How Xi’s Father’s Travails Defined China’s Leader—and the Country He Rules; Iran, Israel, and the Ghosts of History; Putin, Trump, and the Future of NATO
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his father, Xi Zhongxun

Xi Jinping’s Costly Inheritance

How His Father’s Travails Defined China’s Leader—and the Country He Rules

By Joseph Torigian

 

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The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism

Iran, Israel, and the Ghosts of History

By Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, June 2025

Europe’s Two-Front War

Putin, Trump, and the Future of NATO

By Gideon Rose and Erik Jones

 

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