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When voters are consumed with anti-system rage, a criminal rap sheet is no barrier to high office.
Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza
Despite valedictory speeches, the secretary of state will be remembered not for his successes—or his guitar playing—but for the humanitarian catastrophe he aided and abetted.
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The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.
The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad
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Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad.
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