A helicopter flies over the Red Zone area, amid heightened security measures ahead of anticipated U.S.–Iran peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 20, 2026.Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty ImagesCommentaryFighting in the Persian Gulf has upset government and business calculations the world over. The belligerents—the...
A delegate attends a plenary session of China's rubber-stamp National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2026. Vincent Thian/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesCommentaryFor China’s Communist Party, each new five-year plan is supposed to revise the direction of...