Is Ukraine’s Endgame a Russian Land Bridge?
That may depend on how much coastal territory Moscow wants—and whether it can hold it.
What the Fall of Mariupol Would Mean for the War
A propaganda win for Russia, a big battlefield boost, and a way to hide evidence of war crimes.
Afghanistan Regains Its Crown as Terror Central
The Taliban’s jihadi friends are back to threaten global security.
France’s Constitution Can’t Contain Marine Le Pen
By expanding executive power, previous presidents have primed the system for her abuse.
Asia
What the Taliban Means for Queer Afghans
China
China Is Reassessing Western Financial Power After Ukraine
Middle East & Africa
Britain Seeks to Send Refugees to Rwanda
Europe
Why Marine Le Pen Always Loses
Americas
Ecuador’s Distant Dream of a Green Recovery
What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
The United States needs to right-size the China threat to know how to counter it.
How Beijing Sees Biden
For decades, Chinese leaders thought they knew the man who would become America’s 46th president. But he was changing all along.
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
China Is Reassessing Western Financial Power After Ukraine
Beijing is likely to speed up global decoupling.
What Happens to the Homes Ukrainians Leave Behind?
Abandonment, destruction, or occupation of homes and property is a grim hallmark of modern conflicts.
Kòltiz, a Patriotic Haitian Practice of Solidarity
Haitian collaborative groups affirm that “every human is human.”
The Ukraine Crisis Offers a Rare Chance for Energy and Climate Cooperation
Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed some difficult truths about the world’s energy needs.
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.
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