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For foreign leaders, the US presidential transition to Donald Trump has already happened, Paul Poast writes—for better and for worse.

"It seems that the PPP is now going to turn on him,” Karl Friedhoff says of the embattled leader's political party.

Wonks loved Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign policy—and ignored his problems at home, Karl Friedhoff writes.

Embroiled in other conflicts, Russia and Iran are no longer in a position to provide the Assad regime with battlefield support, Paul Poast writes.

Karl Friedhoff discusses the future of South Korea’s political leadership after the short-lived martial law in the country.

"Netanyahu made some sounds today that perhaps this will maybe push Hamas to deal. We'll see," Cécile Shea tells WGN.

Over the next four years, Paul Poast writes, the world will see the United States as the flawed power it has always been.

"The pernicious part of tariffs is the people who spend the highest percentage of their incomes on things like food, and clothes, and books end up paying most of this tax," Cécile Shea says.

Nonresident Fellow Joshua Busby unpacks what a Trump administration could mean for Korea.

What was billed as the “year of election” ended up being a clear example of how international events affect domestic political outcomes, Paul Poast writes.