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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as they atttend the official signing of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

What could the Israel-Gaza deal mean for the Middle East?

Hady Amr, Scott R. Anderson, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Itamar Rabinovich, Dafna H. Rand, Shibley Telhami

October 13, 2025

The United Nations’ essential role in global peace and security

Landry Signé

October 22, 2025

Stablecoins: Issues for regulators as they implement GENIUS Act

Nellie Liang

October 21, 2025

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Why the US needs a total defense strategy based on resilience

Alexander Noyes, Jesse R. Humpal

October 21, 2025

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Government Shutdown

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (3)

U.S. Economy What is a government shutdown?

David Wessel

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U.S. Government & Politics Is this government shutdown different?

Elaine Kamarck, Molly E. Reynolds, Fred Dews

Society & Culture SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will significantly impair recession response

Lauren Bauer, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson gives remarks during the Opening of the 119th Congress in the House Chambers of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025. Republicans re-elected Mike Johnson to Speaker of the House after conservative holdouts changed their votes to Johnson.

Congress Surprisingly, Democrats—not Republicans—will be calling for a shutdown this year

Wendell Primus, Molly E. Reynolds

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Asia & the Pacific

A boat from Sea Special Attack Team (SSAT) patrols on the Bomun lake near the venue for 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 20, 2025.

Asia & the Pacific What’s at stake during Trump’s visit to Asia?

Jonathan A. Czin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ryan Hass, Ariqa Herrera, Patricia M. Kim, Lynn Kuok, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Mireya Solís, Andrew Yeo