Phased Peace Agreements Have Worked Before in the Middle East; The Tenuous Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas; How the Anger Economy Will Supercharge Populism
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Displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza, October 2025

Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza

Phased Peace Agreements Have Worked Before in the Middle East

By Amr Hamzawy

 

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U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing a cease-fire in Gaza, Washington, D.C., October 2025

After the Guns Fall Silent in Gaza

The Tenuous Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas

By Shira Efron

 
An anti-AI sign in San Francisco, California, July 2025

The Coming AI Backlash

How the Anger Economy Will Supercharge Populism

By Beatrice Magistro, Sophie Borwein, R. Michael Alvarez, Bart Bonikowski, and Peter John Loewen

 

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking in Tianjin, China, September 2025

China Goes on Offense

Beijing’s Plans to Exploit American Retreat

By Jeffrey Prescott and Julian Gewirtz

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