List of United States articles
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A worker cuts steel at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province. Can the United States Really Decouple From China?
Probably not—but that doesn’t mean it won’t try.
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In an aerial view, traffic creeps along Virginia Highway 1 after being diverted away from Interstate 95 after it was closed due to a winter storm. Traffic Jams Are a Very American Disaster
The I-95 backup shows how easily highways can become traps.
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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives in Vienna. How Close Is Iran to Getting a Nuclear Weapon?
Why Tehran’s breakout time has shrunk—and the technological hurdles that remain.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears in a promotional video in October 2021. 3 Tech Industry Trends to Watch in 2022
Fringe players take on Big Tech, governments start regulating, and AI could finally prove its worth.
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A Greenpeace activist sprays green-colored water at the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels on May 26, 2021. Can Global Regulators Save the ESG Movement From Itself?
Without state intervention and global standards, the environmental, social, and governance movement is a recipe for greenwashing and corporate deception.
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Relatives and neighbors gather around a burned vehicle targeted and hit by an American drone strike in Kabul. The Human Rights vs. National Security Dilemma Is a Fallacy
Advocacy organizations can’t protect human rights without challenging U.S. military support for tyrants and the corrupt influence of the defense industry and foreign governments.
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A Greenpeace world map protests climate change. Looking Back on a Year of Loss in International Relations
A group of influential intellectuals—and personal friends—passed away in 2021.
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Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Machiavelli’s Lessons for America’s Jan. 6 Tumult
Political chaos can spur failing republics, not just destroy them.
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Damage is seen in Turkey’s Mugla province. What if Democracy and Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?
Elected officials work through compromise, but a warming planet waits for no one.
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The U.S. Capitol is seen as National Guard and Capitol Police stand guard in Washington. Defense Contractors Quietly Restart Campaign Donations to Election Deniers
They put a pause on campaign donations after last year’s deadly Jan. 6 riots. It didn’t last long.
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A billboard depicting late Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and late Afghan leader of the Haqqani network Jalaluddin Haqqani is seen along a road in Kabul. Taliban Pressing for Prisoner Swap With U.S.
The group wants to trade an American engineer abducted two years ago for an Afghan drug lord imprisoned in the U.S.
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A copy of the Jan. 16 issue of German tabloid Bild Zeitung that features an exclusive interview with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The Scandalous History of America’s Newest Media Baron
The new owner of Politico, Axel Springer, has a decades-long record of bending journalistic ethics for right-wing causes.
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Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol before the attack in Washington. The Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Aren’t Who You Think They Are
The people who stormed the U.S. Capitol weren’t poor, unemployed red-staters. Many were middle-class professionals motivated by the “great replacement” conspiracy theory.
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An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System drone is towed into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on May 13, 2013 in the Atlantic Ocean. Over-the-Horizon Is Far Below Standard
Why terrorists will welcome Biden’s counterterrorism strategy.
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us-civil-war-foreign-policy-insurrection-january-6-matt-rota-illustration-HP Why the U.S. Military Isn’t Ready for Civil War
A significant portion of Americans seek the destruction of political authority. What if they succeed?
