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      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 23:28
  
  
    Beijing’s new export controls take a page from Washington’s playbook.  
  
 
  
  
      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 23:04
  
  
    A soft-power breakthrough amid an escalating hard-power rivalry.  
  
 
  
  
      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 22:49
  
  
    The incident comes days after a cease-fire went into effect in Gaza.  
  
 
  
  
      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 22:38
  
  
    People’s Daily has laid out an optimistic scheme for industrial transformation.  
  
 
  
  
      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 16:13
  
  
    Commentator Emily Jashinsky on COVID and a yearning for culture, religion, and roots.  
  
 
  
  
      Tue, 14/10/2025 - 06:01
  
  
    Unity at the top, repression below.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 13/10/2025 - 15:49
  
  
    The U.S. president addressed the Knesset after Hamas released the last remaining living hostages.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 13/10/2025 - 13:43
  
  
    After the war ends, Israelis face tough questions about relations with their leaders, the Palestinians, and the United States.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 13/10/2025 - 13:00
  
  
    Data discrimination leaves millions of people dangerously vulnerable.  
  
 
  
  
      Mon, 13/10/2025 - 13:00
  
  
    The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.  
  
 
  
  
      Thu, 02/10/2025 - 06:01
  
  
    If she wins this week’s leadership vote, Sanae Takaichi’s ultranationalist agenda will stir up the region.  
  
 
  
  
      Thu, 02/10/2025 - 01:12
  
  
    Other countries don’t have government shutdowns like the U.S.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 23:04
  
  
    The biggest implications of recent protests in the border region relate to security.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 22:45
  
  
    Thousands of national security employees will continue working through the shutdown, but there are broader implications.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 22:38
  
  
    The European Union is hoping that a network of sensors and weapons will prevent Russian drones from violating European airspace.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 17:03
  
  
    It’s not the economy, stupid.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 13:00
  
  
    Military leaders’ quiet professionalism offers hope amid a maelstrom.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:41
  
  
    Internal fissures mean that the Taliban’s rejection of the issue is far from settled.  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:01
  
  
    Why is the Trump administration intent on rescuing a failed foreign leader?  
  
 
  
  
      Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:01
  
  
    The state faces a stark choice to confront groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas or risk another war with Israel.  
  
 
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