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Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is Actually Succeeding

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The goal of Ukraine’s counteroffensive is not to defeat Russia per se, but to convince the West its continued support is worth it, Paul Poast argues.

A Ukrainian soldier stands beside a road near Bakhmut
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Defense and Security

What a BRICS Expansion Means for the US

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

The bloc's popularity signals dissatisfaction with the Western-run global order, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo
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Global Politics

US Priorities for the G20

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India Today
Craig Kafura

The Biden administration's focus will be "firmly fixed on issues of development" at the New Delhi summit, Craig Kafura says.

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Bracing for Trump 2.0

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Foreign Affairs
Daniel W. Drezner

"Many global actors are anxious about the 2024 US presidential election," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner in Foreign Affairs.

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US Foreign Policy

China's Ambitions and George Kennan's Legacy

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Security Dilemma
Paul Heer

Paul Heer weighs in on how Xi Jinping thinks and what role the intelligence community should play in foreign policy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on screen at the Museum of the Communist Party of China
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US Foreign Policy

Trump Didn’t Invent Isolationism

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Foreign Policy
Jordan Tama

History suggests the Republican Party will continue to argue over foreign policy beyond the MAGA era.

Former President Donald Trump stepping off his plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on August 24, 2023.
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US Foreign Policy

BRICS’ Expansion Is Aimed at Upending the Western-Led Order

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Even if BRICS has not yet accomplished anything concrete, the message of dissatisfaction its expansion sends to the West is deafening, Paul Poast writes.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the XV BRICS summit declaration
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Global Politics

Watching US Military Assistance in Africa Go up in Smoke

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Crashing the War Party
Coauthors

Elizabeth Shackelford and Emma Sanderson join the podcast to unpack a new report on why US-Africa policy isn't working.

Nigerian special forces and Chadian troops participate with US advisors in the Flintlock exercise
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US Foreign Policy

The Risk of Framing Geopolitics as Us vs. Them

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Jurist
Elizabeth Shackelford

Leaning into the binary distinction between autocracies and autocracies doesn't seem to serve US interests, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

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US Foreign Policy

Food Systems Harm People and Planet - Here Is How We Fix That

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Devex
Ertharin Cousin

Food systems are just as culpable for the accelerating global planetary health, human health, and poverty crises as they are capable of generating the solutions necessary to fix them.

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Food and Agriculture