Why a Cease-Fire Is Now a Real Possibility; How the World Can Do More With Less; The Costs of Democratic Drain
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A Ukrainian soldier in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 2026

Ukraine Turns the Tide

Why a Cease-Fire Is Now a Real Possibility

By Jack Watling

 

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At a World Food Program distribution centre in Dikwa, Nigeria, August 2025

The End of Foreign Aid Is Not the End of Development

How the World Can Do More With Less

By Mark Suzman

 
At a polling station, Lima, Peru, April 2026

How Migration Helps Authoritarians

The Costs of Democratic Drain

By Justin Gest

 

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing, May 2026

Spheres by Default

How U.S. Concessions Are Quietly Becoming Chinese Influence

By Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper

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