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Trump and Xi Skip Singapore Summit, but Battle for Regional Influence Continues

Benjamin Wilhelm Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

Asia-Pacific leaders are in Singapore to kick off a series of summit meetings. In the absence of breakthroughs on trade or security, the focus is on the competition for influence between the United States and China—a narrative driven by dueling op-eds from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

In South Korea, a Supreme Court Decision Opens Up Deep Historical Wounds

Elliot Waldman Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

Q&A

Tunisia’s Twin Crises Will Take More Than a Cabinet Reshuffle to Resolve

The Editors Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

Long Overdue, Can an Anti-Corruption Surge in Paraguay Last?

Laurence Blair Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

Column

Trump May Be Isolated on the World Stage, but So Is Macron the Multilateralist

Judah Grunstein Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

Q&A

Hong Kong’s Backslide on Press Freedom Goes Beyond a British Journalist’s Expulsion

The Editors Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018

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Can Theresa May Pull Off a Brexit Breakthrough in a Divided Britain?

The Editors Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018

During an emergency meeting on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Cabinet approved a draft agreement on Brexit, a day after May announced she reached a draft deal with EU negotiators. But she’s not out of the woods yet. The greatest dangers for May are still at home rather than in Brussels.