Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
-
Children warm themselves around a fire. Boris Johnson Is Shutting the Door on Child Refugees
In the name of strengthening its negotiating position after Brexit, the British government is removing internationally recognized protections for unaccompanied children who were once welcomed in the U.K.
-
An Iranian flag flies in front of the Bushehr nuclear power plant during an official ceremony to kick-start work on a second reactor at the facility on Nov. 10, 2019. Europe Puts What Remains of the JCPOA in Limbo
By triggering the Iran deal’s dispute resolution mechanism, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom are hoping to push the sides back to the negotiating table—but they may escalate instead.
-
A Vietnamese woman carries her child to receive free protective face masks at a makeshift distribution center amid concerns of a coronavirus outbreak in Hanoi on Feb. 8. As Numbers Soar, Here’s Everything We Don’t Know About the Coronavirus
As the death toll tops 1,300, there are still more questions than answers.
-
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg No, Pete Buttigieg Is Not a CIA Asset
The agency’s history of bloody-handed bungling abroad has come back to haunt U.S. politics.
-
Lee Sun-kyun and Jo Yeo-jeong in “Parasite.” How a Samsung Heiress Helped Make ‘Parasite’ a Triumph
Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse.
-
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Feb. 6. Scotland’s Leaders Are Using Independence to Distract From Scandal
Bad governance and sexual abuse claims have left the Scottish National Party in urgent need of another referendum.
-
Angela Merkel and Friedrich Merz Friedrich Merz Is Ready to Bury Angela Merkel
The German chancellor’s most likely successor wants to end her way of doing politics.
-
Troops stand near an F-35 while they listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on board the USS Wasp in Yokosuka, Japan, on May 28, 2019. 2 Easy Ways to Shrink America’s Overseas Footprint
Cutting dysfunctional programs offers a start to ending American primacy.
-
A portion of the 1979 Drobles plan map. Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Isn’t New. It Plagiarized a 40-Year-Old Israeli Initiative.
The White House likes to pretend it’s breaking with tradition. In fact, it’s recycling old maps and ideas.
-
A sign with the radiation warning symbol in front of the construction of the Duga Soviet over-the-horizon radar system near Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Nov. 22, 2018. Low-Yield Nukes Are a Danger, Not a Deterrent
Deterrence theorists are pushing ideas that have never been tested.
-
The Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, speaking to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during her visit to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Dec. 7, 2019. It’s Africa’s Turn to Leave the European Union
The EU doesn’t treat the African Union as an equal partner. Unless the AU resets relations, it’s in for decades more of the same.
-
Police assist an injured man in London, on Nov. 29, 2019 after reports of shots being fired on London Bridge. Tougher Sentencing Won’t Stop Terrorism
A string of attacks in Britain have led Boris Johnson’s government to seek simple remedies that won’t fix the problem.
-
Björn Höcke and Thomas Kemmerich Behold Germany’s Post-Merkel Future and Despair
The chancellor’s pathological centrism has helped make her party morally blind.
-
An aerial view taken on Feb. 6, 2020, shows smoke billowing from tires burnt by Syrians in an attempt to hinder air strikes. Turkey’s Intervention in Syria Will Slow Assad, But It Won’t Stop Him
Ankara's latest move might slow the Syrian regime's Russian-backed onslaught on Idlib, but the tyrant will remain on the throne so long as the world turns a blind eye.
-
A man begs for money in the snow along 42nd Street in Times Square in New York on March 21, 2018. America Needs a New Economic Philosophy. Foreign Policy Experts Can Help.
The United States cannot get grand strategy right if it gets economic policy wrong.
