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Thu, 12/07/2018 - 19:14
Prime Minister Theresa May thinks it’s her duty to deliver Brexit, but the outcome could entail splitting her party and impoverishing Britain.
Thu, 12/07/2018 - 14:30
Politicians must prepare voters for automation; otherwise, opportunistic populists will seize the agenda.
Thu, 12/07/2018 - 14:22
Abiy Ahmed and Isaias Afwerki are racing toward peace because they both face the same threat: hard-liners in the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front.
Wed, 11/07/2018 - 23:08
The president's pivot to "strategic impatience" has made an already difficult task substantially more so.
Wed, 11/07/2018 - 17:50
Trump’s summit with Putin risks tarnishing a legacy of Republican moral leadership.
Wed, 11/07/2018 - 17:18
Kay Bailey Hutchison will have to clean up whatever mess the president leaves behind in Brussels.
Wed, 11/07/2018 - 14:30
AI will change everything. Workers must adapt — or else.
Wed, 11/07/2018 - 13:00
Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, dead at 92, showed the world the Holocaust through eyewitnesses.
Tue, 10/07/2018 - 23:32
Beijing is angry over the U.S. trade war, but Trump’s own mishandling of North Korea talks are the main problem.
Sat, 07/07/2018 - 11:45
War is politics by other means — and so is the World Cup.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 23:26
On our podcast, how a country scores two goals in the soccer tournament and finds redemption.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 17:49
With or without a trade war, Chinese foreign direct investment to the United States won’t stop tumbling anytime soon.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 17:48
Rawail Singh believed in a peaceful future for Sikhs like him in his homeland — and died for it.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 16:15
The debate over whether to build an official memorial to Sarajevo's Romeo and Juliet, murdered in 1993, exposes the pain and peril of dwelling on the past.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 16:11
A new act gives more maternity leave — and reinforces the same old patriarchal values.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 16:00
The U.S. military has been trying — and failing — to buy a simple counterinsurgency aircraft for more than 10 years. Here’s what went wrong.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 15:44
Trump must stick to his word and tell Russia to stop violating a critical cease-fire.
Fri, 06/07/2018 - 14:07
A corruption scandal involving the country’s top club and the national team’s captain has enraged Croatian fans.
Thu, 05/07/2018 - 21:46
The corrupt establishment is dead; long live the corrupt establishment.
Thu, 05/07/2018 - 18:03
The United States wants Russia to help oust Iranian troops from Syria.
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