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A large yellow flag over water reads: "FOSSIL GAS = CLIMATE CRISIS #FokusDiTerbarukan GREENPEACE" Techno-Optimism Can’t Save Us From Climate Change
Hoping blindly for a technological solution for climate change that may never come is no solution.
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Indian students wear masks of Xi Jinping ahead of a China-India summit China and India Are Trapped in a Loop
Breaking out of their cycle of hope and distrust requires political imagination on both sides.
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Trump holds a black folder while shaking hands with Mohammed bin Salman. Both men are smiling. What to Expect From Trump’s Meeting With MBS
The crown prince’s visit could result in a new U.S.-Saudi defense agreement.
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A man watches as smoke billows after a drone strike on Port Sudan, Sudan, on May 6. ‘Good Enough’ Drones Have Become Geopolitical Chips
In Sudan and elsewhere, regional powers have used the weapons for leverage.
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Machado looks directly into the camera, smiling, as she holds one hand over her heart. She wears rosary beads and stands among a crowd of people beneath a blue sky with a few scattered white clouds. The Voice of Venezuela’s Opposition
María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize—but the fight for democracy is far from over.
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A rainbow stretches across a partly cloudy sky outside a large building in the venue for COP30. Small groups of people mill about on the plaza beneath the rainbow. Brazil Tries to Keep Climate Cooperation Alive
At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, center, joined by lawmakers and members of his administration, delivers remarks during a dinner with leaders of Central Asian countries in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Tungsten Is the Next Flash Point in the Resource Race
Alarmed by Beijing’s rare earths chokehold, Washington is scrambling to plug other potential vulnerabilities.
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Takaichi and Trump Why Did Asian Countries Give Trump So Much on Trade?
The new deals contain unusual concessions that could change the flow of goods in Asia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine in Moscow on September 30, 2022. Putin Will Never Compromise on Ukraine
Russia’s president is too committed to his own fantasies to ever accept Ukraine’s independence.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang shake hands at the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 2. This Is the Future of U.S. Foreign Aid Under Trump
Post-USAID assistance may depend on a country’s strategic value to Washington.
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D66 leader Rob Jetten is pictured looking happy as he walks in a government building. Millennial Leaders Won the Dutch Elections
A quiet generational shift is transforming politics.
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An aerial drone photo shows a wind power off-grid hydrogen production project at a hydrogen energy technology company in Liaoning Province, China, on July 30. China Is Already Pulling Ahead on the Next Energy Supply Chain
Low-emission hydrogen is quickly becoming the latest frontier for geoeconomic competition.
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A man in a suit stands below a golden symbol of Africa on the wall. Five green flags are to his left. Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
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The first batch of the Ukrainian-made drone missile "Peklo" is shown before its delivery to the Ukrainian military in Kyiv on Dec. 6, 2024. A Complacent Pentagon Needs to Learn From Ukraine
The Europeans are deeply engaged with Kyiv on defense technology, but Washington is lagging behind.
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Protestors shout with cardboard signs. The one in front reads: "TANZANIA FREEDOM OF SPEECH THE UNANSWERED CRIES OF NATION IN PAIN." What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos—and where it goes from here.
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