China’s Cautious Response to America’s Retreat; Why Regime Change Is the Only Way Forward in Venezuela; How Nigeria and South Africa Can Lead the Continent to Prosperity and Stability
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Holding a Chinese flag in Rome, May 2025

The New Soft-Power Imbalance

China’s Cautious Response to America’s Retreat

By Maria Repnikova

 

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waving to supporters in in Caracas, November 2025

How to Topple Maduro

And Why Regime Change Is the Only Way Forward in Venezuela

By Elliott Abrams

 
A U.S. Navy ship sailing off the coast of Arroyo, Puerto Rico, October 2025

The Age-Old Contest Between Land and Sea

A Conversation With S. C. M. Paine

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Cape Town, December 2024

The New African Order

How Nigeria and South Africa Can Lead the Continent to Prosperity and Stability

By Amaka Anku

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