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Europe Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way
The real barriers to competitiveness and innovation are still in place.…

The Trouble With the Nuclear-AI Analogy
In humanity’s quest to constrain the dangers from fast-advancing artificial intelligence, many have looked to the most r…

Why Iran’s Lego Clips Are Anything but ‘Stupid’
Marco Rubio should not dismiss this new and highly effective form of propaganda.…
China Still Has What America Needs
The Trump-Xi summit gives Washington a chance to buy time.…


Russia’s Parliamentary Elections Offer Rituals, Not Results
Polling shows that United Russia is all but certain to maintain its power.…

Will Russia Ever Be ‘Normal’?
Empires inevitably decline, and Putin’s project will be no exception.…

Sweden’s left-wing opposition leader begins efforts to form government
Magdalena Andersson will likely face several challenges as she tries to get Sweden's other left-wing parties to uni…

Macron won the argument over European strategic autonomy. Will better European defense come of it?
Delivering real capabilities is where this vision of strategic autonomy will succeed or fail. The post Macron won the ar…

Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare
Europe's most powerful party is stoking a Muslim scare S…
China’s Purges Are Working as Designed
A unique discipline system has helped the party endure.…
Trump and Xi Can’t Stop the U.S.-China Spiral
The delusions of summitry and the limits of personalist diplomacy.…

