How New Delhi’s Grand Strategy Thwarts Its Grand Ambitions; U.S. Diplomacy Could Resolve the Conflict Between Congo and Rwanda; America’s Allies in the Region Wish They Knew
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India’s Great-Power Delusions

How New Delhi’s Grand Strategy Thwarts Its Grand Ambitions

By Ashley J. Tellis

 

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Could Africa’s Forever War Finally End?

How U.S. Diplomacy Could Resolve the Conflict Between Congo and Rwanda

By Joshua Z. Walker, Reagan Miviri, and Jason K. Stearns

 
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What Does Trump Want in the Middle East?

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By Marc Lynch

 

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How Global Governance Can Survive

With the Right Reforms, the G-7 Can Sustain the Rules-Based Order

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