Two autocrats staffed by craven yes-men assumed that Iran and Ukraine were theirs for the taking.
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Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It.
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
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We Are Shocked—Shocked—to Find War Criminals at the Israel Day Parade
A brief history of New York liberals’ efforts to downplay, ignore, and censor the terrifying ideology of Israel’s radical right
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Little Country, Big Oil
Guyana has emerged as an oil and gas powerhouse in recent years. How do U.S. and corporate interests complicate the country’s changing conditions?
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Aftermath: Something Is Going to Snap
So far, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has not led to a major economic disaster. That won’t last forever.
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Aftermath: The Trump Who Cried Iran Deal
People have tuned out Trump’s promises of a deal. That is starting a cascade of consequences.
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The Miller Doctrine
Stephen Miller is in large part dictating U.S. foreign policy, with a mindset of unilateral violence on a maximum scale.
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Who Died When Elon Musk Killed USAID?
Nicholas Enrich’s new memoir details the human toll of the agency’s dismantling.
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Trump’s Nothingburger Banquet in Beijing
The president comes home empty-handed from his summit with Xi Jinping.
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Aftermath: Trump Is Wrecking the U.S. Military
Not our precious troops! No! No!!