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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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August 31, 2022
Russia
Gorbachev: Conflicted Catalyst of Cold War’s End
Mikhail Gorbachev will be remembered in the West for laying the basis for more constructive relations to ease the end of the Cold War, but vilified in Russia for speeding the Soviet Union’s demise.
December 14, 2023
United States
The Humbling of Henry Kissinger
The truth is that his tenure as secretary of state was often rocky, and as full of setbacks as acclaim.
March 7, 2023
Russia
The Precarious Future of Russian Democracy
When the new Russia emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was widely expected to embark on a democratic transition. In the then dominant Western narrative, it had no alternative i…
January 19, 2022
Middle East and North Africa
Biden’s Middle East Strategy Is Ruthless Pragmatism
There’s a single thread connecting the White House approach to the region, from Syria to Saudi Arabia.
March 3, 2019
North Korea
The Hanoi Summit: Comparing Trump to Reagan at Reykjavik Is Wrong
President Trump’s walk away from his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being compared to President Reagan’s walk away from the 1986 Reykjavik summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev …
