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What Happens if the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Collapses?
The truce is hanging by a thread despite Trump’s extension.
How Iran and the United States Are Planning Their Next Moves
Karim Sadjadpour on the extended cease-fire and continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. 
Pakistan Gambled on Mediation
As U.S.-Iran talks falter, the political and economic risks are rising for Islamabad.
The Race for the Next U.N. Chief Kicks Off
The selection process for António Guterres’s successor begins with a grilling for four contenders.
What if China Succeeds?
Why Beijing’s success spells doom for everyone else.
Asia-Pacific
Pakistan Keeps Pushing for Peace
China
China Doesn’t Always Win When the U.S. Loses
Europe
Russia Is Making Bank on Trump’s Iran War
Middle East & Africa
Both Sides Want a Deal. Both Keep Acting As if They Don’t.
Americas
How Big of a Threat Is Mythos?
In the Magazine
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Three Scenarios for a Post-Trump World
Ten years hence, the world will look very different.
Electrostates vs. Petrostates
China is building a new green bloc, while the United States is doubling down on oil.
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U.S. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a podium inside the U.S. Capitol while surrounded by reporters and other Republican senators in his leadership team.
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A disassembled world map with rips and tears. The Future Does Not Belong to America or China
Our fixation with defining the emerging global order hides the true complexity of our neo-medieval moment.
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Cranes are used for reconstruction in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
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Donald Trump is sett through an opening as he sits at a desk. Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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A picture taken in Goma, on July 25, 2022 shows fire set by protesters burning in front of United Nations Mission for the Stabilisation of Congo (MONUSCO) Headquarters. -
A photo collage illustration shows the back of President Donald Trump in front of three track hurdles. Behind the hurdles are a stack of shipping containers, soccer stadiums and a passport, and a voter in a U.S.-flagged voting booth.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, wearing a dark overcoat and patterned scarf, smiles as he tips his gray fedora toward Ronald Reagan. Reagan is seen from behind in the foreground, wearing a dark suit. The two leaders are standing on a light-colored gravel path next to a black car. The Charisma Wars
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It’s clear that the second Trump administration is aiming for change—not inertia—in U.S. foreign policy.
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