Trump’s Most Consequential Foreign Policy Mistake; China and Russia Are Harvesting Encrypted Secrets—and Getting Closer to Cracking Them; America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East
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Holding an Iranian flag in Tehran, June 2026

The Long Shadow of the Iran War

Trump’s Most Consequential Foreign Policy Mistake

By Ian Bremmer and Firas Maksad

 

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At a cyberdefense exercise in Kalkar, Germany, April 2026  

The Coming Quantum National Security Crisis

China and Russia Are Harvesting Encrypted Secrets—and Getting Closer to Cracking Them

By Anne Neuberger

 
An Iranian woman walks past an anti-Israeli mural, after U.S. and Iranian officials said they had reached a deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2026. 

Is the Iran War Coming to an End?

A Conversation With Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr

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After a U.S.-Israeli strike, Tehran, Iran, March 2026

America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East

The Perils for the Region—and the Alliance

By Dana Stroul

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