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Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 26, 2025.

What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Milei sticks to his guns, Putin gets ready to test, Central Asia comes to Washington

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Ukraine’s war and the non-Western world

A new poll provides more evidence that Western and non-Western countries just don’t agree on how best to respond to the war in Ukraine.

Protestors gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the oral arguments in two cases that challenge President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan.

What We’re Watching: SCOTUS mulling student debt relief, Blinken visiting Central Asia, Biden's partial TikTok ban, Petro’s post-honeymoon phase

US Supreme Court weighs student loan forgiveness; Blinken’s trip to Central Asia; Will China respond to Biden’s government TikTok ban?; First cabinet reshuffle in Petro’s Colombia

Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

What We’re Watching: G7 stands up to Putin, Israel and Lebanon reach maritime deal, South Korea touts missile shield

The war grinds on, Lebanon-Israel deal is finally underwater, ignoring South Korea's missile defense bravado

Ethnic Russians in Ukraine: A look back

Ethnic Russians in Ukraine: A look back

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I started my PhD work back in 1989. And as you can imagine, the most interesting thing in the world was that the Wall came down and the Soviet empire was collapsing, and the nationalities of the former Soviet Union were starting to explode. I did my research on Russians in Ukraine. That was actually the title of my dissertation in 1994. "The Politics of Ethnicity: Russians in the New Ukraine." Can you believe that?