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November 18, 2019
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Ankit Panda
Trump Makes Japan an Offer It Can’t Refuse
The president is shaking down Tokyo and Seoul for billions more in security aid, and testing the foundations of U.S. alliances in Asia.
October 4, 2019
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Jared Keller
The Coveted, Overpriced Missile at the Heart of Trump’s Ukraine Scandal
How the president took his predecessors’ gun-running tradition to dirty new depths.
August 21, 2019
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Ankit Panda
The Absurd Strategy Behind Russia’s Nuclear Explosion
A radioactive mess near the Arctic Circle suggests our next superpower arms race will be even more foolish than the last one.
April 7, 2017
Clio Chang
The
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is putting a heartfelt spin on Trump’s bombing of Syria.
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