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Protesters in an outdoor crowd hold up paper cutouts of a man's face adorned with red devil horns.

Brazil Shows the Danger of Digital Chokepoints

Lula’s campaign had to break the monopoly of Big Tech. This article has an audio recording

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Binaifer Nowrojee
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Silhouetted boats docked in a harbor at sunrise, with rolling mountains in the hazy distance.

What a Hormuz Endgame Could Actually Look Like

There is no wayback machine, so a jointly managed strait will be key to final talks. This article has an audio recording

Analysis

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Keith Johnson
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A group of young people wearing matching white T-shirts printed with red Cyrillic characters stand outdoors in front of a large bronze statue of a man, with several individuals holding white storage boxes overhead.

Serbia’s Student Movement Faces Its Next Test

The Student List made history, but can it govern?

Analysis

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Aleks Eror
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A large outdoor billboard on a city building showing portraits of two men in dark suits and ties, positioned in front of a blue and white flag with a central hexagram symbol and two fighter jets flying through the sky. Modern high-rise buildings stand in the background under an overcast sky.

How Netanyahu Lost His Bet on Trump

The Republican midterm disaster leaves Israel dangerously exposed.

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Azriel Bermant

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How Democrats Will Wield Power on Foreign Policy This article has an audio recording

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Ravi Agrawal
November 11, 2026, 5:34 PM

Hoax Bomb Threats Target Hundreds of European Schools

World Brief

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Alexandra Sharp
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India Ups Its Ukraine War Diplomacy

South Asia Brief

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Michael Kugelman
November 11, 2026, 5:19 PM

The Tragedy of Tanzania

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Nosmot Gbadamosi
November 11, 2026, 5:01 PM

Asia-Pacific

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Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attends the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 30.

How New Delhi Sees the Blue Tsunami

Analysis

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Sumit Ganguly

Indonesia’s Wiretap Scandal Heralds a Political Showdown

The Global Economy Braces for Yet Another Blow This article has an audio recording

Trump Has Shifted the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship

China

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A man with gray hair and glasses wearing a dark suit and green tie walks outdoors, flanked by other individuals in business attire.

Did China Play Jensen Huang?

China Brief

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James Palmer

What to Know About Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s Chinese Spy Scandal This article has an audio recording

Chinese AI Stocks Are Slumping, Too

Why Party Plenums Matter So Much to Xi

Europe

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Two people at night bend down along an outdoor ground memorial covered in small flags and flowers, flanked by rows of tall standing flags against a dark city background.

For Ukrainians, U.S. Midterm Results Bring Some Hope This article has an audio recording

Dispatch

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Sam Skove, Christina Lu

The Quiet Revolution in U.S.-Cypriot Relations

Russia the Disruptor This article has an audio recording

Fame, Fortune, and Murder in 1960s France

Middle East & Africa

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A woman in a dark suit exits the backseat of a black car as microphones are held toward her.

What Does Morocco’s First Woman Leader Actually Mean for the Country? This article has an audio recording

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Ilhem Rachidi

U.N. Peacekeepers Are Leaving Western Sahara. What Does That Mean?

Iran Is Talking Peace but Preparing for War This article has an audio recording

Reigniting War With Iran Would Be a ‘Huge Gamble’ This article has an audio recording

Americas

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A crowd of dozens of demonstrators gathers outdoors holding Palestinian flags and protest banners, with the United States Capitol dome visible in the background under a clear blue sky. The rest of the building is partly obscured by trees. A large white banner has text reading "STOP U.S. funding of Israel apartheid."

Congress Must Stop Arming Israel This article has an audio recording

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Omar Shakir

What Progressives Could Do on Israel This article has an audio recording

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How to Survive in a World Without Rules

Self-help is becoming more vital in a vicious world. This article has an audio recording

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The World’s Only Real Hope of Maintaining Order

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    A German Movie Previews Its Far-Right Future

    The country’s cinema has recently taken a very dark turn.

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    Paul Hockenos
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    ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Looks Away From Chile’s History

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    ‘Call of Duty’ Has a Message for Hegseth This article has an audio recording

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    Two New Stand-Out Novels From Ireland and South Africa This article has an audio recording

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Why Kushner and Witkoff Keep Failing

It’s not just a failure of tactics. It’s an entirely mistaken worldview. This article has an audio recording

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Stephen M. Walt
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In a snow-covered landscape, a woman bundled in a coat and scarf walks past a large hammer-and-sickle sculpture that towers several feet above her head.

Soviet Nostalgia Is a Geopolitical Dead End

So-called realists arguing for Ukraine’s surrender can’t let go of the past. This article has an audio recording

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Supporters of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, cheer as they watch midterm election returns during a party in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 3.

The Beginning of the End of Trumpism

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Xi walks in front of a blurred row of soldiers. Xi wears a black suit, blue tie, and a serious expression.

Who Will Succeed Xi Jinping?

Provincial reshuffles may offer some clues. This article has an audio recording

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TOPSHOT - Traffic lights are visible near the US Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, DC, November 3, 2026. Americans voting in the midterm elections will decide who controls Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency, along with dozens of governorships and thousands of state offices. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

How Democrats Will Wield Power on Foreign Policy This article has an audio recording

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An older man with graying hair, wearing a dark suit and bright red tie, sits cross-legged on a wooden bench, surrounded by people in black clothing who are partially visible in the foreground.

The Economic Impact of Israel’s Election This article has an audio recording

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A person wearing a yellow shirt and blue jeans holds a white sign with a red prohibition symbol and text reading “NO DATA CENTERS IN MASON” and “CALL CITY HALL-676-9155.”

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    How a World War I Crackdown Predicted ICE

    A new graphic novel makes the case that we’ve been here before.

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    Is Israel a Good Ally? This article has an audio recording

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    Matthew Kroenig
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    Cover of 'Field Notes from an Extinction: A Novel' by Eoghan Walls. The book cover has a vintage, aged-paper aesthetic and features an illustration of a Great auk beside a speckled egg at the top, and a sketch of a rocky coastline at the bottom.

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    Book cover titled "UNDERSEA WAR" by Elisabeth Braw, with the subtitle "THE BATTLE TO CONTROL THE CABLES AND PIPELINES THAT CONNECT OUR WORLD" over a background image of dark metallic cables stretching across a deep blue backdrop.

    An Underwater Shadow War Is Raging This article has an audio recording

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    John Kampfner
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    Book cover for Americans Without Borders by Julia Harte. The cover features a collage-style design in shades of teal, orange, mustard yellow, and brown. Bold yellow text across the top reads "AMERICANS WITHOUT BORDERS" above black and white photographs of three individuals. On the lower right, black text reads "The Radical Activists Who Fought for US Ideals Abroad While Facing Political Persecution at Home".

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    Book cover of Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria's Civil War by Emily Feng.

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People sit and stand along a rocky coastline overlooking gentle waves, with a large wooden swing structure in the water bearing the sign "HORMOZGAN."

What Life Is Like by the Strait of Hormuz Right Now

The war has left its mark on the port city of Bandar Abbas. This article has an audio recording

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An aerial view of a fenced industrial complex with modern white buildings, electrical equipment, and rows of modular units set against a dry, hilly landscape with wind turbines in the distance.

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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. This article has an audio recording

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    For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates This article has an audio recording

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    The Future Does Not Belong to America or China This article has an audio recording

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    A Cameroonian construction worker, employed by a Chinese firm, works at the Kribi Deepwater Port in Cameroon.

    Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports? This article has an audio recording

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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.

    The Man Who Shaped Washington’s View of the Middle East This article has an audio recording

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    As an AI Scholar, I Am Now Putting a High Probability on an AI Doomsday This article has an audio recording

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    Three Scenarios for a Post-Trump World This article has an audio recording

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