Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy
Global economics will never be the same—but not in the ways you might think.
Opposing China Means Defeating Russia
Moscow’s war isn’t a distraction. It’s part and parcel of the threat posed by Beijing.
The Little Iran Nuclear Deal That Couldn’t
A revived nuclear pact could benefit Washington and Tehran but is proving a hard sell.
U.S. Opens Door to Ukrainian Refugees, Shuts It for Others From Africa
People fleeing conflict in Cameroon wonder why they aren’t getting the same treatment as Ukrainians.
Asia
Kazakhstan’s Reforms Should Be More Than Just Show
China
Congress Splits Over LGBT Rights in China
Middle East & Africa
It’s Time to Give the Revolutionary Guards a Concession
Europe
Reports of Russian Atrocities in Ukraine Are Just the Beginning
Americas
The U.S. Congress Is Missing the Boat on Global Health Reform
Ukraine Crisis: What to Read
U.S. Grand Strategy After Ukraine
Seven thinkers weigh in on how the war will shift U.S. foreign policy.
Putin’s Thousand-Year War
The reasons for his anti-Western enmity stretch back over Russia’s entire history—and they will be with us for a long time.
How Putin Bungled His Invasion of Ukraine
Faulty assumptions, terrible logistics, and a ferocious Ukrainian resistance have turned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian adventure to ashes—for now.
The Intellectual Catastrophe of Vladimir Putin
The meaning of Russia’s war in Ukraine is its own national weakness.
Long Reads
How to Avoid the Dark Ages of Arms Control
There are two possible pathways after Ukraine. One of them is harrowing.
War-Gaming Taiwan: When Losing to China Is Winning
What military planners learn when they simulate a Chinese attack.
Donald Trump’s History Book
Journalists have written the “first rough draft of history,” but now it is historians’ turn to assess a most unconventional presidency.
China Is Choking Off Asia’s Most Important River
Upstream dams are destroying the Mekong Basin.
Poetry and Politics
The Poet Laureate of Hybrid War
The tragicomic absurdities of 21st century warfare are finally being transformed into literature.
Lines of Resistance
Will America see a rebirth of political verse?
Poetry for the Masses
1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times.
Reading in the Dark
In the age of Trump, literature can sustain those searching for the courage to resist the politics of division.
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10 Ideas to Fix Democracy
Marietje Schaake, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Fareed Zakaria, Eduardo Porter, and other leading thinkers offer some unexpected solutions to the current crisis.
Why the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready for Civil War
A significant portion of Americans seek the destruction of political authority. What if they succeed?
podcasts
visual stories
The Month in World Photos
Continued devastation and heartbreak in war-torn Ukraine, record flooding in Australia, and an International Women’s Day protest in Mexico City. This was March 2022.
Life Underground in Bomb-Shattered Kharkiv
Two weeks into the war, residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city are still surviving in squalid shelters.
