The Succession Question Obscuring China’s Future—and Unsettling Its Present; Iran’s Dangerous Desperation; Israel Is Fighting a War It Cannot Win
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The Succession Question Obscuring China’s Future—and Unsettling Its Present

 By Tyler Jost and Daniel C. Mattingly

 

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Iran’s Dangerous Desperation

What Comes After the 12-Day War

By Suzanne Maloney

 
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Israel Is Fighting a War It Cannot Win

Only a Path to a Palestinian State Can Stop Calamity in Gaza—and the World Must Lead the Way

By Ami Ayalon

 

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