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Beijing sees a supreme U. S. military—and draws lessons for gaming Washington.

There is little justification for taking Venezuelan oil or Greenlandic minerals, but the U. S. leader insists.

President Trump’s decision to support Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s new leader makes clear that oil, not democracy, is his main concern.

As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh Clean volunteers are taking public health into their own hands.

A combination of federal intervention and rising energy demand have stalled coal’s decline, but experts see little hope of a lasting revival.

The ambiguous meaning of Israel’s new yellow line.

Nina L. Khrushcheva suspects that the Trump administration’s recent actions may have shaken the Russian leader’s confidence.

Young people in Azerbaijan are leaving the country for jobs and the excitement of the cities. But Murad decided to head in the opposite direction.

Manila takes over the ASEAN chair in what could be a make-or-break year for the bloc.

Beijing’s saber-rattling conceals the real possibility of a loss.

Trump has shown how democracy can be neutralized without being destroyed.

Then as now, big stick diplomacy will lead to costly cycles of intervention and retrenchment.

Staffing problems caused by DOGE resulted in the Defense Information Systems Agency warning of “extreme risk for loss of service” across the military.

One of the most misunderstood concepts of international politics is back with a force.

Viktor Orbán's pseudo-democratic questionnaires manufacture consent rather than measure it, yet European media uncritically repeat their results as fact.

Conservation must move beyond protection to kinship, restoring our reciprocal relationship with the living world to heal both people and our living planet.

What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced umbrellas as shields from mace and a collection spot for barricade materials. And this is what it’s like: Sometimes you’re chasing ICE off your street, maybe you’re buying groceries for a family, but a lot of the time you’re on your phone.

If enacted, the Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.

At St. Michael’s, small graves sit in view of Home Depot. The triangular cemetery rests in the middle of a highway interchange, bounded on all three sides

Establishment Democrats are refusing to take a bold stance by accpeting the increasingly popular position of "Abolish ICE. "