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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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June 8, 2023
Southeast Asia
The U.S. Is Losing Ground to China in Southeast Asia
China’s economic rise in Southeast Asia may have been unstoppable, but Washington has done itself no favors in the competition for economic influence.
March 20, 2023
Trade
Why the U.S. Trade Office No Longer Runs Trade
A historic mission to facilitate global commerce is out of step with the times.
March 20, 2023
Democracy
The Long Shadow of the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies Twenty Years Later
On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …
March 10, 2022
Latin America
Mexico's Democracy Is Crumbling Under AMLO
Halfway through his term, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is moving from bending democratic norms and laws to breaking them—a slide that the U.S. cannot afford to ignore.
January 18, 2022
International Law
Legal Principles Matter in Defense of Democracies
Legal principles matter as two major democracies—Taiwan and Ukraine—are threatened by superpower neighbors. Whether one argues about Taiwan’s status as a country or a province of China, it is a vibra…
