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Options range from targeted tariffs to selling off U. S. debt—but they’re risky.

Trilateral discussions among Russia, Ukraine, and the United States show little sign of compromise from Moscow.

A 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia offers a key to understanding how Trump’s adventurism plays out.

The next round could be bigger and uglier than last year’s 12-day war.

Rubio accused Mahmoud Khalil, Yunseo Chung, and others of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.

Blaise Metreweli is revamping the legendary MI6 for an era of conflict in Europe.

A country once obsessed with success is taking things slower.

From the ashes of communism emerged a corrupt, nihilistic, and warmongering elite.

The politics of rebuilding in a city of memories.

Saretta Morgan’s poems speak the language of the Southwest’s deserts.

Nobody should be surprised at how the world is reacting to Donald Trump’s threats.

U. S. aggression is nothing new for the region.

Hooman Majd on the Iran protests and the government’s brutal response, and Lois Parshley explains the financial and tech interests in Greenland.

Extending the nuclear treaty is not about trust—it’s about pragmatism.

The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — a violation of state law.

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near mills producing wood pellets say that they’re getting sick.

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near mills producing wood pellets say that they’re getting sick.

Climate change is opening previously inaccessible land and sea to development and shipping, boosting global interest in Greenland.

A Q&A with Sam Kass, a former Obama nutrition advisor, on the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines and what they mean for the climate.

Capitalism is driving ecological destruction and social upheaval. Is it a death cult, and can we escape it?