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Subscribe Sign In | Subscribe Ad-Free Latest News Home Recommended Tuesday, May 14 Monday, May 13 Sunday, May 12 Saturday, May 11 Friday, May 10 Thursday, May 9 Wednesday, May 8 Tuesday, May 7 Set this view as default? Yes No Set this view as default? Yes No The Gates of Gaza Michael Doran and Can Kasapoğlu, Tablet Why Iran and Israel Stepped Back From the Brink Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs Russia Stretches Ukrainian Defenses K. Chursina & D. Krasnolutska, Bloomberg Russia’s New Defence Minister Kirill Shamiev, European Council on Foreign Relations The Russian Economy Has Been Readied for War Ian Garner, UnHerd Biden, Trump China Tariffs Draw on Old, Losing Playbook William Pesek, Asia Times Informal Alliances in the Indo-Pacific Akshat Dwivedi, Geopolitical Monitor Pope Francis’s China Gamble Francis X. 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