Foreign Policy

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How Iran's Supreme Leader Is Chosen—and Why It Matters Economy

How Iran's Supreme Leader Is Chosen—and Why It Matters

Iran's Supreme Leader holds near-absolute power, but the selection process involves a little-known clerical body, heavy vetting, and a constitutional...

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What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Fuels Conflict Economy

What Is the Durand Line—and Why It Fuels Conflict

The Durand Line, a 2,640-kilometre border drawn by British diplomats in 1893, divides the Pashtun people between Pakistan and Afghanistan and remains...

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How Sovereign Wealth Funds Work—and Where They Invest Economy

How Sovereign Wealth Funds Work—and Where They Invest

Sovereign wealth funds manage over $15 trillion in assets worldwide, investing in everything from tech stocks to Hollywood studios. Here is how these...

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How Sovereign Asset Freezes Work—and Why They Matter Economy

How Sovereign Asset Freezes Work—and Why They Matter

Sovereign asset freezes allow governments to block a foreign nation's central bank reserves and state wealth held abroad, creating powerful economic l...

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How Ceasefire Agreements Work—and Why Most Fail Economy

How Ceasefire Agreements Work—and Why Most Fail

Ceasefire agreements are among the most common tools in conflict resolution, yet 80 percent collapse. This explainer breaks down how ceasefires differ...

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What Is the Armenian Genocide—and Why Denial Persists Culture

What Is the Armenian Genocide—and Why Denial Persists

The Armenian Genocide of 1915–1916 killed up to 1.2 million people and inspired the very word 'genocide.' Over a century later, only 34 countries form...

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How Carrier Strike Groups Work—Floating Fortresses Technology

How Carrier Strike Groups Work—Floating Fortresses

A carrier strike group is the most powerful naval formation on Earth, combining an aircraft carrier, escort warships, submarines, and 65–70 aircraft i...

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How the International Criminal Court Works Culture

How the International Criminal Court Works

The ICC is the world's only permanent court for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Here's how it investigates, prosecutes, and why enf...

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How Economic Sanctions Work—and Do They? Economy

How Economic Sanctions Work—and Do They?

Economic sanctions have become the world's go-to tool for punishing rogue states and pressuring policy change, yet research shows they succeed only ab...

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How Japan's Article 9 Works—and Why It's Eroding Technology

How Japan's Article 9 Works—and Why It's Eroding

Japan's pacifist constitution, written after World War II, renounces war and forbids military force. But decades of reinterpretation have steadily exp...

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How Back-Channel Diplomacy Works—and Why It Matters Culture

How Back-Channel Diplomacy Works—and Why It Matters

Back-channel diplomacy uses secret, unofficial negotiations to break deadlocks when formal talks fail. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Oslo Accor...

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How Defense Cooperation Agreements Work—and Why Technology

How Defense Cooperation Agreements Work—and Why

Defense cooperation agreements are the most common form of institutionalized military partnership between nations, covering everything from joint exer...

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