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How China is outflanking the United States—and staying under the radar.

Exporting advanced weapons systems to the Middle East will create very few jobs at home. Washington must base its decisions on national security strategy rather than domestic politics.

If it looks like Berlin is colluding with Moscow, that’s because it is.

Although the details of the report are an open secret, its publication further signals a break with Riyadh.

Months after the clash in the Galwan River Valley, Chinese officials have confirmed that four troops died. State media has already made them martyrs.

Bill Burns, a veteran diplomat, will helm the spy agency in an era of renewed great-power competition.

Held back by infighting and hard-liners on the Hill, the administration may have squandered precious time to save the Iran nuclear deal, critics say.

Trying to rebound after painful losses, the British party appears to be courting conservative and white voters—and losing its core principles in the process.

Beijing and New Delhi may be disengaging in the Pangong Tso lake region, but their divisions are more fraught than ever.

The educated middle classes that were meant to be the foundation of a new Afghanistan are tired of terror, insecurity, and the return of the Taliban.

The country’s culture of seduction has enabled an epidemic of misogynist crime.

The Roman pontiff is traveling with a message of peace to a country where the Christian population has been decimated.

When it comes to sensitive industries like defense, democracy and the rule of law do matter.

The proposed move has sparked internal debates over the future of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

Syria has turned against Hamas, and Iran’s efforts to mediate aren't working.

The country’s reputation won’t be fixed anytime soon, but the fact that it’s trying is a sign of exceptionalism—and a return to the United States’ finest tradition.

Congress has issued a report on the longest war in U.S. history. Here’s hoping Biden ignores it.

Washington’s battle with Beijing is not one of investment or innovation but one of values.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

International relations theorists once explored racism. What has the field lost by giving that up?

The new administration can learn from South Africa’s experience with transitional justice.

Domestic racism has long impacted U.S. foreign policy. It’s time to open up about it.

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