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Russian paramilitaries stand guard outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol in Perevevalne, Ukraine on March 6, 2014.

Trump’s Actions in Ukraine Weren’t Just Wrong, They Were Dangerous

One of the problems with understanding the Ukraine impeachment proceedings ...

One of the problems with understanding the Ukraine impeachment proceedings is that while there is a one-sentence summary of what Trump did – he hijacked American foreign policy to attempt to extort an investigation of...

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...

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...

American singer and actor David Hasselhoff hovers in the cage of a hoisting crane above celebrating people on the Berlin Wall and sings Looking for Freedom during the first German-German New Year's Eve party on Dec. 31, 1989, at the Brandenburg Gate.

'I Was Just a Man Who Sang a Song About Freedom': 30 Years Later, David Hasselhoff Looks Back on His Surprising Role in the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The actor and singer debunks myths about his role in the end of the Cold Wa...

The actor and singer debunks myths about his role in the end of the Cold War

A man attacks the Berlin Wall with a pickaxe on the night of Nov. 9, 1989 as news spread rapidly that the East German Government would now start granting exit visas to anyone who wanted to go to the West.

Trump’s Actions in Ukraine Weren’t Just Wrong, They Were Dangerous

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

What Happens Next in the Chile Protests

'I Was Just a Man Who Sang a Song About Freedom': 30 Years Later, David Hasselhoff Looks Back on His Surprising Role in the Fall of the Berlin Wall

'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'In 1989 the World Chose Peace; We Need That Vision Today'

The Real History Behind HBO's Catherine the Great

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Trump’s Actions in Ukraine Weren’t Just Wrong, They Were Dangerous

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

What Happens Next in the Chile Protests

'I Was Just a Man Who Sang a Song About Freedom': 30 Years Later, David Hasselhoff Looks Back on His Surprising Role in the Fall of the Berlin Wall

'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell

Mikhail Gorbachev: 'In 1989 the World Chose Peace; We Need That Vision Today'

The Real History Behind HBO's Catherine the Great

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