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World Politics

What’s behind Africa’s recent coups

By Ellen Ioanes September 10

The viral portrait of Theresa May, explained by the artist

By Jen Kirby September 9

Latin American abortion rights activists just notched another win in Mexico

By Nicole Narea September 7

Are the US and Ukraine at odds over the counteroffensive?

By Jen Kirby September 7

“Never underestimate them”: A Holocaust historian’s warning about Germany’s far right

By Li Zhou September 6

Johannesburg’s deadly apartment fire, explained

By Ellen Ioanes September 3

Did Israel’s national security minister just admit to apartheid policies?

By Jonathan Guyer August 29

Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

By Ellen Ioanes August 29

China’s economy is slowing down. What gives?

By Jen Kirby August 29

Zimbabwe’s elections herald more of the same

By Ellen Ioanes August 27

The Wagner chief’s fate was decided when he crossed Putin

By Jen Kirby August 27

Why Trump seems to grow more popular the worse his legal troubles become

By Nicole Narea August 25

Why so many countries want to join BRICS

By Jonathan Guyer August 23

Ecuador’s kind-of-normal elections weeks after a political assassination

By Li Zhou August 21

Why a progressive’s victory in Guatemala matters

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea August 21

A US soldier has “willfully” crossed into North Korea. Here’s what we know.

By Li Zhou August 16

An act of Congress could grant legal status to thousands of Afghan allies. What’s the holdup?

By Jen Kirby August 15

Niger’s coup and the international community’s opposition, explained

By Ellen Ioanes August 12

Biden’s risky Persian Gulf bet

By Jonathan Guyer August 11

A shocking assassination highlights escalating violence in Ecuador

By Li Zhou August 10

A deadly shipwreck illustrates the tragedy behind Europe’s migration policies

By Li Zhou and Jen Kirby August 9

What went wrong in Ukraine’s counteroffensive

By Jen Kirby August 8

ChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easy

By Jonas Sandbrink August 7

How Manipur violence is challenging India’s politics

By Ellen Ioanes August 6

It’s time for a new atomic altruism

By Matthew Gentzel and Christian Ruhl August 4

What’s up with all these drones hitting Moscow?

By Jen Kirby August 3

Biden wants to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia together. But why?

By Jonathan Guyer August 3

The extra step you’ll need to take before flying to Europe next year

By Ellen Ioanes July 30

The saga of China’s missing-then-fired foreign minister

By Ellen Ioanes July 27

What Israel’s judicial overhaul means for Palestinians

By Jonathan Guyer July 26

What Israel’s new judicial law reveals about its democracy

By Zack Beauchamp July 24

Israel’s protests over sweeping judicial reforms, explained

By Ellen Ioanes July 24

Vox, Spain’s hard-right party, explained

By Li Zhou July 24

2023’s big summer movie season, explained

The dark — and often misunderstood — nuclear history behind Oppenheimer, explained by an expert

By Jonathan Guyer July 24

Why Europe is so angry about Biden’s signature climate bill

By Alex Yablon July 24

Thailand’s democracy could still move forward — even without Pita

By Ellen Ioanes July 22

How bad will things get now that Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine?

By Jen Kirby July 20

Why ultra-green Germany turned its back on nuclear energy

By Markham Heid July 19

Sudan’s mass grave is the latest development in a brutal conflict

By Ellen Ioanes July 15

What Ukraine did — and didn’t — get from the NATO summit

By Jen Kirby July 12