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Biden Needs to Bolster the Power of Exiles
To counter this anti-democratic surge, the U.S. government needs to do more than simply support existing democracies. It needs to bolster individual democrats, many of them in hiding or on the run. Countless Afghan human rights defenders, feminists, journalists, writers, and intellectuals have risked their lives and abandoned homes and […]
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Israel Can Live With a New Iran Nuclear Deal, Defense Minister Says
Former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement in 2018, but the Biden administration has renewed the diplomacy—even as Iran moves closer to enriching enough uranium to make a nuclear weapon. The remarks, made during an exclusive interview last week, appear to reflect a shift […]
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Taiwan MOFA Thanks IPAC, Ally Nations For Support Against Chinese Belligerence
Taiwan on Tuesday hailed the ally countries for defending and standing in solidarity with the island and Lithuania against the Chinese belligerence in a video statement issued by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) on September 14. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry made an official announcement regarding opening a representative office in […]
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Rifts Emerge in Taliban Government
If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: The Taliban mark one month since Kabul takeover, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz says he could “accept” new Iran deal, and Haiti ’s prime minister fires […]
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Independence Day Top Sporting Moments: 1983 World Cup Win To Neeraj Chopra’s Gold In Tokyo
Since India’s independence on August 15, 1947, the country has witnessed tremendous amounts of success in sports in the past 74 years. From Kapil Dev’s side leading India to its first World Cup in 1983 to Neeraj Chopra winning a gold medal at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, the […]
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U.S. and China Reach Deal to Block Myanmar’s Junta From U.N.
The arrangement, which was described by multiple diplomatic sources and representatives of advocacy groups familiar with internal deliberations, has been informally endorsed by representatives of the European Union, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Russia. It comes as the U.N. General Assembly plans to announce the appointment […]
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Welcome to the Era of Dictator Inflation
The geopolitical order is clearly in flux, and democracies are losing ground globally. Yet perceptions may be changing faster than reality. As I argued in a recent essay, Russia, China, and other authoritarian powers have grown increasingly skillful at puffing themselves up to look more economically, politically, and militarily powerful […]
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China and Russia Have a Shared Playbook for Afghanistan
Moscow and Beijing were vocally critical of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan even as they indirectly benefited from it. The War in Afghanistan diverted U.S. attention and resources for much of the past two decades and gave space for China and Russia to grow their own influence, both regionally […]
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Biden Toughens Pandemic Approach With New Vaccine Mandate
If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: U.S. President Joe Biden introduces workplace vaccine mandate , a rare phone call between China’s Xi Jinping and Biden , and Russia and Belarus deepen economic […]