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Dina Powell: politics, capital, and Meta’s AI ambitions

Her appointment as president of Meta signals a strategic turn away from product-centric leadership towards the management of power, capital, and geopolitics

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China’s grand strategy reaches a critical juncture

This could be a decisive year for Beijing as long-running strategies collide with harsher geopolitical realities. The outcomes will shape global power balances well beyond 2026.

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Do you ever wonder if you could be a spy? Find out what it takes from spies throughout history, including Morten Storm, Dimitri Bystrolyotov, Mata Hari, Sir Francis Walsingham, and James Lafayette.

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Secrets and surveillance: a look at Washington’s spy museum

Israel's intelligence-led operation against Iran has thrust the world's second oldest profession back into the spotlight. An interactive building in the American capital offers intriguing insight.

Osama Esber 21 June 2025

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (L), Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) and US President Jimmy Carter (C) shake hands after a press conference in the East Room of the White House, on September 17, 1978.

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US mediation is not what it was

Washington's role as convenor of effective talks to ease tension in global flashpoints is faltering, with Sudan the latest example, as the influence of the once 'indispensable nation' fades

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How should a US-Saudi defence pact look?

Whenever Israel's devastating war in Gaza concludes or drastically subsides, Saudi Arabia will be eager to restart the US-led process of signing a strategic bilateral defence pact

Bilal Saab 08 April 2024

Security workers and Pennsylvania State Agents stand guard at the entrance of a private community after Pennsylvania State Police took into custody Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of four University of Idaho students, in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Criminal-justice Postgrad Charged with Murdering Four Idaho University Students

A grad student seeking a criminal justice degree from Washington State University has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students…

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The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, May 28, 2015. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo

UN Nuclear Officials Leave Iran After Talks, Result Unclear

U.N. nuclear watchdog officials left Iran on Monday after talks with the head of its nuclear energy organization, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, without saying whether they addressed an…

19 December 2022

The International Space Station (ISS) is photographed by Expedition 66 crew member Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov from the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, in this image released April 20, 2022. Pyotr Dubrov/Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Japan Extends Participation in International Space Station to 2030

Japanese education and science minister Keiko Nagaoka said on Friday that Japan will extend its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) program to 2030, following the footsteps of its…

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Another ‘Tutmania’

The museum of the “National Geographic” magazine in Washington opened in June a long-awaited exhibition, “Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience”, in another wave of American “Tutmania,” to mark…

Mohammad Ali Salih - Washington 10 July 2022

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Russia Thinks America Is Bluffing

As talks between US and Russian diplomats begin in Geneva over the fate of Ukraine, Europe stands on the brink of war. The US strategy is to negotiate with Russia while threatening “devastating”…

Chris Miller 16 January 2022

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