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A collage showing Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Jon Finer, Brett McGurk and Avril Haines
Washington Politics

Ex-Biden officials are desperate for a Gaza scapegoat

Journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed's 'Crossing the Red Line' is a searing indictment of the former president's inner circle and its disastrous Israel policy

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Asia-Pacific

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

David M. McCourt’s new book is an illuminating account of how Beijing came to be understood as a strategic competitor in the US, Australia, and the UK.

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House
Media

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

In their new book, Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick chart the evolution of this powerful special interest and its unmatched influence in the US

How not to prevent a war over Taiwan
Asia-Pacific

How not to prevent a war over Taiwan

A new book from Eyck Freymann offers a questionable path forward for US-China relations

Gaza
Middle East

The destruction of Gaza has not ended

In "A Historian in Gaza," Jean-Pierre Filiu bears witness to devastation the world has started to overlook

Zbigniew Brzezinski Camp David Summit
Media

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Foreign policy prophet or blind man?

Ed Luce's ‘cradle to grave’ bio of President Carter’s grand strategist plumbs his hits and misses on Afghanistan and Russia and their impacts today