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A USHCA-hosted discussion with Matthew Chitwood, Brian Linden and Daniel B. Wright....

Foreign Affairs: Matt Chitwood on ending poverty in China

Beijing says it will wipe out poverty by the end of this year, but only when poverty is defined as extreme and rural....

Foreign Affairs: Cheng Li on China’s hopes for a thaw

China feels cautiously optimistic President-elect Joe Biden can lower—or at least pause—fast-escalating tensions between the countries....

FROM THE FIELD: In El Salvador, the military is still hiding its crimes

A report from Elizabeth Hawkins....

LRB: Pooja Bhatia on Black liberation

Three books examine the enormous impact of the Haitian Revolution....

Newslines: Neri Zilber on Mahmoud Abbas’s possible successor

Former top official Mohammed Dahlan's name is being floated as more flexible replacement for President Mahmoud Abbas....

WPR: Karina Piser on French schools and radicalization

France's teachers have been charged with instilling "republican values" in public schools. They are finding it an overwhelming task....

Thomas Goltz publishes new book on Turkey

Reflections on "40 years of an intimate association with a wayward US Eurasian ally."...

Webinar video: The US and China—Charting a new course

An ICWA-Network 20/20 discussion with Susan Thornton, Cheng Li and Joseph Battat....

Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israel’s election lessons

As Americans await final results in their presidential campaign, they would do well to learn from Israel's hard-won experience on surviving uncertainty....

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