Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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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.
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 17. What the World Missed in the Claudia Sheinbaum Groping Story
The president’s announcement of a crackdown on gender-based violence ignores its drivers.
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The USS Vermont, a U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine, arrives at HMAS Stirling naval base in Perth, Australia, on Oct. 29. Can South Korea Afford the Many Costs of Nuclear-Powered Submarines?
A Trumpian promise may be hard to deliver.
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A Ukrainian flag is attached to a burned out car in front of what appears to be a large residential building that also shows burn damage. What to Know About the Secret U.S.-Russia Peace Plan for Ukraine
Steve Witkoff reportedly hashed the details out with Putin’s envoy in Miami last month.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alights from the plane upon his arrival at the Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rice on January 28, 2015. Maduro Needs a Golden Parachute
The only way to avoid war in Venezuela may be if its leader doesn’t fear leaving office.
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A woman wearing a headscarf, surgical gloves, and a surgical mask over her face holds up a syringe as she examines it. Slightly out of focus in the foreground is the head of a newborn baby being held by an adult. The baby wears a tiny little hat. How One Vaccine Could Help Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
A cheap and practical intervention, given at birth, could save lives in conflict zones and beyond.
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Trump stands at a podium in a dark suit and red tie, both hands outstretched as he gesticulates. A green marble wall is visible behind him. Why Is Washington Acting Like a Revisionist Power?
The U.S. made a global order that it’s now obsessed with overthrowing.
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A large yellow flag over water reads: "FOSSIL GAS = CLIMATE CRISIS #FokusDiTerbarukan GREENPEACE" Techno-Optimism Can’t Save Us From Climate Change
Hoping blindly for a technological solution for climate change that may never come is no solution.
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Carmela Medina and Alejandro Carranza, parents of Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian man who allegedly died when the US bombed a boat supposedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, pose for a photo at their house in Santa Marta on October 21. Why Trump’s Justifications for Drone Killings Fall Short
Whatever the administration says, the U.S. is not actually at war with nonstate actors
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An anti-government opposition activist places European Union and Ukrainian flags side by side at a barricade in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on February 2, 2014. Europe Is Selling Ukraine a Pipe Dream
The EU’s promises of future membership have a very uncertain outcome.
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Indian students wear masks of Xi Jinping ahead of a China-India summit China and India Are Trapped in a Loop
Breaking out of their cycle of hope and distrust requires political imagination on both sides.
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Iraqi polling officials count ballots during the country's parliamentary election in Al-Muhandiseen district in eastern Baghdad on November 11. An Unusual Election in Iraq Offers the U.S. an Unusual Opportunity
Baghdad is turning away from Tehran. Can Washington capitalize on it?
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Flags on poles fly above Air Force One in a desert landscape. The Perils and Pitfalls of a U.S.-Saudi Defense Pact
U.S. troops would be obliged to defend Riyadh.
