The U.S. blockade on the island is unprecedented—and could lead to prolonged upheaval.

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Trump’s limited ability to dictate the war’s direction was on display as Israel and Iran traded fire for the first time since a truce began in early April, @jchaltiwanger writes.

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World Brief: Iran and Israel agree to hold off on further attacks, Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a rare trip to North Korea, and a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits the Philippines.

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Politics have shaped the geography of the World Cup before, but never quite like this, argues Bobby Ghosh.

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Men and women from the U.S. and allied armed forces tell their stories on I Serve, a new podcast from FP and @WithHonorAction, hosted by @RobertIrvine:

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This year’s FIFA World Cup comes amid a particularly fraught geopolitical backdrop. What does this tournament tell us about the state of the world? FP’s Ravi Agrawal will discuss with Mehreen Khan, a former sports journalist and now the economics editor of The Times. Register now

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One of the United States’ most important strategic partners in Southeast Asia—Singapore—is beginning to lose faith in the Trump administration, writes Derek Grossman.

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The Board of Peace has been revealed to be so flawed as to be completely unworkable, writes Anchal Vohra.

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The era of treating the Americas as a geopolitical afterthought is over. FP Analytics’ latest synthesis report, produced with support from @GordonInstitute, examines why the Western Hemisphere has become a focal point of strategic competition:

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Whenever the shift happened, we are clearly in a post-free trade era where economic nationalism is in vogue, Bob Davis writes. Out is economic efficiency; in is economic security.

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The latest concessions likely don’t represent a softening of the military’s hard line but instead a belief that the worst of its opposition is already behind it, writes Andrew Nachemson.

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Europe has embarked on three distinctive strategies to resist pressure from Russia, China, and Turkey: containment, consolidation, and co-optation.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, coupled with the acute energy crisis caused by his war against Iran and U.S. government pressure to force Singapore into even closer alignment, have severely frustrated Singaporean leaders.

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Economic strategists are pitching tougher policies for an anxious world.

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Despite constant attacks that inflict nonstop hardship on Ukrainians, Putin has failed to break their will, writes Seth Stodder.

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Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime’s growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup, Andrew Nachemson writes.

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“Land,” by far Maggie O’Farrell’s most ambitious work, spans continents and millenia, all while remaining deeply rooted in one plot of earth on an unnamed Irish peninsula, FP’s Chloe Hadavas writes.

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While Europe has been buffeted by a host of external rivals, it has also shown a remarkable capacity to adapt, writes Dimitar Bechev.

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Herta Müller’s memoir provides a visceral and more complete depiction of life under tyranny, and shows how art can serve as a means of both survival and commemoration, writes Laura Mills.

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Acting like a madman can make coercion more plausible, but it also raises the costs of conflict resolution.

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Colombia demonstrates that a comprehensive understanding of the violence created by state collapse and corruption—rather than merely holding elections—is required, argue Alexandra Farsari and Christopher Sabatini.