Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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The MV Ever Given container ship sails in the Suez Canal How the Red Sea Became a Trap
From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.
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Electric energy-generating wind turbines are on a wind farm. Energy Independence Doesn’t Mean What It Used To
And here’s why that’s a national security issue.
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Merkel and Biden at the White House Biden’s Surrender to Merkel on Nord Stream 2
His support for the pipeline abandoned a bipartisan consensus, got nothing in return, and made the world less secure.
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A security officer walks past a mural showing U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on July 31, 2020. India Resists the Taliban Bandwagon
As Blinken heads to New Delhi, he could find some surprising common ground on Afghanistan.
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Frodo stands before the Cracks of Doom in Sergei Iukhimov’s cover illustration for Volume I of Vlastelin Kolec, Natalya Grigor’eva and Vladimir Grushetskij’s two-volume 1993 translation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Comrades of the Ring
How Soviet artists evaded censors to create their own visions of Tolkien.
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An art teacher gives finishing touches to a painting of Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui as a tribute outside an art school in Mumbai on July 16, 2021. Modi Rejected an Indian Hero
Danish Siddiqui’s death should have been a moment of national unity. The prime minister made it the opposite.
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A medical worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines Are Japan’s New Tool to Counter China
Despite its worsening pandemic, Tokyo’s vaccine diplomacy has gained traction.
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biden-nixon-70s-inflation-economy-foreign-policy-illustration2 Are We in a Rerun of ‘That ’70s Show’?
Some economists warn inflation is a ticking time bomb.
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Iraqi prime minister speaks in Berlin. Will Biden and Kadhimi Produce Platitudes on Iraq?
At the White House on Monday, the Iraqi leader needs a guarantee that Biden won’t use Iraq’s independence as a pawn in negotiations with Iran.
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Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 09, 2019. Athletes Are Post-National Now
Decades of sex abuse turned American gymnasts away from their federation. Will other sports follow suit?
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Former Swiss foreign minister meets with OSCE Minsk Group members. The Minsk Group Is Meaningless
The OSCE’s peace effort in Nagorno-Karabakh is outdated and unhelpful. Laying it to rest can pave the way for real reconciliation and reconstruction.
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biden-foreign-policy-china-russia-six-months-hp Biden at Six Months: How Successful Is His Foreign Policy?
Foreign Policy asked nine global experts for their takes on the administration’s agenda.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach waves the Olympic flag during the Closing Ceremony of Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre on August 28, 2014 in Nanjing, China. The Long and Infuriating History of Bad Olympic Bosses
Thomas Bach has joined a long line of IOC chiefs who have been hated by everyone associated with the Games.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to deliver a speech on June 24, 2018 in Istanbul. Cracks Are Growing in the Erdogan Regime
Turkey is more politically unstable today than at any other point in recent years.
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A security guard walks through the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund in Washington on April 5. The World Bank Is Missing U.S. Leadership
Biden’s sacking of Trump appointees at international financial institutions has left a vacuum.
