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November 21, 2025

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What if ‘America First’ Appears to Work?

November 18, 2025

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The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text

November 12, 2025

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China’s EV Market Is Imploding

Michael Schuman

November 11, 2025

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Photos of the Week: Dinosaur Sweater, Miniature Park, Hippo Calf

November 7, 2025

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The Real Worry About Trump’s Deals With China

Michael Schuman

October 30, 2025

Photograph of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shaking hands, as Trump speaks into Xi’s ear

China Is Building the Future

Eric Schmidt and Selina Xu

October 29, 2025

Photograph of humanoid robots working at an information desk at China's Zhongguancun International Innovation Center

Trump Teaches Canada What It Means to be a U.S. Ally Now

October 28, 2025

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Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power

October 28, 2025

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The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

October 27, 2025

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China Gets Tough on Trump

Michael Schuman

October 23, 2025

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Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

October 11, 2025

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Trump’s Dodgy Plan for TikTok

October 11, 2025

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There Is No Green Transition Without Consequences

October 2, 2025

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The Art of the Decline

Vivek Viswanathan

September 22, 2025

Donald Trump standing alone, offering a handshake

Trump Isn’t Interested in Competing With China

September 17, 2025

A color photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking on a red carpet after deplaning at a summit in China.

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

September 10, 2025

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The Real Cost of Tariffs on India

September 10, 2025

A collage of Narendra Modi and Donald Trump shows them extending their hands to shake but blocked by a bar of yellow that divides the frame.

U.S. Adversaries Strengthen Their Bond

September 6, 2025

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The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously

September 5, 2025

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Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together

Michael Schuman

September 2, 2025

Xi Jinping holds his arm out while looking at Vladimir Putin, in front of flags of China and Russia.

Online Shopping May Never Be the Same

August 29, 2025

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Why a Chinese Animated Film Has Made More Money Than Any Star Wars Sequel

August 27, 2025

Life Has Gotten Surreal in China

Michael Schuman

August 26, 2025

A police officer pulls a red curtain while security cameras hang above him

Do AI Companies Actually Care About America?

August 25, 2025

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A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants

William J. Burns

October 2025 Issue

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A Nation of Lawyers Confronts China’s Engineering State

August 18, 2025

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The American Car Industry Can’t Go On Like This

August 14, 2025

Trump Wants a China Deal That Benefits Him, Not the U.S.

Michael Schuman

August 14, 2025

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How States Could Throw University Science a Lifeline

August 14, 2025

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Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights

August 13, 2025

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So, About Those Big Trade Deals

August 8, 2025

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Trump Wasted No Time Derailing His Own AI Plan

August 6, 2025

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National Security

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Becoming a Bubble

Nancy A. Youssef

August 4, 2025

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National Security

The Pentagon’s Policy Guy Is All In on China

Nancy A. Youssef, Jonathan Lemire, and Missy Ryan

July 28, 2025

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Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again

July 27, 2025

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