Imagining a Bloodless Trump Takeover; Neither America Nor China Can Achieve True Tech Dominance; Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on China
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How Greenland Falls

Imagining a Bloodless Trump Takeover

By Jeremy Shapiro

 

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The Myth of the AI Race

Neither America Nor China Can Achieve True Tech Dominance

By Colin H. Kahl

 
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, September 2025 

Iran’s Perilous Path Back to Power

Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on China

By Afshon Ostovar

 

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., February 2025

The India Trump Made

How American Bullying Is Shaping Indian Foreign Policy

By James Crabtree and Rudra Chaudhuri

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