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Gaza’s Peace Plan Needs Troops. Who Is Willing to Send Them?
A peace plan can be negotiated in conference rooms. Securing it requires someone willing to stand on the ground. Gaza's post-war framework has increasingly...
America Now Pays 5% to Borrow: Where Japanese, Norwegian and Gulf Money Is Going Instead
TODAY'S NUMBERS
5.17% (US 10-year yield, highest since 2007) · 54.3% (indirect bid at Wednesday's five-year auction; average 65.2%) · $1.10trn (Japan's Treasury holdings, down...
Could the UAE Bring the US, Russia and Ukraine to the Same Table?
The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia as Washington looks for a new...
Is Trump Losing His Grip on the World Stage?
US President Donald Trump spent the week trying to project American strength on the world stage, from a forceful address to the United Nations...
UN Walkout Puts Netanyahu’s Gaza Defense and Political Future Under Spotlight
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a combative defense of Israel’s actions in the region at the United Nations on Thursday, as dozens of...
Europe Trades Two Oligarchs for a Three-Year Freeze as Washington Aims at Russia’s Oil Buyers: Who Wins, Who Pays?
TODAY'S NUMBERS
36 months (the EU's new Russia asset-freeze renewal cycle, up from six) · 100% (top US tariff on Russia's five biggest buyers) ·...
Did Xi Jinping Outplay Trump Before the White House Talks Even Began?
A tarmac welcome, a paused Taiwan arms package and a trade truce that conveniently outlasts the midterms. Trump's White House summit with Xi Jinping...
Putin-Trump December Summit Still Uncertain as Russia Weighs US Invitation
Russia has yet to decide whether President Vladimir Putin will meet US President Donald Trump at a planned G20 gathering in Miami in December,...
Trump and Xi Put the UN’s Relevance Under the Spotlight
As world leaders gather in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are...
Reciprocity, Selectively Applied: The Contradiction at the Center of the Trump and Xi Summit
When Xi Jinping's plane touches down at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, he arrives to a reception built for maximum contrast with his last...