A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal; Are Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?; Foreign Aid With Chinese Characteristics
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America’s Magical Thinking About Ukraine

A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal

 By Sergey Radchenko

 

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Are Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?

How Other Factions Might Gain Ground

By Mohamed Elgohari

 
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Foreign Aid With Chinese Characteristics

Where Beijing Is—and Isn’t—Seeking Influence

By Alicia R. Chen

 

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Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology and Geopolitics

 

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The India Trump Made

How American Bullying Is Shaping Indian Foreign Policy

By James Crabtree and Rudra Chaudhuri