Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Ralph Nader in a black and white photograph. When Democrats Rebelled Against Their Own Leaders
Ralph Nader and the Watergate Babies challenged aging House chairmen.
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A screen fixed to a wall shows a video of a mushroom cloud. A soldier in a formal dress uniform stands beside the screen with his hands clasped behind his back as he leans against the wall. The Inevitable Logic of a Japanese Nuclear Weapon
Rapid geopolitical change requires an urgent debate in Japan.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia ASEAN Is No Longer Just a Talk Shop
The bloc is beginning to have some agency—as long as you don’t mention China.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks from the Maine One presidential helicopter to Air Force One on Sept. 22. Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Step Forward
For Europe, continued war is perhaps not entirely unwelcome.
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Donald Trump is seen pointing and talking while sitting in a chair in the Oval Office. It’s Been a Chilling Week for Free Speech in America
Trump’s attacks hit a “new low,” the head of the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
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Two Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of an air attack. Trump Presents Ukraine With a ‘Very Tough Choice’
Zelensky said he’s being asked to decide between Ukraine losing its dignity or losing a key partner.
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The city of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, shrouded in fog, where destroyed homes and buildings seem to be abandoned among the city's trees following intense fighting. Trump’s New Ukraine Policy Is Old Hat
The White House may soon preside over the first negotiated defeat of a modern democracy.
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Kenyan police officers in camouflage clothing display a white flag with the words "Multinational Security Mission" in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The U.N.’s Latest Haiti Mandate Is a Rebrand, Not a Rethink
The Gang Suppression Force repackages the same strategies that have failed the country for decades.
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An overhead satellite image shows patchy dirt ground and buildings, some small and one larger, that sit along a road. Documenting War Crimes in Sudan Begins Now
Stopping ongoing violence in conflict zones is urgent, but with today’s technology, so is gathering evidence.
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A brightly colored array of phone shapes with geopolitical images and tittok controls on them with headlines like: POV: Xi's Just Not That Into You atop Xi Jinping's face and Vladimir, STOP! atop Vladimir Putin's face. You Should Be Reading This on TikTok
Why Washington’s foreign-policy community needs to take its conversation to a new platform.
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Two men, Tinubu and Xi, are seen in profile as they shake hands and smile at each other in front of long wood desks. Both men are dressed formally. Nigeria Is Turning Into a U.S.-China Battleground
Trump’s threats leave Nigerians worried about superpower intentions.
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Job seekers walk between tents at a job fair in Beijing. China Is Worried About AI Job Losses
Beijing values domestic stability over global competition.
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Mbuyiseli Madlanga, looking down, sits and listens to testimony. South Africa Gets a Pass on Rampant Corruption
Why is a leading global watchdog turning a blind eye?
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Two men stand on either side of a woman, all dressed formally and holding drinks in glasses. Marton, the woman, wears red and smiles as she looks at a paper one of the men is holding. ‘Make Them Talk to Each Other’
Lessons in peacemaking from 21 days at Dayton.
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A man plants flowers next to the G-20 logo. It’s Time to Trust the Global South
As Europeans debate who will fill the U.S. role on the world stage, an answer may already be apparent.
