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Fri, 12/01/2018 - 18:00
The director of the agency responsible for analyzing satellite imagery says he wants to modernize the work. Some employees fear they’re being replaced by artificial intelligence.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 17:02
The people, not the government, will pay the price.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 17:02
Su gente, no su gobierno, pagará el precio.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 00:39
Interconnective tissue binds Russia, Arab state-owned investment funds, and Middle Eastern countries undergoing rapid transformations.
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 23:30
Talks are stalled over how to deal with the impact of a $5 billion dam that could threaten Egypt’s lifeblood.
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 21:45
Tepid reforms and halfhearted concessions won't save the country's authoritarian government from its existential crisis.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 23:16
The GOP's absence from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report on Russian interference is sad and abnormal.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 22:22
Edward Lansdale’s most successful covert operations may have been crafting his own reputation.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 21:07
The militant group is on the run, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be back.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 20:42
There’s no reason to start a devastating war when nonmilitary options are working.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 20:32
An Islamic Republic divided against itself cannot stand.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 19:59
Conspicuously absent from the report, however, is Republican buy-in.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 13:00
A selective approach to human rights is even more harmful than “America first.”
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 23:57
Trump doesn’t understand how armed diplomacy works.
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 22:25
Pyongyang's and Seoul’s leaders have shown they can build political capital. Now they have to spend it.
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 18:45
America’s military is the only institution that can break the partisan deadlock on the worst threat the nation faces.
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 18:38
The chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee should use his last year in office to reverse the unprincipled silence and moral weakness of Republicans in Congress.
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 17:19
North and South Korea have revived their dormant direct line. That’s good news for the rest of the world.
Mon, 08/01/2018 - 20:10
Last year, Trump corroded U.S. foreign policy, but avoided disaster. This year, there are powerful reasons to think that matters will worsen.
Mon, 08/01/2018 - 19:27
If the EU really wants to punish Poland, it should turn up the pressure on Hungary.
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