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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping appear at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024.

Why India Should Not Walk Into the China-Russia Trap New Delhi has other options, and the standoff with Washington may not last.

So You Want to Work in International Affairs A veteran practitioner’s 12 tips to land that first job.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 4, 2016.

China and India May Be Moving Toward a More Coordinated Foreign Policy What to watch for during Modi’s first trip to China since 2018.

Smoke rises from a building allegedly belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran on June 23.

The Next Israel-Iran War Is Coming Both countries’ strategic calculus suggests it will be even more violent.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe at the White House in Washington on May 1.

When the Threat Is Inside the White House What CIA insiders make of the MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of U.S. national security.

Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, along a highway near Netanya on March 28, 2023.

The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist Is a Red Herring Critics should be talking instead about regime change.

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the White House in Washington on Aug. 6.

Trump’s Economic Policy Is More Radical Than You Think So why aren’t the president’s latest economic moves generating more alarm?