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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a peace agreement signing with Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in Washington.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a peace agreement signing with Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in Washington.

Rwanda, Congo Sign Historic Peace Deal

Decades of fighting have led to what the United Nations has called “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on Earth.”

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering in the Queens borough of New York on June 24.
New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering in the Queens borough of New York on June 24.

Will the Rich Flee New York if Mamdani Becomes Mayor?

A progressive candidate’s primary win is causing panic among the city’s upper classes. This article has an audio recording

Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Hundreds of people gather around a giant doll with pigtails, an orange jumper and red glowing eyes.
Hundreds of people gather around a giant doll with pigtails, an orange jumper and red glowing eyes.

Why Is ‘Squid Game’ So Popular?

One of the most vicious, violent, and nihilistic works of entertainment ever made is also truly the work of an auteur.

Review
Jordan Hoffman
Graduates from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government celebrate during the university’s 374th commencement in Cambridge, the United States, on May 29.
Graduates from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government celebrate during the university’s 374th commencement in Cambridge, the United States, on May 29.

Harvard Should Prepare to Move Abroad

CEU’s experience in Hungary shows that no amount of prestige or endowment can shield a university from determined state hostility.

Argument
Maciej Kisilowski, Anna Wojciuk
A giant panda's tongue hangs out while eating.
A giant panda's tongue hangs out while eating.

The Expedition That Launched a Century of Panda-Mania

A new book details how the United States helped create a truly political animal.

Review
Gloria Dickie
The book cover of Michael Luo's Strangers in the Land.
The book cover of Michael Luo's Strangers in the Land.

The Forgotten Stories of the Chinese in America

‘Strangers in the Land’ illuminates a dark, enduring period of U.S. history.

Review
Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Members of the Israeli security forces check the apparent remains of an Iranian ballistic missile lying on the ground on the outskirts of Katzrin, Golan Heights, Israel.
Members of the Israeli security forces check the apparent remains of an Iranian ballistic missile lying on the ground on the outskirts of Katzrin, Golan Heights, Israel.

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of June 21: The United States bombs Iran, Thailand tightens its border, and NATO holds a summit.

Quiz
Drew Gorman
An illustration shows a world map fractured into several groupings that align with the dividing lines laid out in Samuel Huntington's book Clash of Civilizations. The broken up continents are scattered against a green background.
An illustration shows a world map fractured into several groupings that align with the dividing lines laid out in Samuel Huntington's book Clash of Civilizations. The broken up continents are scattered against a green background.

How to Sell a Clash of Civilizations

The incoherence of Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis is also its power.

Argument
Nick Danforth
Iranian missiles aimed at targets in Israel passing over the West Bank on June 18.
Iranian missiles aimed at targets in Israel passing over the West Bank on June 18.

Don’t Let a Fake Victory Forestall Real Peace

Trump’s misplaced faith in the efficacy of the Iran attacks will bring more war.

Shadow Government
Matthew Duss
A bald man in camouflage military fatigues reaches up to remove a poster board from a display easel. The poster is covered in various maps and diagrams of a nuclear facility in Iran. Bits of other people can be seen as they bustle around in the foreground.
A bald man in camouflage military fatigues reaches up to remove a poster board from a display easel. The poster is covered in various maps and diagrams of a nuclear facility in Iran. Bits of other people can be seen as they bustle around in the foreground.

Iran Is on Course for a Bomb After U.S. Strikes Fail to Destroy Facilities

Satellite imagery confirms that Iranian capabilities are bruised, not annihilated.

Argument
Jeffrey Lewis
A Chechen fighter stands in front of a house destroyed by Russian artillery in central Grozny on Jan. 15, 1995.
A Chechen fighter stands in front of a house destroyed by Russian artillery in central Grozny on Jan. 15, 1995.

The Fate of the World’s Forgotten Wars

A new book raises questions about Russia’s bygone fight in Chechnya—and the future legacy of conflicts today.

Review
John Kampfner
COP30 President André Aranha Corrêa do Lago (right) speaks next to COP30 CEO Ana Toni during a press conference in Brasília, Brazil, on March 10.
COP30 President André Aranha Corrêa do Lago (right) speaks next to COP30 CEO Ana Toni during a press conference in Brasília, Brazil, on March 10.

U.N. Hosts Dress Rehearsal for COP30

The November climate summit in Brazil will be Lula’s biggest diplomatic test yet.

Latin America Brief
Catherine Osborn
A member of the Iraqi Federal Police stands guard near the Seventeen Ramadan Mosque along al-Firdous square in Baghdad on March 9, 2023.
A member of the Iraqi Federal Police stands guard near the Seventeen Ramadan Mosque along al-Firdous square in Baghdad on March 9, 2023.

Don’t Let Iran Become Another Iraq

Nuclear uncertainty is bad for regional stability.

Argument
Jane Darby Menton
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message in Tehran.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message in Tehran.

Khamenei Vows to ‘Never Surrender’ to the U.S. in Defiant Speech

The Iranian leader downplayed Washington’s weekend assault and warned against further military action.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left), accompanied by Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left), accompanied by Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26.

Is This Trump’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Moment?

The White House is scrambling to control the narrative on how effective the U.S. strikes against Iran were.

Situation Report
John Haltiwanger, Rishi Iyengar
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