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The Hyundai Metaplant is seen in Ellabell, Georgia, on Sept. 9.

Trump’s Hyundai Raid Drains U.S. Battery Brains The United States can’t build the powerful technologies on its own.

A Finnish defender is seen near the front during the Finnish-Soviet Winter War in early 1940.

The Ghost of Finlandization Is Haunting the Ukraine Debate A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.

From left: Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, visit Khomeini's shrine in the south of Tehran on July 6, 2024.

Iran’s Foreign Policy Is Changing in Real Time The debate in Tehran is heating up—and moving in unexpected directions.

The End of Development The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

Polish police and army personnel inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a Russian drone shot down over the village of Wyryki-Wola, Poland, on Sept. 10.

Russia Just Attacked NATO. Again. One can only hope that Trump will draw the right conclusion: Coddling Putin leads to disaster.

A photo released by the White House shows U.S. President Donald Trump meeting with European leaders after Trump's call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office in Washington on Aug. 18. On display at right is a map showing areas of Ukraine under Russian occupation.

A Pragmatic Endgame for the Russia-Ukraine War A clever map trick, Ukrainian self-defense, and European Union membership should form the core of a face-saving deal.

The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is Over And it cannot be revived by China, Europe, post-Trump America, or the global south.