Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Children are cramped together as they hold out bowls for food with anguished expressions. The News Cycle Is No Excuse for Ignoring Gaza
Don’t let the attention economy distract you from recognizing the catastrophe in Gaza.
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Flames and smoke billow from buildings during mass Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv on July 4. It’s Official: America Can’t Be Trusted
Flip-flops, uncertainty, and the Pentagon’s freelancing on weapons aid leave Ukraine and European allies in the lurch.
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A scientist measures the radio-dose of a gamma container and a neutron container with a Geiger Mueller Detector during a demonstration of the MobileSearch X-ray Inspection System July 23, 2002 in Washington. Iran Can Already Build a Dirty Bomb
A bomb with uranium would be easy enough for Tehran to make—but may not make sense to use.
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An exterior view of the U.S. State Department building in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in Washington on April 15. The State Department Overhaul Is Long Overdue
Severe mission creep has distracted U.S. diplomacy from its core purpose in an era of great-power competition.
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Personal items are seen amid the destruction of a residential property in northern Tehran on June 29. Strikes on Iran Validate North Korea’s Nuclear Sprint
The United States and Israel are speeding up the collapse of nonproliferation.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner (right) and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (left) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 27, after Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a peace agreement. Rwanda and Congo’s Unstable Peace
A recent U.S.-brokered agreement can only ensure stability if it does not reward Rwanda’s aggression.
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Chinese tourists take a photo with a China Aid plaque at the Patuxai victory monument in Vientiane, Laos. China Isn’t Ready to Replace USAID
Ideological and economic concerns mean that Beijing is wary of foreign aid.
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French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein look up during a visit to the Cadarache nuclear research center in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France, on Sept. 6, 1975. The Lessons of Osirak for Israel and Iran
The 1981 strike on an Iraqi reactor jolted Baghdad’s nuclear program into high gear.
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A construction worker pushes a wheelbarrow with materials across a road in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024. Amid Economic Woes, China’s Public Still Supports the CCP
Despite slowing growth, people haven’t forgotten the party’s record of delivering public goods.
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A view of the destruction at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 23, viewed on July 1. What the War Changed Inside Iran
The regime has been pushed to the edge of strategic pivot.
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A gas-liquid separator at a geothermal generator unit is seen at the Qingshui Geothermal Park in Yilan County, Taiwan, on Nov. 29, 2023. Taiwan Is on the Cusp of an Energy Revolution
As the island phases out nuclear power, can it harness its vast geothermal reserves?
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Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Leaves the Congressional Budget Office Battling for Relevance
A non-partisan panel of experts shaping policy, in this economy?
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The co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Lars Klingbeil is seen in front of his party's logo during the SPD's party congress in Berlin on June 29. The Russia Problem Threatening Germany’s Government
Amid a deteriorating European security environment, a coalition party slides back into Cold War reflexes.
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Iranians prepare for the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in Tajrish Square, Tehran, on March 19. Why Don’t the Iranian People Rise Up?
A demonstrably unpopular regime maintains total control down to the neighborhood level.
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7. Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East
In D.C. visit, Netanyahu is expected to toast Trump for U.S. attack on Iran.
