Visions of Decline Are a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy; As the Battlefield Stabilizes, a Window for Negotiations Opens; Elite Fracture Will Come Gradually and Then Suddenly
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The White House, Washington, D.C., January 2021

America the Fearful

Visions of Decline Are a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

By Michael Singh

 

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Damaged tanks in Khartoum, Sudan, April 2025

How the War in Sudan Could End

As the Battlefield Stabilizes, a Window for Negotiations Opens

By Volker Perthes

 
An Iranian police officer at a pro-government rally in Tehran, January 2026

How the Iranian Regime Breaks

Elite Fracture Will Come Gradually and Then Suddenly

By Afshon Ostovar

 

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At the Itajai port in Santa Catarina, Brazil, May 2025 

China’s Economic Statecraft Is Working

Why Beijing Can Succeed Even With an Imperfect Strategy

By Audrye Wong

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