Foreign policy

The Russian superyacht Nord is seen anchored in Hong Kong.

All Aboard!

Superyacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch appears in Hong Kong

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 2, 2022

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Russian reign of terror?

Senators unveil bill deeming Russia state sponsor of terrorism

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'tip of the iceberg'

Russia spent over $300 million meddling in foreign politics, U.S. says

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Briefing

The challenges facing the Summit of the Americas

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a new era

Biden reverses some Trump restrictions on Cuba

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Samuel Goldman

Sleepwalking into war with Russia?

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Samuel Goldman

Biden needs to keep his mouth shut

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Jason Fields

America's decline is greatly exaggerated

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Shay Khatiri

The facts of life are neoconservative

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Samuel Goldman

What are Ukrainians really fighting for?

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Damon Linker

Ukraine unites hawks and their critics

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Jason Fields

The limits of Russia's big stash of small nukes

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Free at last

Venezuela releases 2 U.S. prisoners

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Joel Mathis

The moral mess of banning Russian oil

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Saoirse Gowan

Russian opposition to Putin's war is crucial

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W. James Antle III

What Putin should have learned from Afghanistan

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Damon Linker

The United States of Europe

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W. James Antle III

Hawk or dove? Biden offers both on Ukraine

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W. James Antle III

Can anti-war sentiment unite the fractured right?

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Damon Linker

The real impediment to a dovish GOP

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Joel Mathis

Red-baiting at the White House

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W. James Antle III

A liberal-populist conservative alliance on Ukraine?

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W. James Antle III

How Joe Biden will determine Republican foreign policy

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W. James Antle III

Ukraine, Russia, and the problem of the Cold War lens

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Damon Linker

The false premise making war with Russia more likely

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Bonnie Kristian

Vaccine mandate blowback?

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Damon Linker

Putin calls America's bluff

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Ryan Cooper

Driving Afghanistan to famine

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Noah Millman

Does Putin want to avoid war?

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Ryan Cooper

Ukraine hung out to dry?

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Ryan Cooper

Feeding the Taliban?

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Bonnie Kristian

Dangerously casual about war?

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Briefing

Why the world's eyes are on Russia and Ukraine

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Damon Linker

America's global democracy hang-up