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An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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A woman looks at a newly formed crack in a walkway after a storm in Bargny, a fishing village in Senegal, on Sept. 18, 2020. In West Africa, Climate Change Equals Conflict
The region is the poster child for insecurities already brought on by global warming.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other officials attend a flag raising ceremony to mark China’s National Day in Hong Kong, on Oct. 1, 2020. The West Turned a Blind Eye to China’s Threat to Democracy
Hubris drove failed engagement policies. Now, the democratic world must fight back.
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Mohammad bin Salman is shown with a slight smirk on his face. Riyadh Seeks Biden’s Forgiveness
Saudi Arabia has freed activists and announced reforms, but must do more to win the new team’s favor.
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Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan and Mitt Romney attend the 67th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Oct. 18, 2012 in New York City. America Is Learning to Reject Socialism, but Love the Welfare State
Some Republicans are taking steps toward Europe’s model of religiously inspired social assistance.
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A protester gestures while holding placard that says “Never Give Up” as another holds up a scarf with the colors of the Nigerian national flag during a demonstration to protest against police brutality in Magboro, Nigeria, on Oct. 20, 2020. Lessons From Nigeria for Peace Building in the United States
No divides are unbridgeable—but you have to know where to start.
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An aerial view of Gili Trawangan island near Lombok Island, Indonesia. Islands of Immunity
Why paranoid island states have done the best when it comes to fighting COVID-19.
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Activist Irade Kashgary waves a flag of the Uighur region as she takes part in a protest outside of the Apple Store on K Street on July 30, 2020 in Washington. Why Western Companies Should Leave China
Consumers will punish brands that rely on forced Uighur labor. While abandoning the Chinese market might hit profits, it will bolster reputations.
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Chinese sailors march in formation during a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on Oct. 1, 2019. Biden Must Keep Challenging China on Freedom of Navigation
The dispute around the South China Sea remains the most volatile and vital in U.S.-China relations.
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A Russian Arctic gas tanke For a Biden Arctic Agenda, Look to Governance
Competition with China is too narrow a strategy for the far north.
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Nationalist Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu delivers a speech during a rally to show support to the Myanmar military in Yangon, Myanmar, on May 5, 2019. When Buddhists Back the Army
Many monks in Myanmar are supporting the military coup.
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A man browses jewelry through the window of a shop at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Feb. 12, 2020. Prince of Persia
Tehran is cracking down on elite troublemakers—one influencer at a time.
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Members of the Shiite movement Hezbollah hold a military parade in the town of Riyaq in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Feb. 13, marking the annual anniversary of the group's so-called martyred leaders. Hezbollah Is Vulnerable. Lokman Slim’s Assassination Proves It.
The Biden administration and the French government must draw clear red lines, or the group will escalate its campaign of terror.
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An airport worker walks along Daxing International Airport in Beijing on Feb. 8. China’s Potemkin Aviation Can’t Survive Without Washington’s Help
Biden has a hard choice to make regarding Trump’s limits on airliner tech.
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Doctors use telemedicine for the treatment of COVID-19 patients at Uniklinikum Aachen, the university hospital in Aachen, Germany, on Jan. 20. After the Pandemic, Health Care Will Still Be Broken
Artificial intelligence can help fix it.
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Production line at a GlaxoSmithKline factory involved in the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in northern France on Dec. 3, 2020. America’s Supply Chains Are Foreign Policy Now
Why the push to bring home manufacturing won’t work—and what Biden should do instead.
