Evaluating Options for Partial Withdrawals of U.S. Forces from Iraq

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Germany

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but Germany is facing political uncertainty with an emboldened far right. The election comes at a time Europe’s largest economy is confronting steep economic challenges and crisis diplomacy over European security.

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April’s runoff election could decide whether Ecuador continues a descent into instability and violence, or charts a new course.

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The president’s plan for reciprocal tariffs sounds good in theory. But there was a reason the United States abandoned the approach a century ago. The gains would be few and the costs enormous.