How Four Years of War Have Remade Russian Society; A New Era of Statecraft Demands a New Kind of Strategist; The President’s Transactional Style Is Well Suited to the Middle East
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Russia’s Descent Into Tyranny

How Four Years of War Have Remade Society

By Nina Khrushcheva

 

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America Needs Economic Warriors

A New Era of Statecraft Demands a New Kind of Strategist

By Navin Girishankar

 
U.S. President Donald Trump and leaders from the Middle East and North Africa at a summit on ending the Israel-Hamas war, Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, October 2025

Trump’s Middle East Order

The President’s Transactional Style Is Well Suited to the Region

By Ray Takeyh

 

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Japan’s Stalled Immigration Experiment

The Uncertain Future of a Promising Approach

By Gracia Liu-Farrer, Takeshi Miyai, and Yu Korekawa

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