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American politics
A conservative strategist on how Joe Biden can win
Sarah Longwell says “double-haters” will decide the election
Power in China
Desmond Shum on how Xi Jinping beat down China’s red aristocrats
It took one of their own to do it, says the businessman and author
Israel and Iran
A Middle East scholar on Israel’s escalating tit-for-tat with Iran
Both governments need to ditch dangerous policies, argues Steven Simon
Casualties of war
A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones
It is like stepping back into the 19th century, says David Nott
A Chinese view of Russia
Russia is sure to lose in Ukraine, reckons a Chinese expert on Russia
Feng Yujun says the war has strained Sino-Russian relations
Erdogan humbled
Ekrem Imamoglu on Turkey’s renewed faith in democracy
Recent elections have upended the country’s politics, says Istanbul’s mayor
India’s economic goals
A BJP bigwig on how India can become an advanced economy
After decades of stuttering progress this could be its moment, argues N.K. Singh
Abortion and crime
Steven Levitt and John Donohue defend a finding made famous by “Freakonomics”
Links between abortion and falling crime discomfit many but are clear, say the economists
Warming and wars
Climate change and conflict must be tackled together, argues a foundation head
Andrew Gilmour makes the case for environmental peacebuilding
Nuclear weapons
As the world changes, so should America’s nuclear strategy, says Frank Miller
Arms-control efforts can’t ignore the threat from Russia and China
Chinese aspirations
Yu Hua on why young Chinese no longer want to work for private firms
In today’s China stability trumps enterprise, argues the novelist
False narratives
Video will kill the truth if monitoring doesn’t improve, argue two researchers
Madeleine Daepp and Robert Osazuwa Ness share lessons from Taiwan for fighting disinformation