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In April 2015, during a Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians during World War I, Pope Francis used the term "genocide" to describe the massacres, a mo ...

This summer, China unveiled its plan for accomplishing an audacious goal the country had set for itself eight years prior: to become the dominant force in artificial intelligence by 2030. The sweeping ...

The United Nations is in financial crisis. In response, the UN is contemplating unprecedented belt-tightening reforms, including budget and staff cuts, that it has spent decades resisting. But a key p ...

For the first time, the state of Israel has launched a unilateral, unprovoked attack on the territory of one of its Gulf neighbors. The decision to strike a meeting of senior Hamas officials  ...

Raymond Kuo and Catherine Kish argue in War on the Rocks ("Taiwan's Will to Fight Isn't the Problem," September 5, 2025) that Taiwan's will to fight is not the problem. T ...

Across Europe and the Middle East, momentum is building behind recognition of a Palestinian state. Several European governments have already taken that step, and Arab states once hostile to Israel are ...

Last month's Alaska summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin played out like a carefully staged Cold War-era reenactment. Images of handshakes and optimistic soundbites--promi ...

On July 24, President Emmanuel Macron announced France will recognize Palestinian statehood at the September UN General Assembly. France becomes the first G7 nation to take this step. The UK ...

As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly meets to grapple with global challenges, the enduring U.S.-European transatlantic alliance remains a powerful and important model for promoti ...

President Trump now says Xi Jinping has "approved" a TikTok deal; the White House has again extended TikTok's sell-or-ban deadline to December 16 while negotiators float a structure ...