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World Politics

World Politics

The potential fallout from drone attacks in Moscow

By Nicole Narea

World Politics

Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

World Politics

What Erdogan’s win means for the West — and the world

By Jen Kirby

The US’s multiple Indo-Pacific strategies, explained

By Ellen Ioanes May 27

Henry Kissinger is 100, but his legacy is still shaping how US foreign policy works

By Jonathan Guyer May 27

The high-stakes debate over how the US defines “antisemitism”

By Jonathan Guyer May 25

The longest battle of the Ukraine war might finally be over

By Jen Kirby May 22

How Ukraine is trying to woo the Global South — and why it’s so hard

By Ellen Ioanes May 21

Ecuador’s political instability, explained

By Ellen Ioanes May 17

9 questions about Biden’s border policy, answered

By Nicole Narea May 16

Thai voters choose democracy in a stunning election

By Li Zhou May 15

Erdogan has the edge as Turkey’s elections head to a runoff

By Jen Kirby May 15

Turkey’s extremely big-deal election, explained

By Jen Kirby May 15

Could the US have helped avert the crisis in Sudan?

By Jonathan Guyer May 15

Pakistan’s political turmoil over Imran Khan’s arrest, explained

By Ellen Ioanes May 13

How Russia’s invasion transformed one Ukrainian city

By Jen Kirby May 10

What Imran Khan’s arrest means for Pakistan

By Nicole Narea May 9

The nationalist dark side of Joe Biden’s climate policies

By Dylan Matthews May 9

Sudan’s spiraling crisis, explained

By Jen Kirby May 9

Serbia’s populist president pledges “disarmament” after mass shootings

By Ellen Ioanes May 6

The Kohinoor diamond isn’t on display at the coronation. Colonialism still is.

By Lavanya Ramanathan May 5

What a viral video reveals about Russia’s struggles in Ukraine

By Zack Beauchamp May 5

King Charles’s coronation, decoded

By Constance Grady May 3

Why Russia renewed large-scale aerial attacks against Ukraine

By Jen Kirby May 1

How Saudi money returned to Silicon Valley

By Jonathan Guyer May 1

In Sudan, the US government finally begins evacuating its citizens

By Ellen Ioanes April 30

Will having the world’s biggest population make this the “Indian Century”?

By Bryan Walsh April 30

The thorny ethical issues of the Pentagon partnering with the private sector

By Jonathan Guyer April 28

Can a 50-year-old treaty still keep the world safe from the changing threat of bioweapons?

By Jen Kirby April 28

As the end of Title 42 nears, Congress is no closer on immigration overhaul

By Ellen Ioanes April 22

So what’s the deal with Ukraine’s spring offensive?

By Jen Kirby April 22

Why so many top Republicans want to go to war in Mexico

By Zack Beauchamp April 21

Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?

By Bryan Walsh April 19

Myanmar’s brutal, two-year war against its people, explained

By Ellen Ioanes April 16

How one gamer posting on Discord threw the security state into a panic

By Jonathan Guyer April 13

The ongoing scandal over leaked US intel documents, explained

By Jonathan Guyer April 13

A bloody week for Israel and Palestine culminates with a shooting in the West Bank

By Nicole Narea April 7

Taiwan’s president is in the Americas — and China’s not happy

By Ellen Ioanes April 6

Why oil prices are up and what it ~ means ~ for you

By Emily Stewart April 3

Migrants were left for dead in a Mexican detention center. Was it a preventable tragedy?

By Nicole Narea March 30

The first US journalist was just arrested in Russia since the Cold War

By Jonathan Guyer March 30

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

By Jonathan Guyer March 29

What US weapons tell us about the Russia-Ukraine war

By Jonathan Guyer March 29