The Domestic Pressures Impacting Iran and Israel
How to think about an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
View ArticleWhat in the World?
Test yourself on the week of April 13: Iran and Israel spar, Niger erupts in protest, and Trump goes to court.
View ArticleWorld Leaders Urge Restraint After Israel Attacks Iran
G-7 foreign ministers, Arab nations, and other major powers condemn further escalation in the Middle East.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Megalopolises
What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats.
View ArticleThe Real Meaning of Humanity’s Origin Story
A new book shows what human prehistory has mistakenly taught us—and misunderstands what it still can.
View ArticleCan Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
View ArticleThe Iran-Israel War Is Just Getting Started
As long as the two countries remain engaged in conflict, they will trade blows—no matter what their allies counsel.
View ArticleWhy Aren’t We Talking More About the Famine in Gaza?
Israel-Iran tensions should not distract us from the suffering of Palestinians.
View ArticleRussia’s Shadow Fleet Could Create Strange Allies
Both Greenpeace and NATO are working against off-book oil tankers.
View ArticleThe Strategic Unseriousness of Olaf Scholz
His latest trip confirms that Germany’s China policy is made in corporate boardrooms.
View ArticleU.S. Weighs Ending Aid to Israeli Military Unit for Alleged Human Rights Abuses
The potential move has sparked alarm among top Israeli officials.
View ArticleNew Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Pivot to the U.S.
Beijing’s bullying tactics have pushed Wellington into Washington’s welcoming arms.
View ArticleRussia Is Committing Cultural Genocide in Ukraine
Historical falsification, youth indoctrination, and the plunder of artifacts reveal the Kremlin’s true objectives.
View ArticleNo, Recycling Won’t Solve Our Plastic Problem
The world must come together to address the full life cycle of this ubiquitous material.
View ArticleCongressional Push for Oil Sanctions Puts Biden in a Bind
New measures to punish Iran, Venezuela, and Russia could raise crude prices and hurt Biden in an election year.
View ArticleDoes Trump Have a Foreign-Policy Vision?
A new book lays claim to interpreting the former president’s global legacy—and has a plan for what a second term could accomplish.
View ArticleIs the U.S. Preparing to Ban Future LNG Sales to China?
The Department of Energy’s “temporary pause” opens the door.
View ArticleIndia’s Courts Must Keep Their Autonomy
A recent ruling on campaign finance reflected a judicial independence that will be key to checking Modi’s power if he wins a third term.
View ArticleDoes China Have to Play by the Rules?
New reporting implicates Beijing and anti-doping officials in covering up Chinese Olympic swimmers’ positive tests in 2021.
View ArticleUkraine Is Still Outgunned by Russia
Even if Congress passes the aid package, most of the artillery Ukraine needs won’t get to the front until next year.
View ArticleU.K. Passes Controversial Rwanda Deportation Bill
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said flights will begin in 10 to 12 weeks no matter what foreign courts say.
View ArticleU.S. Allies Relieved After Senate Passes Long-Delayed Aid Bill
But the fact it took so long to pass has some worried about future support.
View ArticleWill Washington Sanction Sudan’s RSF?
Lawmakers are calling for direct measures against the group’s leader, Hemeti.
View ArticleWhat Ghana Can Learn From Taiwan
As vote-buying corrupts the country’s politics, the West African nation could learn from Taipei’s effective crackdown on the practice.
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