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Foreign and security policy

Living with the bomb

North Korea is nuclear-armed. Seoul is adapting: freeze first, disarmament later. But realism comes with risks

By Christoph Heuser

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Economy and ecology

‘Horses were better’

Empty petrol stations, long queues, growing frustration: in Mongolia, the fuel crisis is becoming a political stress test

By Hanna Kirchberger

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Foreign and security policy

The price of silence

Five years of Taliban rule raise an uncomfortable question: what exactly has isolation achieved?

By Abdullah Fahimi

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Democracy and society

The limits of fear

As Putin’s repressive state tightens its grip, Russians are finding ever subtler ways to resist

By Nina L. Khrushcheva

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Foreign and security policy

The art of playing giants

Xi Jinping headed to North Korea to secure China’s influence. But the real winner of the summit is Kim Jong Un

By Eric Ballbach

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Foreign and security policy

Steppe manoeuvre

Kazakhstan and Mongolia are reshaping Central Asia — reducing their dependence on China and Russia

By Rassul Kospanov, Vlad Paddak

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Interviews

‘Russia and China have perhaps never been so close’

Alexey Yusupov on Russia’s waning influence, Putin’s dependence on China and the risks of the partnership with Beijing

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Democracy and society

The last woman standing

What forms of organising can survive targeted oppression? Turkish feminists hold the answer

By Selime Büyükgöze

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Interviews

‘India can become one pole in a future multipolar world’

Happymon Jacob on India’s foreign policy, its economic vulnerability and the rivalry between the US and China

Foreign and security policy

The art of war — but scratch the art

The May summit between Xi and Trump is shaping up to be a historic mismatch between a long-term strategist and a false prophet touting his successes

By Stephen S. Roach