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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Uralvagonzavod tank factory in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, on Feb. 15.

Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits Key weapons are running out as Moscow tries to mobilize ever more labor and resources.

Noam Chomsky speaks in Karlsruhe, Germany, on May 30, 2014.

Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right The writer’s new argument for left-wing foreign policy has earned a mainstream hearing.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs trade sanctions against China on March 22, 2018, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Trump’s Tariffs But Were Afraid to Ask “Tariff man” can levy them all right. The real questions are how and why.

Donald Trump visits The Great Commoner cafe while Hamtramck mayor Amer Ghalib stands to his right on Nov. 1, in Dearborn, Michigan.

Why Michigan’s Arab Americans Voted for Trump Resentment of Biden-Harris administration’s pro-Israel policies drove a massive swing away from the Democrats in Dearborn and beyond.

People sit in the doorway of a residence in Beijing on Sept. 30.

Beijing Has Already Prepared for Trump’s Return China is readying for known challenges and unknown risks.

An Israeli soldier watches settlers build a new house on Aug. 21, 1991 for the expansion of the Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Settler Colonialism Isn’t What You Think It Is In seeking to discredit a buzzword by zealously defending Israel’s narrative, a new book undermines its own arguments.

Asylum-seekers rush to be processed by border patrol agents at an improvised camp near the U.S.-Mexico border in Jacumba, California, on Feb. 2.

The Great Deportation of 2025 If Trump does what he promises, he will reshape migration for generations to come.