Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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oe Biden addresses U.S. Air Force personnel. The United States Can’t Afford Another Vague National Security Strategy
Americans need the government to level with them about the need to stand up to rivals like Russia and China—and the costs of failure.
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Finnish troops wear gas masks in 1939. What Ukraine Can Learn From Finland
In December 1939, a small country with a small military held off the vastly superior Soviet Red Army and avoided occupation by its larger neighbor.
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Protesters hold signs during an anti-vaccination rally at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Nov. 11. Why People Reject Vaccination—and How to Change Their Minds
Anti-vaccination beliefs are highly dependent on cultural and social context. Here’s what worked in two United States-based studies.
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Protesters carry signs with anti-AFSPA slogans. Army Killings in India’s Nagaland Reignite Debate Over Controversial Law
Civilian killings by the Indian Army in Nagaland state have revived debate about the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
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A monitor displays a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Quad Should Speak Out Against Russia’s Aggression Toward Ukraine
It’s time for the Indo-Pacific democracies to address the crisis.
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Presidential candidates Gabriel Boric of the Social Convergence party and José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party pose before a presidential debate in Santiago, Chile, on Dec. 13. In Chile’s Presidential Race, Kast and Boric Are Not Equally Dangerous Extremes
Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast threatens to politicize the country’s constitutional rewrite.
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Representatives of different Ukrainian political parties and movements stage a protest outside the Constitutional Court building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 30, 2020. Why Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption Scares Russia
The country’s democratization and ongoing efforts to fight entrenched graft and cronyism are a threat to Putin’s model of governance.
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Kerry at COP26 in Glasgow Biden’s Climate Diplomacy Is a Gift to China
The administration is paying for vain hopes with dangerous concessions.
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A person looks at a Google Earth map of the Middle East at an event at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. Iranian Ransomware Is Coming for the United States
After a year of attacks on Israel, Iran’s hackers have another target.
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Antony Blinken delivers remarks in Indonesia. Biden Needs a Southeast Asia Policy to Counter China’s Pull
Despite a welcome flurry of diplomacy, Washington still has no clear strategy for the region.
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Saleh al-Armouti speaks before protesters. Water-for-Energy Is Better Than Land-for-Peace
A new deal between Israel and Jordan represents a big step forward from the Abraham Accords.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad’s Unlikely Comeback
Regional governments that once shunned Damascus are mending fences with a murderous regime—showing human rights abusers everywhere how to commit atrocities with impunity.
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A man in a suit with a Chinese Communist Party lapel pin looks down at his smartphone. China’s Fake Twitter Accounts Are Tweeting Into the Void
China’s state-linked influence operations get very little engagement on Twitter.
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The Frontex logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland. Europe Accidentally Built an ‘Amnesty International With Guns’
The EU’s border and coast guard agency is expanding fast—but member states find it too soft to rely on.
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U.S. President Joe Biden Biden Takes Aim at Kleptocrats
The United States is finally taking big steps to close the loopholes that make America a money laundering haven.
