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Wed, 29/04/2026 - 00:14
The British monarch praised multilateral institutions, warned against climate change, and championed diversity.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 23:24
The reversal underscores Beijing’s shifting national security concerns.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 19:40
Trump’s blockade aims to force damaging shutdowns at Iranian oil fields. But Tehran has been through this before.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 19:07
Beijing is ready to take risks as Tokyo backs Taiwan.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 14:11
Record-low unemployment is the result of millions of missing workers.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 12:29
The war has deepened Iranian officials’ connections with one another—and with the public.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 07:17
Chile's president José Antonio Kast is following the regressive examples set elsewhere in the region.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 06:01
Republicans are declining to use their power of the purse.
Tue, 28/04/2026 - 06:01
MAGA is not necessarily the same thing as America First.
Mon, 27/04/2026 - 23:16
Why the United States can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation—and why it doesn’t need to.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 23:23
Karim Sadjadpour on the extended cease-fire and continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 23:22
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 22:56
Reopening the Druzhba pipeline was the final hurdle stopping Budapest from ending its opposition.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 22:29
As U.S.-Iran talks falter, the political and economic risks are rising for Islamabad.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 16:48
The selection process for António Guterres’s successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 15:02
Why Beijing’s success spells doom for everyone else.
Wed, 22/04/2026 - 07:00
Aung San Suu Kyi’s fate remains uncertain.
Tue, 21/04/2026 - 23:32
Four candidates hope to reshape the U.N.’s future amid global fragmentation and anti-multilateral sentiment.
Tue, 21/04/2026 - 22:50
The Iran war exposes the limits of zero-sum thinking about great powers.
Tue, 21/04/2026 - 22:12
Key knowledge gaps make it hard to assess how the war will end.
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