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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Culture Minister Rachida Dati, and Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard attend a debate on a no-confidence motion against his government.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Culture Minister Rachida Dati, and Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard attend a debate on a no-confidence motion against his government.

Lecornu Survives Two No-Confidence Votes—at a Price

Bargaining with the president’s pension reform plan may not secure the support that Paris needs to pass a budget.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
U.S. Marines unload from a V-22 Osprey aircraft at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico.
U.S. Marines unload from a V-22 Osprey aircraft at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico.

What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?

Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas. This article has an audio recording

Analysis
Geoff Ramsey
A blue sign stands in front of a white marble wall. White text on the sign says: "Government shutdown." A faded image of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building is visible in the background of the sign.
A blue sign stands in front of a white marble wall. White text on the sign says: "Government shutdown." A faded image of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building is visible in the background of the sign.

What the Protracted Shutdown Means for the U.S. Economy

Trump is using the crisis to target his political enemies. This article has an audio recording

Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Soldiers in combat gear are silhouetted as they stand along a fence overlooking a dirt training area.
Soldiers in combat gear are silhouetted as they stand along a fence overlooking a dirt training area.

How the U.S. Failure in Iraq Haunts Trump’s Gaza Plan

The American-led trusteeship will command no legitimacy among Palestinians.

Analysis
Marc Lynch
Men in suits and ties and one man in a brown, gold, and white dishdashah sit in an audience.
Men in suits and ties and one man in a brown, gold, and white dishdashah sit in an audience.

Russia’s Oil Earnings May Get Clobbered by OPEC

Big supply increases this year threaten a global oil glut that could knock the Kremlin’s budget out of whack. This article has an audio recording

Report
Keith Johnson
Dozens of people walk along a packed-sand path along the edge of a camp filled with low white tents. Many of the people are women wearing full black-cloth burkas. The sky overhead is hazy with sand and a few scattered clouds.
Dozens of people walk along a packed-sand path along the edge of a camp filled with low white tents. Many of the people are women wearing full black-cloth burkas. The sky overhead is hazy with sand and a few scattered clouds.

Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.

Allowing Islamic State prisoners to languish in detention is a dangerous radicalization risk.

Argument
Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010.

It’s Time to Stop New START

Putin’s proposed arms control extension is good for Russia and China, but bad for America. This article has an audio recording

Argument
Matthew Kroenig
A man holds a drone in Ukraine.
A man holds a drone in Ukraine.

Ukraine Needs More Drones

Tight cooperation with Beijing and Tehran is giving Moscow an edge on the critical weapons.

Analysis
Sam Skove
Trump holds up a finger as he speaks to the press, with microphones pointed at him.
Trump holds up a finger as he speaks to the press, with microphones pointed at him.

What We Can Learn From Trump’s Success in Gaza

In diplomacy, style now matters just as much as substance. This article has an audio recording

Argument
Suzanne Nossel
Mona Ibrahim, a displaced Sudanese mother, and her children sit on the ground in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in northern Darfur, Sudan, on Jan. 21.
Mona Ibrahim, a displaced Sudanese mother, and her children sit on the ground in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in northern Darfur, Sudan, on Jan. 21.

Why Won’t the UAE End the War in Sudan?

An independent inquiry has established the complicity of external actors.

Argument
Mutasim Ali, Yonah Diamond
Israelis in Tel Aviv salute at vehicles transporting the bodies of four hostages handed over following a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israelis in Tel Aviv salute at vehicles transporting the bodies of four hostages handed over following a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas Returns Wrong Hostage to Israel, Testing Fragile Gaza Cease-Fire

Israel has threatened to withhold humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza over Hamas’s slow return efforts.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Donald Trump points with his right hand.
Donald Trump points with his right hand.

The U.S. Is in a ‘Particularly Authoritarian’ Moment

Trump is treating the military like a “private army,” political scientist Nicholas Grossman warns.

Interview
John Haltiwanger
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich displays a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich displays a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

As the War in Gaza Winds Down, the West Bank Is a Flash Point

If Trump wants peace, he must block Israel’s annexationist policies. This article has an audio recording

Analysis
Daniel C. Kurtzer, Aaron David Miller
Trump gestures with his arms out wide behind a sculpture that reads "PEACE 2025."
Trump gestures with his arms out wide behind a sculpture that reads "PEACE 2025."

Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Not as Successful as You Think

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that the Gaza deal proves Trump’s diplomatic chops.

Argument
Howard W. French
Muttaqi, a man in traditional Afghan clothing and a turban, gives the camera a serious look as he walks through a doorway, followed close behind by three men in similar attire.
Muttaqi, a man in traditional Afghan clothing and a turban, gives the camera a serious look as he walks through a doorway, followed close behind by three men in similar attire.

Taliban Foreign Minister Spends the Week in India

The trip marks the culmination of a remarkable turnaround in ties.

South Asia Brief
Michael Kugelman
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