What a powerful picture it was. On the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky sitting and talking. One on [...] More ...

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The negotiations with the Taliban have led to the freeing of three American prisoners from Afghanistan this year, and ...

Today, Russia, the U.S. and China are already in a mini-nuclear arms race, with the introduction of land-based and perhaps space-based hypersonic weapons – and so the potential for U.S. space-based ...

The U.S. and China's use of tariffs and other trade measures against each other could potentially escalate and lead to conflict.

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Adam Isacson joined the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) in 2010 after 14 years working on Latin American and Caribbean security issues with the Center for International Policy. At WOLA, his ...

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Haim Malka is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, where he oversees the program's work on the ...