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Control of a vital waterway gives Tehran the deterrence power it’s always wanted.
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I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
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The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.
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Everyone’s DNA keeps mutating. Could correcting those errors lead to longevity?
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Viktor Orbán offered a model for antidemocratic rule, one admired by Donald Trump and other world leaders. What does his stunning loss after 16 years in power mean?
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Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
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There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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