As Its Influence Faded, Washington Dissembled and Denied Reality; Don’t Overestimate the Autocratic Alliance; Europe’s Delayed Reckoning With Russia
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The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East

As Its Influence Faded, Washington Dissembled and Denied Reality

 By Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

 

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Don’t Overestimate the Autocratic Alliance

Washington Still Has Significant Leverage Over China, North Korea, and Russia

By Patricia M. Kim

 
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Europe’s Delayed Reckoning With Russia

A Plan to Beat the Kremlin on Its Own Terms

By Veronica Anghel and Sergey Radchenko

 

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The Greatest Danger in the Taiwan Strait

Even If China Avoids a War of Choice, a Miscalculation Could Spark a War of Chance

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Iran’s Perilous Path Back to Power

Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on China

By Afshon Ostovar