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What Almost Four Years in the Land of Infertility Taught Me About Waiting

To wait: there was a period in my life when I considered the verb just abou...

To wait: there was a period in my life when I considered the verb just about the most heinous in the English language. My wife and I coupled late, on this (she) and that (me)...

U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher prepares to answer a question from the media after being acquitted on most of the serious charges against him during his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California on July 2, 2019.

President Trump's Pardons of Soldiers Shows How Little He Knows About War

This past Friday President Trump signed pardons for Army First Lieutenant C...

This past Friday President Trump signed pardons for Army First Lieutenant Clint Lorance and Army Major Mathew Golsteyn, and signed an order directing the promotion of Special Warfare Operator First Class Edward Gallagher to the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019

The End of the American International Order: What Comes Next?

This is the text of a speech delivered by Ian Bremmer on November 18 at the...

This is the text of a speech delivered by Ian Bremmer on November 18 at the 2019 GZERO Summit in Tokyo. China has made its decision. Beijing is building a separate system of Chinese technology—its...

Flames engulf a burning building during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California, U.S., on Oct. 27, 2019.

When It Comes to Climate-Change Adaptation, As Goes California, So Goes…the World

It’s almost biblical: Apocalyptic images of fires sweeping through communit...

It’s almost biblical: Apocalyptic images of fires sweeping through communities. The worst droughts in recorded history, followed by floods overwhelming dams and levees. Homeless encampments. Power outages for millions of people. Is this the “end...

Men pray at the Suleymaniye Mosque in East London on March 1, 2019 in London, England

British Muslims Can Swing the U.K. Election, But Only If They Get Out and Vote

Muslims must not let themselves be excluded from the British political conv...

Muslims must not let themselves be excluded from the British political conversation any longer

A riot police truck fires water to demonstrators during the ongoing protests against policies of Sebastian Piñera and longstanding inequality on Nov. 15, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Chilean lawmakers agreed on calling a referendum in April 2020 to replace the current constitution, which was written and approved during General Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship in 1980. People will be asked if they approve the idea of a new constitution and if current lawmakers should work on the redraft of the document.

What Happens Next in the Chile Protests

After a month of the most sustained protests Chile has seen since the end o...

After a month of the most sustained protests Chile has seen since the end of its military dictatorship (1973-1990), President Sebastian Pinera delivered this week the ultimate concession—the offer to rewrite the country’s constitution. It’s...

A protester is seen holding up an American Flag during a Rally in Hong Kong, China, October 14, 2019.

Now Is the Time for the U.S. to Stand With Hong Kong

Washington's help has never been more badly needed

What Almost Four Years in the Land of Infertility Taught Me About Waiting

President Trump's Pardons of Soldiers Shows How Little He Knows About War

The End of the American International Order: What Comes Next?

When It Comes to Climate-Change Adaptation, As Goes California, So Goes…the World

British Muslims Can Swing the U.K. Election, But Only If They Get Out and Vote

What Happens Next in the Chile Protests

Now Is the Time for the U.S. to Stand With Hong Kong

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