According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
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Losing India’s Guardian Angels
USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone.
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Beyond America First
Countries in the Global South increasingly view President Trump’s “America First” foreign economic policies as both a coercive force and a catalyst for greater economic autonomy.
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The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
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Make Argentina Crash Again: On Milei’s Neoliberal Experiment
The short-term political boost to the Argentine president’s fortunes is unlikely to continue, as the familiar cycle of crisis and default looms.
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Trump’s Feeble Made-for-TV Diplomacy
President Trump left town last weekend for a six-day Asia trip, partly to change the subject and partly to score some cheap symbolic victories. As always, his goal was short-run successes, with foreign leaders fawning in his presence.
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Canada vs. the U.S.
President Trump announced the day before the World Series began that he was ending ongoing trade and tariff negotiations with Canada. As a result, the contest has taken on symbolic significance amid worsening relations between the two countries.
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The Pirate Lord Donald Trump
President Trump is violating norms and laws that stretch back to before the founding of this country.
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Joe Biden’s Ignominious Gaza Failure
Trump’s hamfisted diplomacy underscores that Biden could have ended the conflict more than a year ago, but now he’ll be remembered for being beaten at humanitarian diplomacy by Donald Trump.
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Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree
America has made an unusually directional economic bet that is at this moment totally dependent on Chinese rare earth exports.