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Soft Power Isn’t Charity—It’s Strategy. So Why Are We Gutting It?

By Jared O. Bell

The Trump administration has gutted numerous agencies and programs that help promote U.S. soft power. It will take generations to undo the damage.

From Ruins to Resin: A Curator’s Fight to Save Ukrainian Heritage

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

The Global Arms Market is Moving On Without America

By Julian McBride

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By Jared O. Bell

With Washington Hostile, China’s Solar Industry Seeks Pastures Elsewhere

By Du Feifei

Trump, Planes and the Arabian Gulf Tour

By Binoy Kampmark

Off-Roaded: How a Land Rover Restoration Became a Legal Quagmire

By International Policy Digest

Interpreting the Détente in Geneva

By Wang Wen

Who Watches the Watchers? A Conversation on Digital Rights and Decentralization

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

White Smoke and Speculation: The Election of Pope Leo XIV

By Binoy Kampmark

Bratty Royal: Prince Harry and Bespoke Security Protection

By Binoy Kampmark

Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan

By Binoy Kampmark

How to Rebuild Somalia, a Nation Perpetually Adrift

By Sheiknor Qassim

Can Capital Be Faithful? The Global Iman Fund’s Quiet Revolution

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

The Coming Tempest: Assessing Rising Tensions Across the Indo-Pacific

By Julian McBride

America’s Regress: Kristen Monroe on Trump, Misogyny, and Moral Collapse

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Four Enduring Myths of the Second World War

By Wang Wen

The Illusion of Fortress America

By Jianlu Bi

Cooperatives are America’s Best-Kept Foreign Policy Asset

By Bill Cheney and Doug O’Brien

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