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Trump’s trash talk revives the worst of world politics

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Andreas Kluth

Japan’s energy plans endanger real climate solutions

Japan’s energy plans endanger real climate solutions

Last year was not a bad one for me. My team at Climate Integrate, a climate policy think tank, expanded. A week spent practicing mindfulness...

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Kimiko Hirata

Equitable marriages could save lives (and love)

Equitable marriages could save lives (and love)

Most Americans who marry say "I do” between 25 and 30 — ages when serious illness is probably not the first thing on their minds. But in a way,...

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Sarah Green Carmichael

Trump 2.0 presents new challenges for Japanese companies

Trump 2.0 presents new challenges for Japanese companies

Japanese firms have huge stakes in the policies the incoming Donald Trump administration implements. The United States is Japan’s second largest...

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Jean-Marc F. Blanchard And C. Lawrence Greenwood

California fires expose a $1 trillion hole in U.S. home insurance

California fires expose a $1 trillion hole in U.S. home insurance

The wildfires terrorizing Los Angeles have been like something out of a movie: vast, fast-moving, unpredictable, merciless. Their scope and nature...

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Mark Gongloff

In the art of war, mimicry runs the gambit from disguises to deepfakes

In the art of war, mimicry runs the gambit from disguises to deepfakes

Israel’s detonation of thousands of pagers held by Hezbollah fighters and loyalists in mid-September will be remembered as one of the most...

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Diego Gambetta And Thomas Hegghammer

Robust new nuclear target for Japan is shrouded in uncertainty

Robust new nuclear target for Japan is shrouded in uncertainty

In an ambitious move, the government has announced that it wants nuclear power to make up 20% of Japan’s energy mix by 2040. The decision was made...

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Parul Bakshi

What if Reagan's vision had been more like Carter's?

What if Reagan's vision had been more like Carter's?

In reflecting on Jimmy Carter’s death, my mind skipped to the Apple TV streaming series "For All Mankind,” an alternate-reality drama that...

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Thomas L. Friedman