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How Trump and Xi could cement Beijing’s advantage for years to come.

What Xi wants from Trump—and Trump might get from Xi.

And how governance reform can break the cycle.

Christine Lagarde: The courage to build a Europe that endures

Trump’s self-defeating trade policy.

Why turbulence will make Beijing more assertive.

Similar wars end in similar ways.

Fire at Belgian town almost put out, smoke to fade during the night Reuters

What if fielding more nuclear weapons makes the United States less secure, not more? That question is now at the center of a growing debate as the United States confronts a nuclear landscape shaped by two major nuclear rivals.China is rapidly expanding and modernizing its nuclear arsenal, while the

How U.S. concessions are quietly becoming Chinese influence.