Dangerous Drift
Muhammad Yunus’s theatrics distract from Bangladesh’s perilous geopolitical and democratic drift. If Professor Muhammad Yunus hoped to...
Correspondent
May 253 min read


The Empire Slips Further Away
Britain’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius is just and profoundly symbolic. It is not every day that a colonial...
Correspondent
May 233 min read


Damascene Folly
In embracing a former jihadist as Syria’s leader, Donald Trump is risking the future of West Asia. U.S. President Donald Trump has always...
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May 163 min read


The Red Thread Tightens
China weaves Colombia into its Belt and Road web, nudging Latin America further from Washington’s grasp. Beijing’s courtship of Bogotá...
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May 153 min read


Persian Paradox
More sanctions, secret talks and a raging nuclear chess game only prove why diplomacy with Iran is harder than ever. The United States is...
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May 143 min read


Narrow Margin
Friedrich Merz’s bumpy ascent to the chancellorship exposes the legacy of Angela Merkel’s drift and Germany’s struggle to redefine itself...
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May 73 min read


One Island, One Message
Beijing’s aggression is paradoxically uniting Taiwan around the defence of its democratic identity. For years, China has tried to prise...
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May 23 min read


Eyes in the Dark
The execution of an alleged Mossad operative by Iran underscores the power and peril of Israel’s long tradition of pre-emptive...
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May 13 min read


Royal Illusion
The monarchy’s brief return to Nepalese political discourse signals popular despair but not a real alternative. A whiff of nostalgia...
Correspondent
Apr 213 min read


The New Manhattan Project
Biotechnology is the next frontier, and China seems to understand that better than America does. In 1942, when America launched the...
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Apr 203 min read


A Harder Line
America’s negotiating tactics with Iran grow tougher, but the risks of escalation remain familiar. America’s diplomatic posture toward...
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Apr 173 min read


Draining the Crimson Swamp
Why Trump is right to turn off the spigot to Harvard. In a move as bold as it is overdue, President Donald Trump’s administration...
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Apr 163 min read


The Man Who Came to Stay
Brice Oligui Nguema’s landslide win cements his transformation from coup-maker to civilian president, but Gabon’s democratic future...
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Apr 153 min read
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