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Le Pen-Macron debate, round two in Ukraine, China's big Pacific move, Israel-Hamas flare-up
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What We're Watching: Le Pen-Macron debate, round two in Ukraine, China's big Pacific move, Israel-Hamas flare-up

What to expect from Biden-Putin summit; Israel-Hamas tenuous ceasefire holds
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What to expect from Biden-Putin summit; Israel-Hamas tenuous ceasefire holds

How did the Biden-Putin summit go? With Israel resuming airstrikes, is the ceasefire with Hamas over? How is North Korea managing its food crisis? Ian Bremmer shares his perspective on global politics this week.

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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Election crisis in one of Africa’s most stable democracies, Mecca agreement may get another signee, SCOTUS sides with Trump on mail-in ballots

The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.

What We’re Watching: Suu Kyi on trial, Blinken in Israel, Mali coup 2.0
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What We’re Watching: Suu Kyi on trial, Blinken in Israel, Mali coup 2.0

What We’re Watching: Israel-Hamas truce, South Korean pardon, weird vaccine incentives
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What We’re Watching: Israel-Hamas truce, South Korean pardon, weird vaccine incentives

What kind of leverage does Biden really have with Bibi?
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What kind of leverage does Biden really have with Bibi?

As the Israel-Hamas conflict grinds into a second week, critics of the Biden administration have called on the White House to do more to stop the fighting. How much leverage does the US have over its ally Israel, and would Biden use it?

An Israeli soldier walks next to a military vehicle at a mobile artillery unit location on the Israeli side by the Israel border with Gaza May 16, 2021.
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What We're Watching: White House backs Gaza ceasefire, Southeast Asia's COVID spike, Iran's heavyweight contenders weigh in

A large fire is seen near the scene of what officials said was a Gaza rocket attack on an Israeli energy pipeline near Ashkelon, Israel, May 11, 2021.
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Israel and Hamas on the brink of war

After a year of relative quiet, clashes between Israel and Hamas erupted this week, putting the two sides on the brink of full-blown war. Flare-ups between the Israeli military and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip seem to be cyclical. But there are a few developments that make this latest round of tit-for-tat strikes somewhat atypical. What's different this time?