Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Tables are laid out for a gala dinner at the 35th ordinary summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Feb. 5. Africans Need More Seats at the Tables of Power
Turn the G-20 into the G-21 by adding the African Union.
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Olaf Scholz looks on during a press conference after a meeting between German State Premiers on November 18, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The Gold Medal for Foreign Policy Goes to Germany
Berlin’s approach to the world is far better than its reputation.
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A worker inspects an open cast at the Arcadia lithium mine in Zimbabwe. Shifting Mining From the Global South Misses the Point of Climate Justice
Onshoring critical minerals mining doesn’t address the root causes of predatory extraction.
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Modi and Putin in Russia India Has Its Own Ideas About Russia and Ukraine
New Delhi likes the idea of a sphere of influence—but has good reasons to worry about a European conflict.
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A man lights a candle in an Orthodox Christian church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24. Russia and Ukraine Are Trapped in Medieval Myths
A shared past underpins—and worsens—the conflict.
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People take part in a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana on July 11, 2021. Boxing Cuba In Benefits No One
It’s on the United States to break the detente because Cuba’s continued isolation may have serious geopolitical consequences.
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Putin and the chess metaphor Why the Chess Metaphor for Putin Is Wrong
The problem with Russia is not a game.
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Activists protest against attacks on Hindu temples and houses in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 4, 2016. How Facebook Fuels Religious Violence
The social media platform’s haphazard content moderation strategy is failing Bangladesh. Here’s how it can fix its policy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. China Can’t Carry the Russian Economy
Putin’s courting of Beijing has paid more diplomatic than economic dividends.
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From left to right, three of Costa Rica’s presidential candidates—José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party, Lineth Saborío of the Social Christian Unity Party, and Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz of the New Republic party—participate in a debate in San José on Feb. 1. Costa Rica’s Boring Elections Are a Model for the World
No matter who wins, Sunday’s vote won’t make headlines abroad. That’s a good thing.
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Prague residents surround Soviet tanks in Prague on Aug. 21, 1968 as the Soviet-led invasion by the Warsaw Pact armies crushed the so called Prague Spring reform in former Czechoslovakia. False-Flag Invasions Are a Russian Specialty
Ukraine wouldn’t be the first place that Russia’s military started a war by faking an attack.
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Red tape is extended and objects are set on fire, around the house in which the leader of Islamic State (IS) group Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla , aka Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi died, during an overnight raid by US special forces, in the town of Atme in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on February 3, 2022. Qurayshi Is Replaceable
He wasn’t a super creative leader on the battlefield. But he didn’t need to be.
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Members of an Amhara militia gather in the village of Adi Arkay, northeast of Gondar, Ethiopia, on July 14, 2021. Don’t Blame Amharas for Ethiopia’s War
Peace efforts must address the group’s legitimate fears rather than casting them as the main obstacle to reconciliation.
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Putin, Modi, and Xi Modi’s Foreign-Policy Juggling Act
He put India on the map as a great power—but strategy problems are piling up.
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Pedestrians walk past a vandalized mural depicting former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in Belgrade. What Germany Can Teach Serbia About Confronting Genocide
Overcoming hateful ideologies is never easy, but it’s much more difficult when denialism and bigotry are actively encouraged from the very top, as is the case in Belgrade.
