Analysis
List of Analysis articles
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Mounted riot police stand by around the National Congress where security was reinforced due to a protest against President Michel Temer, in Brasilia, on August 2, 2017. Violence Is the Heart of Brazilian Politics
An extraordinarily deadly police raid in Rio was anything but an aberration.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik hold a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on September 9. Trump Deals a Blow to Bosnia
Lifting sanctions on Milorad Dodik is a win for Putin and instability at Europe’s expense.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 24. Will Israel Wreck the U.S.-Syria Romance?
By embracing Sharaa, Trump hopes to bring Syria into the U.S. order.
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D66 leader Rob Jetten is pictured looking happy as he walks in a government building. Millennial Leaders Won the Dutch Elections
A quiet generational shift is transforming politics.
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An aerial drone photo shows a wind power off-grid hydrogen production project at a hydrogen energy technology company in Liaoning Province, China, on July 30. China Is Already Pulling Ahead on the Next Energy Supply Chain
Low-emission hydrogen is quickly becoming the latest frontier for geoeconomic competition.
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Members of the media take photographs of framed portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump flanking an image of former U.S. President Joe Biden's signature along "The Presidential Walk of Fame" on the wall of the colonnade outside of the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 25. Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?
The 22nd Amendment was nothing but an act of vengeance against Roosevelt, Reagan believed.
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A man in a suit stands below a golden symbol of Africa on the wall. Five green flags are to his left. Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
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Three book covers. The Forgotten Visionary of U.S. War in Latin America
Lucius Shepard’s hallucinogenic stories anticipated Trump’s war fantasies.
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Three men in the foreground have their hands tied behind their backs and white blindfolds over their eyes. In the background is a helicopter and two men wearing military-style uniforms and headphones. The Use and Abuse of ‘Narco-Terrorism’
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.
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The USS Gravely departs the Port of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago on October 30. Trump Should Oust Maduro
U.S. military might can help democratize Venezuela without sending troops.
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Heads of state listen to U.S. President Donald Trump's opening remarks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26. Trump Is Alienating Southeast Asia
Tariffs and inattention have pushed regional states toward China.
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The first batch of the Ukrainian-made drone missile "Peklo" is shown before its delivery to the Ukrainian military in Kyiv on Dec. 6, 2024. A Complacent Pentagon Needs to Learn From Ukraine
The Europeans are deeply engaged with Kyiv on defense technology, but Washington is lagging behind.
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Naofumi Tsumura, director of the guard and rescue department of the Japan Coast Guard's 10th regional headquarters, speaks to media from the helicopter deck of a Japan Coast Guard ship at the end of maritime exercises with the Philippines and the United States Coast Guards in the waters around Kagoshima, Japan, on June 20. To Counter China, Look to the ‘Other Trilat’
The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.
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Protestors shout with cardboard signs. The one in front reads: "TANZANIA FREEDOM OF SPEECH THE UNANSWERED CRIES OF NATION IN PAIN." What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos—and where it goes from here.
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Billboards show Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem (center) and his slain predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Nasrallah's death, in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, Lebanon, on Sept. 27. Hezbollah Is Down but Not Out
Undermining the group in Lebanon requires targeting its networks abroad.
