Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Poll: China’s Influence Is Not Inevitable
A new survey shows Beijing’s foreign aid footprint has grown, but it falls short in other areas.
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Pedro Castillo arrives for a press conference. Peru’s Democracy Is at a Breaking Point
Pedro Castillo, who takes office this month, will likely face a renewed governability crisis as president.
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Solar modules in China The United States Can’t Afford the Brutal Price of Chinese Solar Panels
Americans need a national green tech strategy.
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Students protest death of Stan Swamy in India. New Survey Shows Many Indians Preach Respect but Don’t Practice It
Social equality needs to be more than a coat of paint.
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Biden and Merkel speak to the media. Will the United States and Europe Break Up Over China?
Biden and Merkel will make all the right noises at their meeting this week. But deep transatlantic tensions persist.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel grimaces on stage during a campaign rally on September 26, 2009 at the Treptow Arena in Berlin. The Undeniable Pessimism of Angela Merkel
Hovering over Germany’s China policy is a cloud of gloom and fear.
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Afghan refugees arrive in Greece. Biden’s Afghan Withdrawal Will Spark the Next Refugee Crisis
The European allies that fought alongside the United States will face the fallout as thousands of refugees flee the Taliban, giving fodder to far-right parties.
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Singaporean, Chinese, and French naval vessels sail near Changi Naval Base in Singapore on May 15, 2017. Chinese-U.S. Split Is Forcing Singapore to Choose Sides
There is no sweet spot to keep both Beijing and Washington happy, but that hasn’t kept Singapore from trying.
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Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic awaits the final verdict on the appeal against his genocide conviction over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre at a tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 8. In Bosnia, Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
The terrible truth is decades after the Bosnian War, the world has become too accustomed to war crimes.
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Supporters of assassinated Haitian president protest. U.S. Intervention in Haiti Would Be a Disaster—Again
The nation’s poverty and chaos has been shaped by Washington for decades.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban takes part in a press conference at the Visegrad Summit in Lublin, Poland, on Sept. 11, 2020. The Dangerous Farce of Late-Stage Orbanism
Lashing out at vulnerable minorities is the hallmark of a weak bully who fears losing power.
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Members of the Non Una Di Meno feminist group stage a protest. The Pandemic Hasn’t Stopped the Rise of the Women’s Movement
Digital tools have multiplied collective power around the world. Leaders must invest in sustaining it.
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People protest in Cuba. Cuba Doesn’t Know How to Handle the New Protests
The island hasn’t seen anything like this for decades.
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A poster of Mustafa Hayrullahoglu, late member of the Socialist Workers Party of Turkey, in the Bakirkoy district of Istanbul as part of a May Day rally on May 1, 2017. Turkey’s Left-Wing ‘Squad’ Is Coming for Erdogan
A new party is betting that unabashed leftist politics is the only way to defeat the president.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives ahead of the inauguration of the Salma Hydroelectric Dam in Herat, Afghanistan on June 4, 2016. India Is Scrambling to Get on the Taliban’s Good Side
After decades of supporting the Afghan government, New Delhi is planning for its potential fall.
