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A Space-Launch Crash Is Coming
What happens after SpaceX’s most popular vehicle leaves the market?
Oil Is Again Flowing Out of Hormuz
But the continued shortfall of refined products means little relief at the pump.
Modi Faces Protest Threat Over Election Commission Scandal
India’s opposition parties and the Cockroach movement are ready to march over fresh allegations of bias.
‘Everyone Is Depleted’
Yemen was already in crisis. Then civil war broke out again.
Brazil’s Election
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Half a dozen colorful towels hang from a clothesline, with a person's legs visible beneath them where he stands behind the display. Some of the towels are green and yellow and show Bolsonaro's face; others are mainly red and show images of Lula. Brazil’s Election Won’t Fix Its Biggest Problems
Slow growth and corruption have dogged the right and the left.
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Wearing a shirt that says “My party is Brazil,” Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro gestures to supporters during a rally in São Paulo on Sept. 7. -
A man wearing a straw fedora and a dark blazer holds a clear display case containing a small model missile alongside another man in a dark suit, tie, and ID badge who is helping hold the display. Three other men in formal jackets and suits stand behind them against a green and yellow background. -
A woman with shoulder-length brown hair is seen speaking into microphones in a close-up shot. The microphones take up the bottom of the image, out of focus.
Asia-Pacific
Thailand’s Demographic Crisis Arrives Early
China
Was Xi’s U.S. Visit a Bust?
Europe
The Left’s New Rallying Cry Is ‘Expropriation’
Middle East & Africa
Ethiopia’s Return to War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa
Americas
The Case for Trump’s Global Strategy
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A side-profile close-up of a man wearing dark aviator sunglasses, a blue suit jacket, a white collared shirt, and a patterned blue tie. He has his right hand raised near his chest, facing palm out. In the blurred background, another man in a suit wearing a blue lanyard looks on. -
A worker wearing a bright orange hard hat and dark uniform walks along a narrow catwalk atop a large, flat-topped industrial storage tank. -
Firefighters work to put out flames following Russian drone strikes on central Kyiv. -
Xi (left) and Trump (right) are shown up close, with Xi looking at Trump.
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Current Issue: Fall 2026 print
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How to Survive in a World Without Rules
Self-help is becoming more vital in a vicious world.
The World’s Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order
A proposal for a new international system that is at once centralized and regionalized.
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A oil painting portrait of a man shown in profile facing left. He wears a dark cap and a reddish-pink tunic over a light collar against a dark background. What Machiavelli Would Say About Trump
The U.S. president offers a guide on how to be a very bad prince.
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A man wearing a dark suit jacket, light blue button-down shirt, and patterned red tie sits on a dark gray couch against a textured dark blue wall. He is looking off to the side with a mild smile, next to a teal pillow. -
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Gulf States Are Hedging and Suffering
Neither appealing to Washington nor diversifying security partners nor back-channeling with Tehran is insulating the region from the consequences of war.
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Putin and Trump stand side-by-side in dark suits and red ties on a tarmac. Both men face forward with serious facial expressions, and a large blue-and-white presidential airplane is out of focus in the background. In War, Trump and Putin Are Much Alike
Washington is emulating Moscow’s ways of fighting wars—and helping it in the process.
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A silhouetted person sits indoors reading a book in front of a row of large windows. Low bookshelves lined with books sit below the windows, and stacks of books are visible in the foreground. Through the windows, traditional tiled roofs with grey curved shingles fill the background. -
Book cover titled "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature" by Emily Wilson. The design features a light-colored background framed by a dark blue border with Greek text. Geometric Greek key patterns surround a stylized illustration of a small boat sailing atop stylized, reddish-brown wave patterns. -
Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America, Rozina Ali, Crown, 464 pp., $32, August 2026
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A creative illustration against a pale yellow background showing a garden planter containing a dense green hedge. Five human arms emerge from the hedge, with four of the hands holding small flags of China, Russia, the United States, and the European Union, while the fifth hand holds the flag of India. Hedging Is the New Normal
For the foreseeable future, successful statecraft will depend on hedging.
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A disassembled world map with rips and tears. -
A Cameroonian construction worker, employed by a Chinese firm, works at the Kribi Deepwater Port in Cameroon.
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An illustration collage featuring a profile portrait of a man in a suit on the right side. The left side shows a stylized orange silhouette of his head containing the Great Seal of the United States. The background consists of a dark map of the Middle East with various locations labeled, including Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Iran. The overall color palette uses dark tones with high-contrast red and white accents. -
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An illustration with a world map background texture and fire cutting through three rings in the map with three human figures inside.
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