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Everything You’ve Read About Chinese Cars Is Wrong
One Chinese EV I tested tried to drive into a wall. Another had an interior that reminded me of a 1998 Corolla. A third had nice features but didn’t…
Jack Baruth
Niall Ferguson: Can Iran Hold the Strait of Hormuz Hostage Forever?
This is ‘Schrodinger's ceasefire, which was simultaneously a ceasefire and not a ceasefire.’
Rafaela Siewert
32M
EXCLUSIVE: Ezra Jin, Pastor Jailed by China, Is Free
The church leader was reunited with his family in America on Friday, after 266 days in Chinese prison.
Frannie Block
America’s Next 250 Years Are Ours to Build
In 1776, there was no electricity, no anesthesia, and no running water. The Founders still built something that changed the world. What comes next is up…
Scott Nolan
As Ezra Jin’s Case Gains Attention, His Family Worries China’s Retaliating
Last month, Donald Trump said he was ‘optimistic’ Christian pastor Ezra Jin would be freed from a Chinese prison. But now, Jin’s been cut off from his…
Frannie Block
Niall Ferguson: AI Is the Most Dangerous Arms Race in History
The age of artificial intelligence requires the kind of strategic doctrine and arms control that stabilized the Cold War. Right now, we have neither.
Niall Ferguson
The Iran War and a New World Order in Asia, with Rep. Michael Baumgartner
The Strait of Hormuz, China’s rise, and how Asian nations are navigating war across the globe.
Aaron MacLean
37M
Meet the Top War Skeptic Inside the Trump Pentagon
Elbridge Colby rose in Washington by warning against foreign wars, and he now leads defense policy. The Iran war is testing his influence and resolve.
Eli Lake
The Democratic Party’s Worldview, with Jake Sullivan
China, Israel, Iran, and Ukraine from the vantage point of the Democratic Party
Aaron MacLean
57M
The School Rebuilding Education for an AI World. Plus…
Will Xi Jinping release Pastor Ezra Jin? The myth of the Thucydides Trap. ‘The New York Times’ vs. Israel. And more.
The Free Press
Why Xi Invoked the Thucydides Trap
At his meeting with Trump, the Chinese leader mentioned an American academic's pet theory about superpower struggles. There’s a reason for that.
Aaron MacLean
The Stakes of the Trump-Xi Summit. Have We Passed ‘Peak Human’? Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji. Haviv Rettig Gur on how anti-Israel propaganda ends up in the New York Times. And more.
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