Turkish Power Does Not Match the President’s Ambitions; Trump Can Defy the Skeptics and Seal the Deal in Ukraine; Longtime U.S. Partners Will Soon Start to Drift Away
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 23, 2025.

Erdogan’s Imperial Delusions

Turkish Power Does Not Match the President’s Ambitions

Asli Aydintasbas

 

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After a Russian strike in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, November 2025

The Time to End the War in Ukraine Is Now

Trump Can Defy the Skeptics and Seal the Deal

Thomas Graham

 
Leaders gathering for a photo during a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 2025

How Much Abuse Can America’s Allies Take?

Longtime Partners Will Soon Start to Drift Away

Paul Poast and Bob Kelly

 

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Reading a newspaper during a rally against martial law, Seoul, South Korea, December 2024

The Promise—and Limits—of a Free Press

Journalists Alone Cannot Stave Off Autocracy

Susan Chira

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