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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/transactional-trap
The Transactional Trap | Foreign Affairs
Jan 13, 2026 - How foreign policy dealmaking can sow violence.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/food/weve-become-serfs-our-own-land-usda-trap-foreign-land-sales-and-collapse-american-farming
"We've Become Serfs On Our Own Land": The USDA Trap, Foreign Land Sales, And The Collapse Of...
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/real-thucydides-trap
The Real Thucydides Trap | Foreign Affairs
Apr 20, 2026 - Overconfidence could draw America and China into a war.
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https://www.cfr.org/articles/tinubus-northern-trap
Tinubu’s Northern Trap | Council on Foreign Relations
Apr 2, 2026 - As Tinubu pulls out all the stops to win reelection, the political terrain across Nigeria’s northern region looks increasingly treacherous.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariff-china-us-xi-trade-war-geopolitics/?tpcc=recirc_carousel091023
Trump and Xi Are in a Tariff Trap – Foreign Policy
Apr 10, 2025 - Neither wants to back down—and neither knows how.
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/debt-trap-nation-family-homelessness-failing-state
Book Review: “Debt Trap Nation” by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki | Foreign Affairs
Feb 17, 2026 - Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki explain how, in the United Kingdom, rising living expenses and shrinking government assistance trap ever more people in a...
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