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An official walks past the U.S. and Chinese national flags on April 6, 2024. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

2 superpowers, 1 playbook: Why Chinese and US bureaucrats think and act alike

The men and women tasked with implementing policy are governed by the same incentives and constraints − whether in Beijing or Washington.
A video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s X account shows the moment an oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela. U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP

Black‑market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much‑needed revenue

Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
Federal agents in military fatigues chat with Chicago police officers in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 4, 2025, after federal agents shot a woman during a confrontation. Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?

In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with U.S. representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (both not pictured) on Dec. 2, 2025. Alexander Kazakov/ AFP via Getty Images

Lasting peace in Ukraine may hinge on independent monitors – yet Trump’s 28‑point plan barely mentions them

Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.
Federal employees under pressure are finding each other online, building networks that span agencies and regions. metamorworks/Getty Images

A hard year for federal workers offers a real‑time lesson in resilience

During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.
American colleges and universities are often nonprofits, but they often operate in many of the same ways that businesses do. tc397/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Federal funding cuts are only one problem facing America’s colleges and universities

Amid federal funding cuts, the enrollment of both domestic and foreign students is falling at American colleges and universities.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, with U.S. delegation members faces the Ukrainian delegation during discussions in Geneva on Nov. 23, 2025, on a plan to end the war in Ukraine. Fabrice Coffrini/ AFP via Getty Images

Peace plan presented by the US to Ukraine reflects inexperienced, unrealistic handling of a delicate situation

In a war that’s lasted almost four years, a former diplomat says it’s not realistic to say, ‘In the next week, come up with a very complicated peace deal, sign off on it and it’s going to stick.’
Mahonia bealei, also known as Beale’s barberry or leatherleaf mahonia, is invasive but still sold for landscaping. HQ Flower Guide via Wikimedia Commons

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.

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