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Buildings damaged by U.S.-Israeli strikes, Tehran, March 2026

Israel After the Iran War

The False Promise of Total Victory

By Shira Efron

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Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on after arriving for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2026.

Will China Overplay Its Hand?

How Beijing’s Confidence Could Shake Up the Trump-Xi Summit

By Thomas J. Christensen

After a strike on a police station in Tehran, Iran, March 2026

The Mirage of a New Middle East

War With Iran Won’t Reshape the Region the Way America Wants

By Dalia Dassa Kaye

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A Taiwanese coast guard ship on patrol near Kinmen, Taiwan, October 2025

A Perfect Storm for Taiwan in 2026?

How a Convergence of Factors Could Tempt Beijing to Act

By Yun Sun

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