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People wearing black and holding up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi mourn the death of the president at Valiasr Square in Tehran.
People wearing black and holding up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi mourn the death of the president at Valiasr Square in Tehran.

Raisi’s Death Represents a Tipping Point for Iran

But it won’t change Tehran’s domestic or foreign policy.

Q&A
Ravi Agrawal
A worker in a reflective vest and hard hat leans against the wheel of a truck used in nickel mining. The vehicle is massive, and the wheel alone is four or feet taller than the worker. The vehicle is parked on an expanse of packed dirt, but rocks and some vegetation are visible in the background.
A worker in a reflective vest and hard hat leans against the wheel of a truck used in nickel mining. The vehicle is massive, and the wheel alone is four or feet taller than the worker. The vehicle is parked on an expanse of packed dirt, but rocks and some vegetation are visible in the background.

Why a Small Pacific Island Territory Is Upending Nickel Prices

Violent riots in New Caledonia are having an outsized global impact on critical mineral supply chains.

Report
Rishi Iyengar
The top of a protester's head is seen slightly out of focus as they hold up a picket sign that reads “Boycott Israel” during a demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark. The text is stamped in black block letters on the sign, which is made from bright orange fabric.
The top of a protester's head is seen slightly out of focus as they hold up a picket sign that reads “Boycott Israel” during a demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark. The text is stamped in black block letters on the sign, which is made from bright orange fabric.

Is the War in Gaza Turning Israel Into a Pariah State?

Possible ICC warrants are the latest indicators.

Analysis
David E. Rosenberg
A man with his face painted in the colours of the EU flag and the Georgian flag stands outside the parliament building as people protest against a draft bill on "foreign influence" that opponents say will undermine Tbilisi's longstanding European aspirations, in Tbilisi on April 18, 2024.
A man with his face painted in the colours of the EU flag and the Georgian flag stands outside the parliament building as people protest against a draft bill on "foreign influence" that opponents say will undermine Tbilisi's longstanding European aspirations, in Tbilisi on April 18, 2024.

Europe Is Ready to Play Hardball With Georgia

The EU is willing to put Georgia's candidate status at stake in response to its “foreign agents” law.

Analysis
Giovanni Legorano

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Israel Strikes Jabalia Refugee Camp, Major Gaza Hospitals
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Alexandra Sharp

Taiwan’s New President Pledges Not to Yield to China
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James Palmer

The Pentagon Isn’t Buying Enough Ammo
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Stacie Pettyjohn, Hannah Dennis

Why Realists Oppose the War in Gaza
Argument
Stephen M. Walt

Asia & the Pacific

Three Pakistani farm workers stand in a wheat field, feeding piles of cut wheat into a mechanical thresher. One of the workers is resting on a bag of threshed wheat, preparing another empty bag. The sky overhead is blue and clear, and a ridge of trees is visible far in the distance.
Three Pakistani farm workers stand in a wheat field, feeding piles of cut wheat into a mechanical thresher. One of the workers is resting on a bag of threshed wheat, preparing another empty bag. The sky overhead is blue and clear, and a ridge of trees is visible far in the distance.

Pakistan Seeks More IMF Funding Amid Protests
South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman

Singapore’s New PM Is Already Worried

The Kazakh Murder Trial That Captivated Russia

India’s Battleground State

China

Aerial view showing the construction works in the area where the Chinese company Cosco Shipping is building a port in Chancay, some 80 km north of Lima, on August 22, 2023.
Aerial view showing the construction works in the area where the Chinese company Cosco Shipping is building a port in Chancay, some 80 km north of Lima, on August 22, 2023.

Peru Learns to Read the Fine Print in China Deals
Argument
Elisabeth Braw

China and the U.S. Are Numb to the Real Risk of War

Why Are More Chinese Migrants Arriving at the U.S. Southern Border?

The Tech Hawks Took Down TikTok. Now What?

Middle East & Africa

An Iraqi soldier stands guard next candles list by people paying their respects to Iran's late president Ebrahim Raisi outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on May 20.
An Iraqi soldier stands guard next candles list by people paying their respects to Iran's late president Ebrahim Raisi outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on May 20.

Why Iran Believes It’s Winning Against Israel
Analysis
Ali Vaez, Hamidreza Azizi

What Raisi’s Death Means for Iran’s Future

Genocide Allegations Are Not a Political Football

Could Ghana Be Jihadists’ Next Target?

Europe

Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery during an anti-drone drill in Chernigiv oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 11, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery during an anti-drone drill in Chernigiv oblast, Ukraine, on Nov. 11, 2023.

Biden’s Catch-22 in Ukraine
Analysis
Raphael S. Cohen, Gian Gentile

‘We Are Allied, but We Are Not Aligned’

Russia Advances on Kharkiv as Ukraine Struggles to Fight Back

The Changing Nuclear Mind Game

Americas

Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Xochimilco, Mexico, on April 29.
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign rally in Xochimilco, Mexico, on April 29.

What Madam President Means for Mexico
Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn

The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade

The United States Has a Keen Demographic Edge

‘Fat Leonard’ Was a Crook U.S. Admirals Called Bro

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American singer Beyoncé performs onstage at an arena in Sweden, surrounded by background dancers. Beyoncé wears large earrings and a short dress and elaborate jacket made out of the same holographic, silvery fabric. Two backup dancers kneel in bridge poses, and Beyoncé sits on top of them with her microphone as she looks out at the audience with a small smile.

How the Beyoncé Bump Affected Sweden
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in New York City.
Tesla vehicles stand outside of a Brooklyn showroom and service center in New York City.

What’s Ailing Tesla?
Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
French President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is in France as part of a five-day trip to Europe.
French President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is in France as part of a five-day trip to Europe.

China Wants to ‘Divide and Conquer’ Europe
Insider
Ravi Agrawal

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Weekend Reads

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A pencil-drawn portrait of Robert Lighthizer seen in profile, wearing glasses and looking to the right.

The Man Who Would Help Trump Upend the Global Economy

As a potential U.S. Treasury secretary, Robert Lighthizer has more than trade policy to revolutionize.

Profile
Edward Alden
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A top-down view of a number of Taiwanese dishes on a dark table.

Taiwan’s Dinner Table Diplomacy
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Clarissa Wei
A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.
A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.

The True Horseman of the ‘Fallout’ Apocalypse
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Syrus Solo Jin
A photo collage of historic black-and-white images of Soviet leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and Mikhail Gorbachev, are toward the front, and a larger cutout of Joseph Stalin looms over them in the background. Behind that is a textured red background with the yellow hammer and sickle symbol of the Soviet Union.
A photo collage of historic black-and-white images of Soviet leaders: Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, and Mikhail Gorbachev, are toward the front, and a larger cutout of Joseph Stalin looms over them in the background. Behind that is a textured red background with the yellow hammer and sickle symbol of the Soviet Union.

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Casey Michel

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A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The New Idea of India

Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.

Essay
Ravi Agrawal
An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.
An illustration shows a tiger chasing a dragon up an economic indicator line against a graph paper background. The dragon is turning to snarl at the tiger.

Is India Really the Next China?

The case for its economic ascent is strong, but government policies still stand in the way.

Analysis
Josh Felman, Arvind Subramanian

Modi’s Messenger to the World
Profile
Rishi Iyengar

Meet India’s Generation Z
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Snigdha Poonam

Becoming Indian
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Amitava Kumar

4 Books to Understand Modern India
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Mukul Kesavan

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An illustration shows piles of shipping containers and symbols of industry as protectionist islands in a sea.

America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

Essay
Adam Posen
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism
Essay
Gordon Brown
A fireball erupts behind a turreted building as smoke fills the sky after an Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
A fireball erupts behind a turreted building as smoke fills the sky after an Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

10 Conflicts to Watch
Analysis
Comfort Ero, Richard Atwood
A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon.
A globe with blocks and chunks missing from it sits atop the shoulders of a person looking into a dystopian horizon.

The Global Credibility Gap
Essay
Jared Cohen, Ian Bremmer
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China-military-readiness-war-us-taiwan-Doug-Chayka-illustration

How Primed for War Is China?
Essay
Michael Beckley, Hal Brands
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.
A photo illustration shows Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden posing on pedestals atop the bipolar world order, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Russian President Vladamir Putin standing below on a gridded floor.

No, the World Is Not Multipolar
Essay
Jo Inge Bekkevold
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018.

6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
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Cliff Kupchan

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hassan Firouzabadi, then head of the Iranian military, look through binoculars during the test firing of short- and medium-range missiles.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hassan Firouzabadi, then head of the Iranian military, look through binoculars during the test firing of short- and medium-range missiles.

The Day After Iran Gets the Bomb

Scholars and policymakers are still trying to understand what would happen after Tehran acquires a nuclear weapon.

Argument
Stephen M. Walt
The logo of the CIA is seen in shades of gray on the floor of a lobby at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
The logo of the CIA is seen in shades of gray on the floor of a lobby at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

U.S. Intelligence Is Facing a Crisis of Legitimacy

Bad-faith attacks are putting U.S. security in danger.

Argument
David V. Gioe, Michael S. Goodman, Michael V. Hayden
A uniformed person is seen from behind saluting a large navy ship with sailors on the deck.
A uniformed person is seen from behind saluting a large navy ship with sailors on the deck.

The U.S. Navy Can’t Build Ships

Decades of deindustrialization and downsizing have left America without shipyards to build and maintain a fleet.

Argument
Gil Barndollar, Matthew C. Mai
Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during her presidential campaign launch event in Mexico City.
Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during her presidential campaign launch event in Mexico City.

The Woman Inheriting AMLO’s Revolution

If she wins Mexico’s presidency, Claudia Sheinbaum’s most daunting political challenge will be persona, not policy.

Profile
Ana Sofía Rodríguez Everaert

Books

A Ukrainian serviceman wearing combat fatigues is seen from the waist up as he stands on a grassy field. His arms are crossed over a rifle that he holds against his chest, and a Christian rosary with white and purple beads hangs from the neck of the rifle.
A Ukrainian serviceman wearing combat fatigues is seen from the waist up as he stands on a grassy field. His arms are crossed over a rifle that he holds against his chest, and a Christian rosary with white and purple beads hangs from the neck of the rifle.

The Divine Marketplace Is Pretty Crowded

Religions aren’t just spiritual communities. They’re also businesses.

Excerpt
Paul Seabright
The book cover for The Jazzmen by Larry Tye.
The book cover for The Jazzmen by Larry Tye.

Duke Ellington, the Jazz Legend Who Became a Diplomat
Excerpt
Larry Tye
Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 416 pp., $32, February 2024 Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe, Sathnam Sanghera, PublicAffairs, 464 pp., $35, May 2024
Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 416 pp., $32, February 2024 Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe, Sathnam Sanghera, PublicAffairs, 464 pp., $35, May 2024

The Opioid High of Empire
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Nikhil Kumar
This essay is adapted from the book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz, W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $29.99, April 2024
This essay is adapted from the book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz, W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $29.99, April 2024

Where Global Governance Went Wrong—and How to Fix It
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Joseph E. Stiglitz
The book cover for In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea by Jonathan White
The book cover for In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea by Jonathan White

Democracy Has Run Out of Future
Review
Ivan Krastev, Leonard Benardo
The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Christophers, Verso, 432 pp., $26.07 (that's the price on the affiliate link), March 2024
The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Christophers, Verso, 432 pp., $26.07 (that's the price on the affiliate link), March 2024

Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
Review
Ted Nordhaus
The book covers of Underground Empire and Digital Empires by Henrey Farrell and Abraham Newman and Anu Bradford.
The book covers of Underground Empire and Digital Empires by Henrey Farrell and Abraham Newman and Anu Bradford.

The New Empires of the Internet Age
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Daniel W. Drezner

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