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U.S. President Donald Trump in Dearborn, Michigan, January 2026

Trump’s Year of Anarchy

The Unconstrained Presidency and the End of American Primacy

By Daniel W. Drezner and Elizabeth N. Saunders

A suspected Russian shadow fleet vessel near Sassnitz, Germany, April 2025

How to Win the Shadow War With Russia

NATO Must Escalate to De-escalate

By Samuel Greene and Christopher Walker

An Iranian cleric visiting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, November 2025

How America and Iran Can Break the Nuclear Deadlock

Ending the Cycle of Hostility and Threats

By M. Javad Zarif and Amir Parsa Garmsiri

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping meeting with Myanmar generals in Tianjin, China, August 2025

How China Carved Up Myanmar

Beijing’s Strategy to Create Stability Through Dependence

By Amara Thiha

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