List of United States articles
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Raisi at a press conference in Tehran. How to Make Iran Trust a New Nuclear Deal
Even if Washington can’t provide a guarantee that future administrations will maintain the deal, there are other ways to bridge the gap.
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Taliban fighters stand guard. Pakistan and the United States Have Betrayed the Afghan People
Washington ignored Islamabad funding and supplying the Taliban. Now Afghans are paying the price.
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Displaced Afghans at a makeshift camp in the Shahr-e-Naw park in northwestern Kabul on Aug. 12. Many Afghans Fear for Their Lives as Taliban Fighters Take Kabul
In a new chapter for Afghanistan, women are particularly vulnerable.
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CIA black site prison near Kabul and Ahmed Rabbani Nothing but Pitch Black Darkness
Ahmed Rabbani’s journey through the U.S. dark prison system to Guantánamo.
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un The Real Lessons of the Trump-Kim Love Letters
What the 27 mostly unpublished missives tell us about the future of U.S.-North Korean diplomacy.
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Fires at sunset in the agriculture town of Ruropolis, in northern Brazil, on Sept. 6, 2019. The Realist Guide to Solving Climate Change
Put aside all your idealistic fantasies about the world’s biggest crisis, and here’s what’s left.
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Law enforcement officials in riot gear force people protesting the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. off a street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on April 28. The ‘Global Policeman’ Is Not Exempt From Justice
Confronting the violence of U.S. policing requires an international perspective.
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Russian, U.S., Spanish, and British passports The State Department’s Visa-Issuing Authority Is in Crisis
How “the worst consular system in the world” was turned around—and why it needs to happen again.
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Afghan security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against the Taliban stand guard in the Enjil district of Herat province, Afghanistan, on July 30. How Did Things Go So Bad So Fast in Afghanistan?
The State Department weighs evacuating the U.S. embassy in Kabul as more cities fall.
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A worker washes one of two M1A1 Abrams tanks. The Hidden Dangers of a Carbon-Neutral Military
If the U.S. military goes electric, it could be good for the planet—and bad for national security.
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Assault rifles are displayed for sale at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, on Oct. 6, 2017. Why Mexico Is Right to Sue U.S. Gun Companies
The lawsuit over drug cartel violence could be part of a bigger change on guns.
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The Mercer Street, an oil products tanker, is shown off the Port of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 3. How Iran’s Deadly Tanker Attack Is Linked to the Nuclear Deal
Not responding to a drone attack off Oman could actually impair progress on a deal.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Dec. 11, 2018. Big Tech’s Stranglehold on Artificial Intelligence Must Be Regulated
The technology is too important to be left in the clutches of Silicon Valley.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Pits Are a Critical Obstacle in U.S. Nuclear Plans
Modernization programs need to be realistic—and may be unnecessary.
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Israeli soldiers eat ice cream. An Israeli-Palestinian Ice Cream Sandwich
Inside the dueling campaigns using Ben & Jerry’s to move U.S. sentiment on Israel.
