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Customers try out smartphones at a Huawei flagship store in Shanghai on Sept. 3.
Customers try out smartphones at a Huawei flagship store in Shanghai on Sept. 3.

China’s Tech Industry Shows It Still Means Business

Recent strides in chipmaking and artificial intelligence show Beijing’s post-export control world taking shape. 

Report
Rishi Iyengar, Christina Lu
Head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power stands in front of St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on October 6, 2022.
Head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power stands in front of St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, on October 6, 2022.

Samantha Power on America’s Development Diplomacy

The USAID administrator says U.S. contributions to the U.N. are at a “high watermark.”

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
A mural depicting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme leader after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, is pictured as women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Sept. 10.
A mural depicting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme leader after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, is pictured as women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Sept. 10.

Why Did Last Year’s Protest Movement in Iran Fail?

The supreme leader learned what not to do from the Shah.

Analysis
Emily Blout, Sina Azodi
El Hardi kneels next to his dog Rock, amid tangled piles of rubble, water, and some intact buildings, during their search in Derna, Libya.
El Hardi kneels next to his dog Rock, amid tangled piles of rubble, water, and some intact buildings, during their search in Derna, Libya.

‘We’ll Start Digging Here’

Unusually virulent weather and poor infrastructure have brought hell to eastern Libya.

Dispatch
Stefanie Glinski
Supporters of opposition politicians stage an anti-government demonstration in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 25.
Supporters of opposition politicians stage an anti-government demonstration in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 25.

Washington Must Not Allow Another Stolen Election in Congo

Fear of Chinese influence must not take precedence over protecting democracy.

Argument
Stephen R. Weissman, Anthony Gambino
A plane full of British citizens and other personnel are evacuated from Kabul by the British Armed Forces on Aug. 21, 2021.
A plane full of British citizens and other personnel are evacuated from Kabul by the British Armed Forces on Aug. 21, 2021.

America’s Afghan Allies Are Still Desperate for Help

Tens of thousands of Afghans are stuck in immigration limbo—or still hiding under Taliban rule.

Argument
Luke Coffey
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing regarding her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing regarding her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021.

What Washington Wants From the United Nations This Week

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on reforming the world’s biggest multilateral organization.

Insider
Ravi Agrawal
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, seen in a suit and tie and in profile, walks outside the venue at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Behind him is a sculptural tree in a larger planter that appears to be leaning away from him.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, seen in a suit and tie and in profile, walks outside the venue at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Behind him is a sculptural tree in a larger planter that appears to be leaning away from him.

The Endless Frustration of Chinese Diplomacy

Beijing’s representatives are always scared they could be the next to vanish.

Argument
Cindy Yu
Supporters of the AfD party, Free Saxons movement, and other groups demonstrate against high energy prices, German support for Ukraine, and other government policies in Chemnitz, Germany.
Supporters of the AfD party, Free Saxons movement, and other groups demonstrate against high energy prices, German support for Ukraine, and other government policies in Chemnitz, Germany.

Why Does Eastern Germany Love Putin So Much?

Russian disinformation has bewitched the far right and the far left.

Dispatch
Jens Kastner, Jack Hewson
A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon.
A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon.

America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want

Embedded with U.S. forces in the Pacific, I saw the dilemmas of deterrence firsthand.

Report
Zuri Linetsky
Viet Cong soldiers in the fog of the jungle during the Vietnam War in a black and white photograph
Viet Cong soldiers in the fog of the jungle during the Vietnam War in a black and white photograph

The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam

The United States tried to use Vietnamese beliefs to terrify enemy soldiers.

Argument
Kit Humphrey
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech in Kyiv.

Zelensky Announces Surprise White House Visit After U.N. General Assembly

Ukraine’s president hopes to elicit greater foreign military aid and push his peace plan forward.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who smiles back at him. Both men are wearing black suits. Behind them, security personnel and photographers move around in front of hanging Russian and North Korean flags.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who smiles back at him. Both men are wearing black suits. Behind them, security personnel and photographers move around in front of hanging Russian and North Korean flags.

What Putin and Kim Want From Each Other

Their recent summit showcased just how transactional the Russia-North Korea relationship has become.

Argument
Ankit Panda
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban glances up to something off-camera, frowning slightly. Orban is a 60-year-old man with white hair, wearing a dark suit and lime green tie. Other attendees stand behind him, in front of a curtain and a sign bearing the NATO logo.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban glances up to something off-camera, frowning slightly. Orban is a 60-year-old man with white hair, wearing a dark suit and lime green tie. Other attendees stand behind him, in front of a curtain and a sign bearing the NATO logo.

It’s Hungary’s Turn to Undermine Sweden’s NATO Accession

All eyes were on Erdogan, but now Orban has found an excuse to be outraged and delay ratification.

Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
A man pushes a trolley past a partially collapsed building in Marrakech, Morocco.
A man pushes a trolley past a partially collapsed building in Marrakech, Morocco.

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of Sept. 9: An earthquake devastates Morocco, Kim Jong Un leaves Pyongyang for a key summit, and a French official is arrested abroad.

Quiz
Drew Gorman
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