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Find order in the chaos

Workers of Talco Gold, the joint Tajik-Chinese mining firm, extract antimony in open cast quarries at the Saritag mine in western Tajikistan on August 26, 2025.

A New Great Game Is Underway in Central Asia The world’s great powers are engaging a new battleground in their search for critical minerals.

A woman crosses a road in front of a mural depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kashira, Russia, southeast of Moscow, on Oct. 16, 2017.

The Western Myth of Russian Greatness There is a long history of foreigners idealizing Russia and exaggerating its power.

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the final match of the FIFA World Cup in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.

Trump Needs to Defy History to End the Iran War U.S. presidents are virtually never able to end the stalemated wars they start.

Following a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, black smoke rises from an oil refinery on the city's south-eastern outskirts on June 18.

Putin’s War Comes Home to Russia Ukraine’s attacks have unleashed a crisis—but don’t expect repercussions for the regime.

Black smoke rises from a Gazprom Neft oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow on June 18, following a Ukrainian drone attack.

Russian Energy Is Now at Ukraine’s Mercy Kyiv’s drone offensive against Russian oil facilities has found a sixth gear.

Find order in the chaos

A New Great Game Is Underway in Central Asia
The world’s great powers are engaging a new battleground in their search for critical minerals.

The Western Myth of Russian Greatness
There is a long history of foreigners idealizing Russia and exaggerating its power.

Trump Needs to Defy History to End the Iran War
U.S. presidents are virtually never able to end the stalemated wars they start.

Putin’s War Comes Home to Russia
Ukraine’s attacks have unleashed a crisis—but don’t expect repercussions for the regime.

Russian Energy Is Now at Ukraine’s Mercy
Kyiv’s drone offensive against Russian oil facilities has found a sixth gear.

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