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Mon, 25/11/2019 - 22:09
A new trove of State Department emails sheds fresh light on events surrounding the impeachment inquiry.
Mon, 25/11/2019 - 21:06
Hong Kongers turned out in droves to defeat pro-Beijing candidates.
Mon, 25/11/2019 - 19:42
American millennials may resent their baby boomer elders for ruining the world, but generational politics in mainland China and Hong Kong are more complicated.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 22:44
Cool heads are needed in both Beijing and Washington.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 19:59
Long deemed strategically irrelevant by the United States, the EU is poised to become a major geopolitical power. Washington should take note.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 19:24
A new book looks at why the U.S. military keeps trapping itself in endless conflicts.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 19:14
Almost four decades after the first U.S.-Pakistani mission in Afghanistan, Islamabad risks getting caught in the crosshairs of great-power politics again. Only deft diplomacy will save it.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 17:07
The decline in U.S. soft power didn’t start with Trump, but he accelerated it this week with his racist tweets.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 16:58
It won’t bring the regime in from the cold, but it will save lives.
Wed, 17/07/2019 - 10:36
Plus: Hong Kong’s justice minister in China, Congo’s Ebola crisis, and the other stories we’re following today.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 22:30
The presidential contender is leading the charge against the Defense Department’s revolving door but has a history of pushing the interests of firms in her home state.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 22:26
A coalition between Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists and Albert Rivera’s Ciudadanos could prevent a fourth election in as many years—but voters are unlikely to buy it.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 19:47
Cambodia’s strongman has found an unlikely American voice.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 19:17
Tokyo’s temper tantrum over history is mostly hurting itself.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 18:52
A transcript of the nominee’s remarks at the European Parliament plenary session.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 18:45
Venezuela’s would-be president, Juan Guaidó, says he’s confident ahead of a new round of talks with the Maduro government.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 16:13
How Hong Kong is turning into the West Berlin of the quasi-cold war between the West and China.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 14:53
A few years after Bogotá struck a deal with the FARC, challenges to the agreement risk undermining it.
Tue, 16/07/2019 - 07:49
Plus: China's economy slows, Erdogan readies for S-400 deployment, and the other stories we’re following today.
Mon, 15/07/2019 - 23:42
Opposing the compromise candidate for EU commission president will further empower populists and Euroskeptics.
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