With Russian forces still on Ukraine’s border, can transatlantic allies hang together?
A week’s worth of talks involving Russia, Nato, the US and the EU appear to have changed little.
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What the Thucydides Trap gets wrong about China
The theory goes that war is inevitable when an emerging power threatens to displace an old one. But when it…
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Can Joe Biden’s diplomacy stop Russia from invading Ukraine?
Repeated warnings from the West have not defused tensions along the Russia-Ukraine border.
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Z is for Zero, Net: The year climate goals became climate deadlines
Deadly droughts, floods and wildfires expose the urgency of reaching net zero.
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Vladimir Putin keeps everyone guessing on war with Ukraine
The Russian president’s four-hour, year-end press conference offered more questions than answers.
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Crystal ball or shattered glass: how did my 2021 predictions hold up?
As 2021 comes to a close, I take stock of whether I saw into, or was stunned by, the future.
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In January, I made ten predictions for 2021 – how did they turn out?
Our international editor’s end-of-year report card.
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India reveres its democracy, but the room for dissent is shrinking
Democracy is a strategic asset for India, but Narendra Modi’s hyper-nationalism is reconfiguring the nation’s politics.
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