The Peril and Promise of an Economic Boom; U.S. Tactical Successes Should Give Beijing Pause; As America Steps Back, Four Countries Will Shape Europe’s Security
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Waving Venezuelan flags during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, March 2026 

Venezuela’s Treacherous Recovery

The Peril and Promise of an Economic Boom

By Moisés Naím

 

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Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the war in Iran, March 2026

The Iran War’s Real Lessons for China

U.S. Tactical Successes Should Give Beijing Pause

By Carter Malkasian

 
A NATO exercise in Bergen, Germany, February 2026 

Europe’s New Defense Core

As America Steps Back, Four Countries Will Shape the Continent’s Security

By Ethan B. Kapstein and Jonathan Caverley

 

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Give Me Liberty and Give Me Taxes

Why Democracies Love Taxation—and Autocracies Hate It

By Vanessa Williamson

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