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Ryan D. Griffiths and Seva Gunitsky

The Inequality Myth

Western Societies Are Growing More Equal, Not Less

Daniel Waldenstrom

The Deadly Global Gold Rush

How to Stop the Illicit Mining and Trade That Fuel War and Repression

Sasha Lezhnev and John Prendergast

Putin’s New Hermit Kingdom

At War With the West and Its Own Elites, the Russian Regime Inches Toward a Fully Closed Dictatorship

Andrei Yakovlev, Vladimir Dubrovskiy, and Yuri Danilov

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The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition

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The World Needs Better Balance Sheets

Traditional Measures Fail to Capture the Complexity of the Global Economy

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The Risk of War in the Taiwan Strait Is High—and Getting Higher

Beijing’s Worry About the Future Could Spur a Deadly Miscalculation Soon

Bonny Lin, John Culver, and Brian Hart

Turkey’s Middle-Power Dilemma

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How Tariffs Destabilize an Already Dangerous World

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What Germany’s Economy Really Needs

Merz’s Plans for Rearmament and Austerity Won’t Work

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The Frightening Fusion of Tech Power and State Power

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How America Can Keep the Peace Between India and Pakistan

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The Resurgence of Europe

How the Continent Can Survive American Antagonism and Come Out Stronger

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America’s Allies in the Region Wish They Knew

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Russia’s False Euphoria

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