World Politics

America’s hypersonic arms race with China, explained

Without treaties to rein in their use, a dangerous escalation between countries becomes much more likely.

By Ellen Ioanes

India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis

Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.

By Zack Beauchamp

What Republicans should learn from French protests over pension cuts

By Nicole Narea March 24

Biden and Trudeau’s immigration deal makes it easier for both countries to turn away asylum seekers

By Li Zhou March 24

How Western weapons transformed the war in Ukraine

By Sam Ellis March 24

What it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banks

By Emily Stewart March 23

9 questions about Ramadan you were too embarrassed to ask

By Jennifer Williams March 22

Is TikTok too big to ban?

By Sara Morrison March 21

The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained

By Jen Kirby March 21

Putin and Xi’s big Moscow meeting, briefly explained

By Li Zhou March 20

The case for slowing down AI

By Sigal Samuel March 20

The key to Covid’s origin lies in Beijing, not Wuhan

By Bryan Walsh March 18

The ICC issued a warrant for war crimes in Ukraine. It came right for Putin.

By Jen Kirby March 17

Congress moves to repeal the Iraq war authorization, 20 years later

By Jonathan Guyer March 16

A Russian aircraft collided with a US drone. It’s a reminder of the Ukraine war risks.

By Jen Kirby March 16

If you love Israel, you must protest this government, says the former prime minister

By Jonathan Guyer March 16

Steve Bannon’s go-to funder Guo Wengui just got indicted for fraud

By Ben Jacobs March 15

The UK’s extreme new immigration plans, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 11

Why Iran and Saudi Arabia making nice is a very big deal

By Jonathan Guyer March 10

A Ukrainian city is on the verge of falling to Russia

By Jen Kirby March 9

Why Israel’s new far-right government has triggered massive protests

By Jonathan Guyer March 9

El Salvador’s massive new prison and the strongman behind it, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 5

For now, the one thing Congress seems to agree on is China

By Ben Jacobs March 1

How the Israeli settler rampage was emboldened by the new far-right government

By Jonathan Guyer February 28

Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy

By Ellen Ioanes February 27

Here’s what arming Ukraine could look like in the future

By Ellen Ioanes February 26

Mexicans are mobilizing to protect their eroding democracy

By Christian Paz February 25

The last US-Russia arms control treaty is in big trouble

By Jen Kirby February 25

4 unanswered questions about the future of the Ukraine war

By Jen Kirby February 24

How Ukraine could become America’s next forever war

By Jonathan Guyer February 24

How Israeli youth helped usher in the farthest right-wing government ever

By Claire Porter Robbins February 23

The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism

By Ian Millhiser February 22

Biden and Putin’s dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off

By Jonathan Guyer February 21

What Europe showed the world about renewable energy

By Rebecca Leber February 21

After Munich meeting, the US-China relationship is still a mess

By Ellen Ioanes February 19

What’s going on with the unidentified objects that US fighter planes keep taking down?

By Ellen Ioanes February 17

Russia’s emerging new offensive in Ukraine, explained by an expert

By Michael Bluhm February 17

Balloons and UFOs aside, war with China is not inevitable

By Jonathan Guyer February 17

How these buildings made the Turkey and Syria earthquakes so deadly

By Rajaa Elidrissi February 16

Who is responsible for Turkey’s bad buildings?

By Jen Kirby February 14

10 years ago, we were turning nuclear bombs into nuclear energy. We can do it again.

By Irina Wang February 14

Why earthquakes are deadlier depending on where you live

By Rachel DuRose February 13