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Robert Wright

Why do Biden and Blinken act like Israel's lawyers?
Middle East

Why do Biden and Blinken act like Israel's lawyers?

Defending the indefensible doesn't seem to be in America's best interest here

China
Asia-Pacific

Has Biden's China chip war backfired?

Huawei, which was a target of the previous administration, too, appears to have roared back with success.

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Asia-Pacific

No, Afghanistan has not become a 'staging ground for terrorists'

Thanks to the Washington Post blowing comments out of proportion, GOP critics of the withdrawal will use this exaggeration as a cudgel.

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Washington Politics

Russia and Iran: time to dust off the old 'Axis of Evil'

What if US foreign policy led to a world in which Tehran didn't want to send Moscow weapons and the latter had no use for them?

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Europe

The murder of Daria Dugina is a wild card in a non-zero-sum conflict

One of the potential consequences of last weekend's tragic car bomb killing: a wider and even costlier war.