List of Theory articles
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Swiss President Guy Parmelin (C) leads U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet media during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden is meeting his Russian counterpart, Putin, for the first time as president in Geneva, Switzerland. Was the Biden-Putin Summit a Success?
The White House set clear red lines on cyberwar, but don’t expect much progress in the months to come.
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Benjamin Netanyahu with an unidentified friend at the entrance to his family home in Jerusalem in 1967, and his father, Benzion Netanyahu, when he was a professor at the University of Denver in 1968. How the Netanyahus Explain the World
A new novel offers a family history of Israel’s former prime minister—and insight into the dangers of any form of nationalism.
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A performer on stilts dressed in the colors of the flag of the European Union attends a "March for Europe" gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which created the precursor to the European Union, on March 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Is Europe Any Good at Soft Power?
The increasingly aggressive authoritarianism of Belarus is an acute test of the EU’s diplomatic self-image.
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Pedro Castillo of Perú Libre waves to supporters. Peru’s New President Isn’t as Radical as He Looks
Pedro Castillo ran as an anti-establishment leftist. Here’s why he won’t govern like one.
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ever-given-stuck-supply-chain-timo-lenzen-illustration-Bottle_R6_SW_V1 The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea
Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.
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Myanmar nationals hold a vigil in Thailand Myanmar Pressure Campaign Stalls at the United Nations
The military regime’s neighbors resist sanctions, fearing it would divide regional powers.
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Security officers record Bobi Wine. Twitter’s Presence in Africa Won’t End Internet Censorship
Big Tech companies see an opportunity for growth on the continent, but they risk becoming accessories to authoritarian regimes.
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A man wearing a patriotic suit and Donald Trump themed tie joins supporters queueing before President Donald Trump holds a rally on Oct. 26, 2020 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Biden Is Going Protectionist. Republicans Are Going Off the Deep End.
Even after Trump has left office, ultranationalist views are still dominating his party.
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lyd lod violence Israeli Religious Extremists Are Driving Jewish-Arab Street Violence
In the city at the epicenter of recent clashes, relocated settlers from Gaza have brought Jewish supremacism to the heart of what was once a Palestinian city.
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko speaks in parliament in Minsk on May 26. Authoritarianism Doesn’t Stop at the Water’s Edge
The Belarus hijacking is part of a broader trend. From Russia to Rwanda, governments are going after dissidents far beyond their borders.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi’s Religious Nationalism Hurts India’s Hindus, Too
Islamophobic policies harm not just Muslims, but the poor and marginalized.
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A Vox party supporter protests in front of the Moroccan Embassy in Madrid on May 18. Spain Takes a Leap to the Populist Right
This week’s border crisis with Morocco will cast a long shadow over Spanish politics.
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Immigration officers walk on a bridge built in 1948 that connects Nigeria with Cameroon at Mfum border station in Cross Rivers State, southeast Nigeria on February 1, 2018. Separatist Movements in Nigeria and Cameroon Are Joining Forces
Escalating pro-independence movements by Anglophone Cameroonians and Biafrans are igniting ethnic tensions and could threaten regional stability.
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Joe Biden waves to supporters before meeting with local labor leaders ahead at the union's state headquarters on Sept. 7, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. America Is Becoming a Social Democracy
The Biden administration is accomplishing what was once thought historically impossible.
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Protest in support of Alexei Navalny in Vladivostok, Russia With Putin’s Latest Crackdown, Russia Is Going Dark
As it goes full authoritarian, the Kremlin is targeting the last vestiges of civil society and independent media.
