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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
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Elise Labott
9
3
3
An ode to the women who shaped me
A recording by Elise Labott and Kate Brower
Aug 15
•
Elise Labott
and
Kate Brower
13
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
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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
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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
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Elise Labott
19
2
4
A more European NATO
Ivo Daalder says Europe is growing up. But it still needs US - and vice versa.
Jul 9
•
Elise Labott
and
Ivo Daalder
29
2
5
35:39
NATO Isn’t Ending. The Pretense Is.
Washington remains indispensable. It just won't be the only one steering the alliance.
Jul 8
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Elise Labott
20
8
2
America at 250 is a rorschach Test
The party was hijacked, but the idea hasn't. It endures
Jul 3
•
Elise Labott
16
5
4
The end of the Israel exception
The alliance isn't ending. The rules that governed it may be.
Jul 2
•
Elise Labott
16
4
5
June 2026
The Iran deal’s inconvenient math on Lebanon
Hezbollah remains the central fact that nobody can quite agree how to discuss.
Jun 24
•
Elise Labott
17
7
7
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