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August 11, 2023
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Alex Shephard
Is This the Year English Soccer Faces Its Plutocratic Reckoning?
The Premier League returns for another season of footballing glory, financial excess, and existential crisis.
June 19, 2023
Tori Otten
Can U.S.-China Relations Be Fixed?
A surprise meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping suggests the two countries are trying to fix a broken relationship.
June 8, 2023
Alex Shephard
Saudi Arabia Just Took Over Golf. Is Soccer Next?
The brutal kingdom had a very good, if not perfect, week.
October 28, 2019
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Adam Weinstein
“Blood for Oil” Is Official U.S. Policy Now
In celebrating the death of ISIS's leader, Trump shared his vision of America's goal in the Middle East: loot and plunder.
October 15, 2019
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Ankit Panda
Why Are U.S. Nuclear Bombs Still in Turkey?
The best time to get atomic weapons out was several years ago. The second best time is now.
October 14, 2019
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Adam Weinstein
The Madman Has No Clothes
Since Nixon, presidential pundits and sycophants have tried to rationalize executive insanity. But no one was prepared for Trump’s Syria madness.
July 13, 2018
Nina Jankowicz
Available in Helsinki: the Fate of Eastern Europe
Donald Trump, in agreeing to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, seems willing to endorse countries flouting international law.
June 21, 2018
Ali Wyne
Is America Choosing Decline?
Anxiety about China surpassing the United States is old news. The numbers are complicated—but actively undermining the postwar order isn't helping.
June 5, 2018
Ross Kenneth Urken
Playing Geopolitics With the World Cup
Russia's new stadium in Kaliningrad sends a message, backed up by war games.
May 15, 2018
Atman Trivedi
The U.S.-India Relationship Needs Work
Two decades after India tested its nuclear weapons, the country still isn't in a position to do what the United States wants from it: help counter China.
May 9, 2018
Musa al-Gharbi
How to Torpedo U.S. Credibility
One small step for Trump—and one giant blow to American diplomacy. The repercussions of reneging on the Iran deal may last for years.
April 27, 2018
Seva Gunitsky
One Word to Improve U.S. Russia Policy
"Derzhavnost": It's why focusing on Putin, or trying to punish the country, usually backfires.
April 18, 2018
Fatema Z. Sumar
A Smarter Idea Than Starting a Trade War
To curb China, the U.S. could increase development aid to other Asian countries. Sometimes, doing good is good strategy.
April 17, 2018
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Problem With “Cold War” Comparisons
No, we're not reliving the 1960s, says Harvard historian Arne Westad.
April 15, 2018
Jonathan Spyer
The Great Distraction of Punitive Airstrikes
Don't congratulate the administration on avoiding Russian retaliation. The humanitarian crisis in Syria remains, and the real collision course here is between Israel and Iran.
July 29, 2014
Dov Friedman
The U.S. Is Accidentally Pushing Kurdistan Toward Independence From Iraq
Kurdish oil is sitting off the Texas coast right now—and a U.S. judge just ordered its seizure
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