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Why isn’t the E.U. providing Ukraine the right aid? David Ignatius answered your questions.

David's Q&A with readers was at 12 p.m. ET on Monday. Read the transcript.

Biden’s best tool for halting a slide in U.S.-China relations? His phone.

To ease tensions, the president should lean into his strengths as a leader — and call Xi Jinping.

Gina Raimondo launches a new U.S. ‘industrial policy.’ But can it fly?

Government-directed industry will require support from the public.

Can Ukraine prevail? David Ignatius answered your questions.

David's Q&A with readers was at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Read the transcript.

What a year of war has revealed of three leaders

So far, Zelensky and Biden have risen to the challenge of Putin's colossal blunder.

Sometimes the story is about the spies who aren’t there

Hollywood loves a good espionage thriller, but the obsessive search for moles can do its own kind of damage.

With Chinese balloon, a hidden Cold War contest drifted into the open

The incident sheds light on intense jockeying under way for supremacy in "near space."

How can Ukraine win this war? David Ignatius answered your questions.

David's Q&A with readers was at 12 p.m. ET on Monday. Read the transcript.

The inside story of how the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon

A Pentagon official with firsthand knowledge of the event provides details about Saturday's mission, but plenty of secrets, and mysteries, remain.

The U.S.-Israel military simulation is a show of force to Iran

The joint show of force in the Mediterranean wasn't officially aimed at Tehran, but it's clear a message was being sent.