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Howard W. FrenchWall Street Journal |
There are few circumstances under which inflation can be comforting. But in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in...
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In Africa, one doesn’t need to look hard these days to spot crises. Case in point: the broad swath of the continent known as the Sahel. There, in...
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On a recent Monday, when a generically named Chinese ship called the Explorer No. 1 docked in the German North Sea port of Bremerhaven, it may have...
In August 1958, Charles de Gaulle, who had just returned to power in France, set off on a tour of his country’s sub-Saharan African colonies. His...
In the mid-1980s, although its dissolution was nearly at hand, few were predicting the complete demise of the Soviet Union. But when it came to the...
Every now and then, a narrowly framed news item offers up glimmers of pathways toward the possible resolution of much bigger problems. And so it was...
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Herd sentiment among pundits and others who analyze the direction of Chinese affairs has always been subject to sudden shifts. In the late 1970s and...
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News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic The decision this week by Harvard University not to remove its president...
News, analysis, and background on the ongoing conflict. More on this topic On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden issued what sounded like a...