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Trump, Xi, and the Specter of 1914

How America and China Can Avoid the Blunders That Led to World War I

Odd Arne Westad

Why Russia Is Losing the Sahel

Moscow’s Missteps Offer a Warning—and an Opening—for Washington

Frederic Wehrey and Andrew S. Weiss

China Is Squeezing Southeast Asia

As Imbalances Grow, a Backlash Is Brewing

Jessica C. Liao and Zenel Garcia

Give Me Liberty and Give Me Taxes

Why Democracies Love Taxation—and Autocracies Hate It

Vanessa Williamson

How China Forgot Karl Marx

The Chinese Economy Runs on Labor Exploitation

Trump, Xi, and the Case for Strategic Calm

How America Can Take Advantage of the Status Quo

The Lasting Wounds of the War in Ukraine

Both Sides Will Struggle to Reintegrate Millions of Veterans

The Two Israels

A Socioeconomic Divide Shapes the Country’s Politics—and Its Aggressive Foreign Policy

Eran Yashiv

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Are Europe and the United States Finally Heading for Divorce?

A Conversation With Nathalie Tocci and Matthias Matthijs

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The Stunning Failure of Iranian Deterrence

And Why It Augurs a More Dangerous World

Nicole Grajewski and Ankit Panda

Can Mexico Avoid a Confrontation With the United States?

How Sheinbaum Can Counter Trump’s Threats

Arturo Sarukhan

How to Raise the Odds of Regime Change in Iran

America Can Make It Easier for Iranians to Revolt

Kenneth M. Pollack

The Gulf Goes Backward

How the Iran War Is Returning the Region to a More Insular, Conflict-Prone Era

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China’s Fragile Future

How Secure Is the CCP?

Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History Cover

The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History

By Vanessa S. Williamson

Jessica T. Mathews

AI, Automation, and War: The Rise of a Military-Tech Complex Cover

AI, Automation, and War: The Rise of a Military-Tech Complex

By Anthony King

Lawrence D. Freedman

Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse Cover

Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse

By Luke Kemp

G. John Ikenberry

The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization Cover

The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization

By Elham Fakhro

How America’s War on Iran Backfired

Tehran Will Now Set the Terms for Peace

Europe Cannot Be a Military Power

Why Defense Integration Could Fracture the Continent

How Takaichi Can Triumph

And What Others Can Learn From Japan’s Embrace of American Power

Michael J. Green

Why Russia Is Watching Iran Burn

The Kremlin Is in No Hurry to Save Its Closest Partner in the Middle East

Alexander Gabuev, Nicole Grajewski, and Sergey Vakulenko

Good Riddance to Corporate Social Responsibility

The End of an Unnecessary Fiction

The New Khamenei

How America and Israel Solved Iran’s Succession Problem

The Hormuz Minefield

In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage—and America Has No Good Options

Caitlin Talmadge

How Latin America Failed Venezuela

The Region’s Divisions Helped Precipitate U.S. Intervention

Jorge G. Castañeda

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The Dream Palace of the West

Why the Old Order Is Gone for Good

Kishore Mahbubani

The Dangers of a Weak Iran

How a Wounded Islamic Republic Can Still Threaten the World

The Autonomous Battlefield

And Why the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready for It

David Petraeus and Isaac C. Flanagan

The Curse of Middle-Sized Wars

In Iran, Trump Risks Falling Into a Familiar Trap

Robert D. Kaplan

Iran’s Drone Advantage

The Pentagon Copied Tehran’s Technology but Is Still Struggling to Keep Up

Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren A. Kahn

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