What Others Can Learn From Japan’s Embrace of American Power; The Kremlin Is in No Hurry to Save Its Closest Partner in the Middle East; The End of an Unnecessary Fiction
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after calling for a snap election, Tokyo, January 2026 

How Takaichi Can Triumph

And What Others Can Learn From Japan’s Embrace of American Power

By Michael J. Green

 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting with Iranian officials in Tianjin, China, September 2025

Why Russia Is Watching Iran Burn

The Kremlin Is in No Hurry to Save Its Closest Partner in the Middle East

By Alexander Gabuev, Nicole Grajewski, Sergey Vakulenko

 
Screens at the New York Stock Exchange displaying U.S. President Donald Trump, New York, February 2026

Good Riddance to Corporate Social Responsibility

The End of an Unnecessary Fiction

By Diane Coyle

 

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Brussels, January 2026

How to Avert the Tragedy of Great-Power Politics

Germany Knows the Costs of a World Governed by Power Alone

By Friedrich Merz

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