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Trump is doing Xi’s work
In the great-power competition with China, America is playing away from its strengths
Sep 24
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Elise Labott
23
4
7
Trump’s Saudi bargain comes due
The conflict with the Houthis is forcing the question of a U.S.-led order in the Middle East.
Sep 20
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Elise Labott
160
7
56
The fortress we built after 9/11
Twenty-five years later, we forgot our greatest strength was inside.
Sep 11
•
Elise Labott
21
9
5
Drill, Delcy drill
Trump’s Venezuela deal puts his Western Hemisphere doctrine in sharp focus
Sep 1
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Elise Labott
45
1
17
August 2026
The wrong way to China
Why is Trump courting Kim while the Iran war is pulling U.S. power out of Asia?
Aug 20
•
Elise Labott
14
3
3
How the Houthis built a blockade without a navy
The Yemeni militia are pioneering a kind of sea power that doesn’t require going to sea.
Aug 17
•
Elise Labott
12
3
4
An ode to the women who shaped me
A recording by Elise Labott and Kate Brower
Aug 15
•
Elise Labott
and
Kate Brower
14
9
1
45:07
What does $25 buy you these days? The world.
The mother of geopolitical deals: I’m giving you the world for my birthday.
Aug 10
•
Elise Labott
8
5
2
The new Cold War is made of rocks
Rare earths and critical minerals are now a full-spectrum instrument of national power
Aug 4
•
Elise Labott
12
July 2026
Space is an emerging market
Space is no longer a cool niche - it now touches every lever of state power at once.
Jul 21
•
Elise Labott
15
7
4
World Review: The Strait is Closed Again. What Happened to Gaza? Ukraine's Internal Division
A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review
Published on America Abroad
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Jul 19
The Israel litmus test
Israel is a proxy for political fights the parties are having with themselves
Jul 17
•
Elise Labott
19
2
4
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