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International Affairs Forum is the website journal of the Center for International Relations, w/ all-partisan content about international relations & economics.

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North Korea’s Enemies Within: How Long Will Elites Stay Loyal to Kim Jong Un? writes Jieun Baek foreignaffairs.com/north-kor… via @ForeignAffairs
North Korea’s Enemies Within

North Korea’s Enemies Within

How long will elites stay loyal to Kim Jong Un?

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A New Supercarrier Emerges: Tracking China’s Fourth Aircraft Carrier features.csis.org/hiddenreac… via @CSIS
Tracking China’s Fourth Aircraft Carrier

Tracking China’s Fourth Aircraft Carrier

China’s fourth aircraft carrier is rapidly taking shape at Dalian Shipyard. Satellite imagery reveals a vessel likely to be larger and more advanced than its predecessors, with evidence suggesting it...

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Brussels or Beijing? The EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ plans will force the UK to choose chathamhouse.org/2026/10/bru… via @ChathamHouse
Brussels or Beijing? The EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ plans will force the UK to choose

Brussels or Beijing? The EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ plans will force the UK to choose

Either way, the UK will be forced to pay a price.

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How Middle Powers Can Survive the AI Race carnegieendowment.org/resear… via @Carnegie_Endow
How Middle Powers Can Survive the AI Race

How Middle Powers Can Survive the AI Race

Four scenarios for an uncertain future.

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High Tariffs Are Not Just Bad Economics but Bad Politics, Too, writes Alfredo Carrillo Obregon cato.org/blog/high-tariffs-a… via @Cato_org
High Tariffs Are Not Just Bad Economics but Bad Politics, Too

High Tariffs Are Not Just Bad Economics but Bad Politics, Too

Ahead of the 2026 midterms, tariffs are not just failing to attract support among voters, but have become a political liability for the Republican Party.

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China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping csis.org/podcasts/pekingolog… via @CSIS
China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping

China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping

Steve Tsang joins  to discuss China’s ambitions under Xi Jinping and the ideas shaping Beijing’s approach to the world.

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Russia–Africa Summit: Moscow is engaging more with Africa, but its delivery is limited chathamhouse.org/2026/10/rus… via @ChathamHouse
Russia–Africa Summit: Moscow is engaging more with Africa, but its delivery is limited

Russia–Africa Summit: Moscow is engaging more with Africa, but its delivery is limited

Russia’s footprint in Africa has expanded in recent years, but engagement beyond security remains uneven. The summit alone is unlikely to change this.

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Only the Gulf Can End the Iran War: The Arab Monarchies Must Help Washington and Tehran Save Face, write Allison Minor and Nate Swanson foreignaffairs.com/united-st… via @ForeignAffairs
Only the Gulf Can End the Iran War

Only the Gulf Can End the Iran War

The Arab monarchies must help Washington and Tehran save face.

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How conditional scenarios become unconditional promises on their way into policy, writes Andreas Ehstand. ia-forum.org/Content/ViewInt…
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How China’s Himalayan Megadam Could Put South Asia at Risk, writes Jianli Yang nationalinterest.org/feature… via @TheNatInterest
How China’s Himalayan Megadam Could Put South Asia at Risk

How China’s Himalayan Megadam Could Put South Asia at Risk

China and India should build stronger cooperation mechanisms to manage a Himalayan water tower now undergoing climate change.

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Why the Netherlands Must Hold the Line on ASML, writes Lasse de Graaf rusi.org/explore-our-researc… via @RUSI_org
Why the Netherlands Must Hold the Line on ASML

Why the Netherlands Must Hold the Line on ASML

If the Netherlands agrees to US export controls, it must be mindful of its vulnerability to retaliatory measures from Beijing.

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How Do Americans View Foreign Policy Ahead of the Midterms? cfr.org/articles/how-do-amer… via @CFR_org
How Americans View Foreign Policy Ahead of the Midterms | Council on Foreign Relations

How Americans View Foreign Policy Ahead of the Midterms | Council on Foreign Relations

A Dispatch From Kenosha and Milwaukee Counties, Wisconsin

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The Israel Netanyahu Made: Why Bibi’s National Security Vision Will Endure, writes Dalia Dassa Kaye foreignaffairs.com/israel/is… via @ForeignAffairs
The Israel Netanyahu Made

The Israel Netanyahu Made

Why Bibi’s national security vision will endure.

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No Front Lines: A Decision Guide for Companies Caught in Conflict csis.org/analysis/no-front-l… via @CSIS
No Front Lines: A Decision Guide for Companies Caught in Conflict | CSIS

No Front Lines: A Decision Guide for Companies Caught in Conflict | CSIS

Companies that never considered themselves defense companies are now on the front lines. This report explores how companies can navigate the fog of conflict and mitigate risks, as well as how the...

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DOJ Sues to Prevent Certification of Alaska Senate Winner (If It’s a Democrat), examines Walter Olson cato.org/blog/doj-sues-preve… via @Cato_org
DOJ Sues to Prevent Certification of Alaska Senate Winner (If It's a Democrat)

DOJ Sues to Prevent Certification of Alaska Senate Winner (If It's a Democrat)

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the state of Alaska, seeking to enjoin it from certifying a narrow Democratic win in the Alaska senate race — at least if the winner is a Democrat and the...

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AI Is a Choice: The Narrow but Feasible Path to Collective Good, write Alex Imas, Mohamed A. El-Erian, and James Manyika foreignaffairs.com/united-st…
AI Is a Choice

AI Is a Choice

Alex Imas, Mohamed El-Erian, and James Manyika, leading voices at the intersection of business and technology, argue that realizing AI’s potential requires giving workers, communities, AI labs,...

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The midterm effect: What the 2026 election could mean for public policy brookings.edu/articles/the-m… via @BrookingsInst
The midterm effect: What the 2026 election could mean for public policy | Brookings

The midterm effect: What the 2026 election could mean for public policy | Brookings

Brookings experts examine the implications of the upcoming 2026 midterms on the most consequential issues facing the nation.

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How Israel and Ukraine Are Guiding the Next Generation of Air Defense, writes Seth J. Frantzman nationalinterest.org/feature… via @TheNatInterest
How Israel and Ukraine Are Guiding the Next Generation of Air Defense

How Israel and Ukraine Are Guiding the Next Generation of Air Defense

The proliferation of air defense threats is prompting a rethink of conventional, expensive, and hard-to-restock air defense systems.

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Principled Pragmatism: Fourteen Years on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, policy brief from Klaas Knot piie.com/publications/policy… via @PIIE
Principled Pragmatism: Fourteen Years on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council

Principled Pragmatism: Fourteen Years on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council

Klaas Knot continues to believe that Europe’s sui generis integration creates unique challenges for economic policy and for monetary policy, creates a distinct responsibility for central bankers, and...

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The Fog of Tech: Why the Future of War Can’t Escape the Past, writes Mara Karlin foreignaffairs.com/united-st… via @ForeignAffairs
The Fog of Tech

The Fog of Tech

Mara Karlin, a defense policy expert who served as senior national-security official in multiple American administrations, makes an authoritative case that war planners tend to be overconfident about...

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