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Clashing priorities point to compromise on North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

The planned US-North Korea summit spotlights a range of possible futures for the Korean peninsula

Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap

EV uptake to change US economy and politics

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UNITED STATES

The United States has drawn huge investments from rivals in the race to electrify transport and create green jobs

Economics and nationalism shape China’s foreign policy

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CHINA

China is a rising power and potential superpower, the only country that plausibly could one day equal the United States

Voter demographic change will challenge US parties

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UNITED STATES

The changing ethnic geography of voters is making new demands of political parties

Trump agenda rests on taming fractious House politics

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UNITED STATES

The president threatened to run primary election challengers against Republicans who fail to back compromise legislation

Saudi Arabia, Iran will determine Syrian war's outcome

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MENA

Russia has bolstered an Iranian-led bloc fighting to ensure the Assad regime's survival

US-China cold war is plausible but not imminent

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CHINA/US

Rapidly deteriorating bilateral relations have led some to conclude that a ‘China-US Cold War’ is underway

US immigration reforms imply fiscal and economic risks

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UNITED STATES

The immigration reform and fiscal debates are fused; making progress means hard-fought political battles

More Senate seats likely to change hands in 2020

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UNITED STATES

The end of the 2018 elections heralds -- already -- the start of the 2020 election round, and it will be hard-fought