Preparing for a world of synthetic pathogens.

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Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only mad...

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In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the chaos of war.

In the strait, Iran holds the advantage—and America has no good options.

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There’s no safe level of exposure to lead—but a small, strange study shows we’ve made incredible progress in recent decades

Ever since Donald Trump first became U.S. president, in 2017, commentators have searched for an adequate label to describe his approach to U.S. foreign relations. Writing in these pages, the political...

An overtly transactional order spells trouble for everyone.

The unconstrained presidency and the end of American primacy.

How foreign policy dealmaking can sow violence.

A close look at the mysterious underpinnings of a disco classic.

Not long ago in the sweep of history, countries that had once been buried behind the Iron Curtain, and even some Soviet republics, were transformed into members of the solidly democratic club. Some of...

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